Silent Hill Townfall: the series is coming to Scotland, but what fresh horrors will it bring?

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Key context: <p>An amnesiac loner arrives in a remote town for who knows what reason … this may sound familiar but this time we’re on a remote Scottish island and surprises lie in wait</p><p>A man washes up at the harbour of a small coastal village, his memories vague, an eerie sea fog rolling in all around him. As beginnings go, this couldn’t be more Silent Hill – an amnesiac loner drawn to a remote town for who knows what reason. But this time, we’re not in the Pacific Northwest of the original games or the Japan of last year’s excellent <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/games/2025/oct/17/silent-hill-f-review-survival-horror-konami-pc-ps5-xbox">Silent Hill f</a>. We’re on an island off the northern coast of Scotland, and it’s 1996. Lead character Simon Ordell knows this place, but isn’t sure how – and why does he have an IV cannula stuck in his hand?</p><p>Announced back in 2022, Townfall is the work of Glasgow-based studio Screen Burn, previously responsible for tense horror adventure titles Stories Untold and Observation. Like Silent Hill f, it moves the setting far out of Silent Hill itself: St Amelia is a fishing town, inspired by St Monans and dozens of other seafront towns the team visited and extensively photographed.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/jul/29/silent-hill-is-coming-to-scotland-but-what-else-will-townfall-bring-to-the-series">Continue reading...</a> This development from The Guardian highlights ongoing changes in the sector.