Ranking Every Silent Hill Video Game From Worst To Best

Ushered in by the success of the original Resident Evil, the first game in the Silent Hill series took the groundwork laid by Capcom and thrust survival horror into new and exponentially more traumatising territory.

Eschewing Resi's late-night B-movie thrills in favour of brain-tickling psychological terror, Silent Hill was a watershed moment in gaming that proved that the medium was capable of so much more. Offering players a thoroughly mature and cerebral experience that prioritised mood and atmosphere over anything else.

The actual gameplay is pretty par-for-the-course, but everything else about the game works in tandem to create a truly unique feeling of unease as you press on in your mission to save your daughter - one that will make every save point feel like an oasis in the desert.

Yes, the graphics have aged like milk and the controls can be incredibly cumbersome, but beneath its dated qualities lies one of the very best survival horror games ever made.

It may be more than twenty years old, but I dare you to sit in the dark and play this game. It will undoubtedly get under your skin and stay there for weeks.