5 best horror games to play while waiting for Silent Hill f

Konami finally decided to stop ghosting us and gave Silent Hill f an update. A fresh setting—1960s Japan. A horror genius—Ryukishi07. A whole new kind of psychological torment. Sounds perfect. Except for one problem.

No release date.

We’re stuck in limbo, and not even the terrifying kind with fog and radio static. Just...waiting. But horror doesn’t wait, and neither should you. Here are five games to keep the existential dread going while we rot in anticipation.

Fatal Frame: The only horror game that understands suffering like Silent Hill f does

You ever played a game that actively hates you? That’s Fatal Frame. No guns, no escape, just a haunted camera and the worst ghosts you’ve ever seen. You take a picture, they lunge. You flinch, they win.

If Silent Hill f's setting excites you, Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly is the perfect appetizer. Two sisters trapped in a cursed village, chasing shadows and outrunning spirits that don’t respect personal space. Everything about it is wrong in the best way possible. The quiet dread. The isolation. The slow realization that the village is alive, and you? You were never supposed to leave.

Siren: The horror game that will make you reconsider every decision you’ve ever made

Silent Hill creator Keiichiro Toyama had one goal with Siren—to destroy your will to live. And he succeeded.

It drops you into a doomed Japanese village and makes one thing very, very clear: you are weak, and everything wants you dead. The enemies, Shibito, don’t just attack. They hunt. They get back up. And worst of all? You see through their eyes.

There is nothing more bone-chilling than sightjacking into a Shibito’s perspective and watching yourself cowering behind a door. They know. They’re coming. They’re laughing.

It’s brutal, unfair, and utterly horrifying. And if that doesn’t scream Silent Hill f energy, what does?

Kuon: The forgotten FromSoftware horror game that deserves better

Before Dark Souls, before Bloodborne, before Elden Ring made us question why we enjoy pain, FromSoftware dropped Kuon. A horror game that nobody talks about, probably because they’ve blocked the trauma out.

Set in Heian-era Japan, it’s slow, eerie, and suffocating. Combat is barely an option, the atmosphere is thicker than your trust issues, and the horror is quiet but relentless. It doesn’t jump at you. It lingers.

Good luck finding a physical copy. It’s one of the rarest PS2 games, because the universe enjoys suffering. But if you do? Brace yourself. It’s Silent Hill with ancient Japanese spirits and a haunting sense of inevitability.

Higurashi When They Cry: Ryukishi07’s brand of horror is here to ruin your mind before Silent Hill f does

If Silent Hill f is going to break us, it’s because of Ryukishi07. And if you want a taste of what that feels like, Higurashi When They Cry is your initiation.

It starts normal. A rural town. Some friends. A festival. Then paranoia seeps in. Things don’t add up. People disappear. And suddenly, you’re trapped in a time loop of violence, conspiracy, and psychological decay.

The scariest part? The horror isn’t supernatural. It’s people. Their secrets. Their whispers. The slow unraveling of everything you thought was safe.

If you think Silent Hill f is just going to be ghosts and creepy fog, you’re not ready. Play Higurashi. Get educated.

Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse – The most Silent Hill f-esque horror game you can play right now

If you need something that feels like Silent Hill f while you wait, Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse is it. Originally locked away on the Wii like some forbidden text, it finally got a remaster, and it was worth the wait.

A haunted island. A girl with missing memories. An old ritual that should’ve stayed forgotten. It’s pure dread, wrapped in Japanese horror aesthetics, with just enough psychological torment to make you question reality.

It’s quiet, it’s lonely, and it creeps under your skin. If Silent Hill f is going to tap into the same kind of slow-burning, folklore-driven horror, this is the best preparation you’ll get.

Horror doesn’t wait, and neither should you

We have no idea when Silent Hill f is coming, but one thing’s for sure—it’s going to mess us up. The isolation, the fear, the unraveling of everything we thought we understood. It’s all coming.

In the meantime? Play these. Get in the mindset. Let the dread sink in. Because when Silent Hill f finally arrives, you don’t want to be caught off guard.

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