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Silent Hill on PC

PlayStation Silent Hill running on PC through native. Supply your own copy of the game.

About the game

Harry Mason searches for his missing daughter in a town swallowed by fog. The fog began as a PlayStation hardware limitation and became the series' signature.

Developer
Team Silent
Publisher
Konami
Genre
Terror · Survival horror
Original game
31 Jan 1999

How this port works

This is a native port: the game was rebuilt to run as a real PC program with no emulator in the loop. That usually means better performance, arbitrary resolution and mod support — and it is why these run well on modest hardware.

An in-progress decompilation of Silent Hill on the PlayStation 1.

How to install

  1. 01Supply your own copy of Silent Hill. The project distributes no game files.
  2. 02Download the latest release from the project's GitHub page.
  3. 03Download the Windows build.
  4. 04Extract it into an empty folder outside Program Files.
  5. 05Point the program at your own game files when prompted.
  6. 06Set resolution, frame cap and input before playing.

These projects ship no game data. Supply your own copy.

Frequently asked

Do I need the original game to play Silent Hill on PC?

Yes. The project distributes no game data — you supply your own copy or dump. Every project in this scene works this way, and it is what lets them stay publicly hosted on GitHub.

What does "native" mean?

This is a native port: the game was rebuilt to run as a real PC program with no emulator in the loop. That usually means better performance, arbitrary resolution and mod support — and it is why these run well on modest hardware.

Will Silent Hill run on a low-end PC?

Native ports and recompilations skip CPU emulation entirely, so they are usually far lighter than an emulator for the same console. With no published measurement for this project, though, any estimate would be guesswork — test it on your own machine.

When was Silent Hill released?

The original game shipped in 1999, developed by Team Silent and published by Konami. This PC port is from 2026.

Which systems does it support?

The current release ships builds for Windows. The game originally shipped on PlayStation.

Is it legal to use?

The project is public and open source, maintained by shdecompilations, and contains nothing from the commercial game. Responsibility for the game copy you use is yours — which is why the developers require you to supply your own.

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