Silent Hill: Townfall is out — when it unlocked, and how it is landing

Updated September 28, 2026

Out now — status on 28 September. Townfall released on schedule: Steam lists it as released on 23 September (US date; 24 September in Asia and Europe), and the Deluxe Edition’s 48-hour early access ran from 22 September. Four days in, Steam user reviews sit at Mixed — 2,010 of 3,096 positive (65%), all languages. The unlock and edition details below are kept as the launch record.

Silent Hill: Townfall — the first-person entry in Konami’s rotating Silent Hill line-up, developed by Screen Burn Interactive (formerly No Code) and co-published with Annapurna Interactive — releases on 24 September 2026 for PlayStation 5 and PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store. Deluxe Edition pre-orders play 48 hours early, from 22 September. The countdown above runs in your timezone.

What time does it unlock?

Not announced — and there is a date wrinkle worth knowing about. Konami’s own announcement says 24 September. The US-facing Steam page currently renders the release as “Sep 23”. When a store page and a publisher disagree by one day like this, the usual explanation is a single worldwide unlock moment that falls on the evening of the 23rd in the Americas and the 24th everywhere else — the same pattern big simultaneous releases follow. But that is inference, not announcement: neither company has published an hour. We show the date only, and this page updates the moment either store commits to a clock time.

How to play 48 hours early

The Deluxe Edition ($59.99, digital) includes 48-hour early access — a 22 September start against the standard 24 September. It also carries the digital artbook, the soundtrack, and an alternate outfit for protagonist Simon. The Standard Edition ($49.99) has no early window; its pre-order bonus is limited to CRTV cosmetic styles (“Rusted” everywhere, “Beach Edition” additionally on PS5).

Two days is the largest early-access gap on any September release we track, so if you want launch-night spoiler safety, this is the game where the deluxe tier actually buys meaningful time.

What kind of Silent Hill is this?

A deliberate departure. Townfall is first-person, built by the studio behind Stories Untold and Observation: you play Simon Ordell, a man caught in a loop who repeatedly wakes in the water off St. Amelia, a fog-bound coastal town — not the series’ usual midwestern setting. A handheld CRTV device (the source of those cosmetic pre-order styles) sits at the centre of the mechanics. Expect analogue-horror puzzle pressure more than combat; Konami has positioned it alongside, not instead of, the mainline remakes.

PC system requirements

As listed on the Steam page — note the 75 GB install and the Windows 11 requirement:

Minimum (1080p / 30fps / Low):

Recommended (4K / 30fps / High):

Both tiers target 30fps, which for a 2026 PC release is a statement about where the GPU budget went. Whether performance holds at launch is exactly the kind of thing this site exists to check.

After launch — what we did and did not cover

Before launch this section promised launch-week fix coverage. Being straight about it: we did not publish a Townfall troubleshooting page. What is verifiable four days in is the Steam reception above — Mixed at 65% positive on 3,096 reviews as of 28 September. If a specific crash or save-file problem becomes widespread, it gets its own page rather than a line here.

Sources

Each claim above links to Konami’s announcement or the Steam page. The unlock-time inference is labelled as inference; everything else is from the publishers directly.

• Konami — Townfall releases September 24, pre-orders open
• Steam store page — SILENT HILL: Townfall (App 1636440)