The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) has officially rated Silent Hill f for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S, giving it a Mature 17+ rating. The rating cites Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, and Partial Nudity, highlighting the game’s disturbing horror elements and brutal gameplay.
According to the ESRB, Silent Hill f places players in the role of a student navigating a supernatural crisis in a 1960s Japanese mountain town. The game is played from a third-person perspective, allowing players to explore eerie environments, solve puzzles, interact with NPCs, and engage in melee combat against monstrous enemies. Weapons such as axes, crowbars, knives, and spears can be used to fend off humanoid monsters, mutants, and mythical creatures.
Combat is described as particularly gruesome, with frequent blood-splatter effects and scenes depicting large bloodstains throughout the environment. Enemy attacks can result in graphic injuries, including impalement to the neck and facial mutilation. Additionally, cutscenes depict gruesome acts such as a character being burned alive, a woman branded with a hot iron, and characters sawing off their own limbs or slicing off facial portions during rituals. Other unsettling imagery includes entrails and sinew displayed on serving platters as part of a grotesque ceremony.
The game also features partial nudity, with concept art depicting a mannequin-like creature with exposed buttocks and partially exposed breasts. This disturbing design is consistent with the franchise’s psychological horror themes.
Silent Hill f is the eighth mainline installment in the Silent Hill franchise and is being developed by NeoBards Entertainment, with Konami Digital Entertainment handling publishing. Departing from the series’ traditional setting in the foggy town of Silent Hill, Maine, the game takes place in 1960s Japan, in the fictional town of Ebisugaoka.
Originally announced in 2022, Silent Hill f is confirmed for release on PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S. While Konami has yet to announce an official launch date, the recent ESRB rating suggests that more details about the game’s release could be coming soon.
