Developed by Scottish studio Screen Burn Interactive and co-published by Annapurna Interactive and Konami, Silent Hill: Townfall is available today on PlayStation 5, and PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store. And as expected, the release is accompanied by the new launch trailer.
Townfall centers on Simon Ordell, who is called back to the island of St. Amelia in Scotland to ‘put things right’. What he encounters is a town lying quiet beneath a heavy fog, seemingly abandoned but not at rest. All he has on him besides his clothes are an IV bag and a medical wristband with his name on it. He heads to the town with no leads but the voices from the CRTV he picked up along the way. Venturing deeper and driven to understand his connection to the place and its inhabitants, Simon begins to discover fragments of a past rising to the surface.
Played entirely in first person, Townfall has players exploring, evading, and ultimately trying to survive using a limited set of weapons and tools, including the CRTV, a pocket television used to tune into unstable signals. Evasion is tense; combat is frenetic, while narrative driven puzzles reveal a truth that refuses to stay submerged.
And if you haven’t already, check out Harrison’s review of the game, which continues the scares you expect while offering up a few new tricks.