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Silent Hill 3

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First release
May 23, 2003
Publisher
Konami
Genres
Adventure, Puzzle · Mystery, Action, Science fiction, Horror, Survival, Stealth
Platforms
PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 2

Silent Hill 3 is the third installment in the Silent Hill series. Like the previous entries, Silent Hill 3 is a survival horror combining action-based combat and puzzle-solving, but is somewhat more combat-oriented than the preceding installments. The main character is able to side-step and block some attacks, but in general shares with the other protagonists of the series their relative ineptitude in combat.

Also known as sh3, 寂静岭3, 寂靜之丘3, Silent Hill III
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Storyline
Seventeen years have passed since the events of the first game, and the baby whom the Incubator gave to Harry Mason at the end of the first game, Heather Mason, is now a teenage girl. Harry took Heather into his care to raise as his own daughter. One fine day, Heather goes shopping but is suddenly thrust into a strange alternate reality filled with demonic imagery and twisted monsters. She hears footsteps, disgusting, creepy monsters attack her, and she has to defend herself. Heather quickly comes to find that the events unfolding around her have something to do with her past. Exploring the eerie town of Silent Hill, she must find a way to escape.Read more

Seventeen years have passed since the events of the first game, and the baby whom the Incubator gave to Harry Mason at the end of the first game, Heather Mason, is now a teenage girl. Harry took Heather into his care to raise as his own daughter. One fine day, Heather goes shopping but is suddenly thrust into a strange alternate reality filled with demonic imagery and twisted monsters. She hears footsteps, disgusting, creepy monsters attack her, and she has to defend herself. Heather quickly comes to find that the events unfolding around her have something to do with her past. Exploring the eerie town of Silent Hill, she must find a way to escape.

Release dates
PlayStation 2
May 23, 2003
PlayStation 2
Jun 13, 2003
PlayStation 2
Jul 03, 2003
All 7 release dates
PlayStation 2
Aug 06, 2003
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Nov 07, 2003
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Nov 21, 2003
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Dec 05, 2003
Time to beatIGDB · recorded
Main + Extras
7h
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
Third person
Keywords
ghosts, exploration, bloody, disease, detective
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At a Glance

Critic Score
88
Main + Extras (IGDB)
7h
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  • Englishinterface, audio, subtitles
  • 한국어interface
IGDB · recorded 1 Nov 2026

Language data: IGDB · recorded 1 Nov 2026