Silent Hill Timeline - The Complete Story (What You Need to Know!)

Welcome to Silent Hill! In another MASSIVE undertaking of horror game lore, we look over the entire history of Silent Hill, covering nearly every piece of media related to the game series. Strap in, because this trip to the foggy town of Silent Hill may be a bumpy ride.

Video Chapters
0:00 Intro
2:08 Past Life (1867)
7:33 Silent Hill Origins (198X)
15:11 Silent Hill (198X)
24:49 Silent Hill 2 Born from a Wish (199X)
26:11 Silent Hill 2 (199X)
35:34 Silent Hill The Arcade (1993)
36:46 Silent Hill 3 (200X)
45:06 Silent Hill 4 The Room (200X)
55:06 Among the Damned (200X)
56:54 The Grinning Man (200X)
59:19 Paint it Black (200X)
1:01:29 Hunger (200X)
1:05:38 Dying Inside (200X)
1:14:57 Dead Alive (200X)
1:24:00 Sinner's Reward (200X)
1:30:00 Silent Hill Downpour (200X)
1:43:24 Anne's Story (200X)
1:43:40 Silent Hill Homecoming (200X)
1:57:07 Silent Hill Book of Memories (2010)
1:58:18 P.T. (201X)
2:01:22 Silent Hill Shattered Memories
2:13:30 Outro

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[SuggestiveGaming]

What series would you like to see covered next?

[littlelambchop]

Watching this vid, I realize that Silent Hill isn't cursed, it just solves some mental issues by violent and unethical confrontation. Like a psychiatrist from Yelp.

[zuzanakomprdova]

Never played any Silent Hill game but I'm immensely fascinated by the franchise. Thank you so much for this video.

[cheshirebryant]

I kinda love how Cheryl just straight up kills a Lovecraftian god and then take the time afterward to kick the shit out of its corpse. No wonder she only made the one game appearance in canon, even the demons of Silent Hill knew to leave her the fuck alone after that! XD

[Guanjyn]

Silent Hill 2 really was it’s own thing. No weird cults, just a story of grief.

[oaf]

Things to never do in Silent Hill
1. Never split up or leave someone to go do something
2. Never trust a child
3. Don’t even go to Silent Hill in the first place

[manuelfermin]

Hearing that there's a dog named Bear in the Silent Hill Dead/Alive comic who is not only a good boy but also doesn't end up dying made me happy considering I also have a dog named Bear

[catchbooker]

Putting all of this in chronological order. I can’t even imagine how long this took. Kudos.

[silverwing]

I like Travis. He isn't there by force. He is there by choice. Out of concern for the child he fears he couldn't save while working through his trauma.

[khyrepurplevstheworld]

cheryl is the only person that would witness unspeakable horrors and kill a god and prank someone immediately after

[im_that_guy]

Man, I'd kill for a well-made Silent Hill game for this generation.

[shuttertv]

They seriously need to do a remaster to this series like what resident evil is getting.

[do]

Forcing him to run through a HORRIBLE GAME MECHANIC lmao, love that line

[Stitchpuppy]

I'll never forget looking at Mary's letter near the end of Silent Hill 2 only to find it blank. The shivers. I had never been so richly trolled by a video game before. Magical.

[Alfenheimer]

My favorite theory on Pyramid Head is that while he serves as a judge to James, he is also his protector. He wants James to forgive himself for his pain, or at least not run away from it.

[droideka]

I’m fascinated with what Silent Hill is despite having played zero of their games because I’m a little piss baby, so this explanation satisfies my curiosity. I love the concept of a ghostly town that tries to help people with their troubles (or punish their misdeeds) in it’s own strange, violent, probably more harmful than good, eldritch-abomination way.

[white_okami]

im soo happy that the silent hill community is still keeping this wonderfull franchise alive

[emilylogan]

If you go to Silent Hill and you don’t lose consciousness, are you really experiencing Silent Hill?

I want a t-shirt that says “I lost consciousness at Silent Hill and all I got was this t-shirt”

[thepixelglitched]

Poor Travis. All he wanted to do was make his delivery, and stay conscious.

[MrPrussianjester]

Got goosebumps at "the fires burn for the spirits in the town, as they're done being 'silent'" Fitting stuff.