Silent Hill 2 Remake Guide

I wonder if a dog was behind everything this time, too. Silent Hill 2 Remake guide is a detailed walkthrough, beginner's guide, solutions to all puzzles, description of the most important choices and endings, description of all bosses, system requirements, language versions, controls.

Last update: 24 October 2024

Our Silent Hill 2 Remake guide is a complete source of knowledge that will help you get through the foggy, nightmarish town. Here you will find a detailed walkthrough that includes solutions to all puzzles that you may stumble upon along the way. You will also find descriptions of boss fights, information about various enemies as well as tips regarding endings and important choices. In the FAQ chapter, we have included answers to the most frequently asked questions concerning the game. Last but not least, you'll also find a trophy guide, which will make it easier for you to get the platinum trophy.

• Silent Hill 2 Remake: Guide content
• Silent Hill 2 Remake: Tips and tricks
• Silent Hill 2 Remake: Walkthrough
• Silent Hill 2 Remake: Puzzles
• Silent Hill 2 Remake: Basics
• Silent Hill 2 Remake: Game length
• Silent Hill 2 Remake: Game editions
• Silent Hill 2 Remake: Trophies, achievements
• Silent Hill 2 Remake: PC requirements

Silent Hill 2 Remake: Guide content

The first chapter of our Silent Hill 2 Remake guide focuses on the game basics. Useful starting tips open it, which will help you survive the first hours in the dark city.

The detailed walkthrough is definitely the most important part of the guide. Our walkthrough will help you navigate the eerie journey of James, who's struggling with his inner demons. We've put a lot of emphasis on the solutions to various puzzles that you will stumble upon throughout your gameplay. Our guide also covers all the endings - we point out all details and choices leading to specific branches of the story.

The guide ends with an appendix, where you will find information about PC requirements, available game editions, controls and language versions. There's also the trophy guide, which will make it easier for you to fully complete the game and get the platinum trophy.

Silent Hill 2 Remake: Tips and tricks

1. Listen to the radio - the radio acquired very early on crackles when you get close to an enemy, so you can always be ready for battle.
2. Save your ammo - many fights can be resolved with melee weapons, allowing you to save ammo for more difficult fights.
3. Use health drinks - health drinks are the most common source of healing in the game and are usually enough to heal most wounds, allowing you to conserve rare syringes.
4. Save often - while the game will occasionally autosave, you'll be relying most on manual save points.
5. Use the maps - maps of locations are usually located at their entrances, and James automatically marks places worth your attention on them.

You can find more tips on the Tips and tricks page.

Silent Hill 2 Remake: Walkthrough

1. East South Vale - we describe the foggy streets of Silent Hill and where to find the missing jukebox parts.
2. Wood Side Apartments - we Describe the claustrophobic apartments and where to find three coins.
3. Blue Creek Apartments - we describe the nightmare apartments and how to survive your first encounter with the Pyramid Head.
4. West South Vale - we describe the western part of the South Vale district and how to escort Maria.
5. Brookhaven Hospital - we describe the huge hospital, where to find three bracelets and how to defeat Flesh Lip.
6. Otherworld Hospital - we describe the nightmare hospital, how to open the chained chest and escape Pyramid Head.
7. Otherworld South Vale - we describe the nightmare Silent Hill streets and how to reach the historical society.
8. Toluca Prison - we describe the pitch-black prison and where to find all the weights.
9. Labyrinth - we describe the surreal corridors, how to survive another encounter with Pyramid Head and the freezer shootout.
10. Lakeview Hotel - we describe the abandoned hotel, where to find three music box figurines and how to sneak through the employee section.
11. Otherworld Hotel - we describe how to get through the burned down hotel and defeat the game's final bosses.

Silent Hill 2 Remake: Puzzles

1. Neely's Bar Jukebox - we explain how to repair the jukebox in eastern South Vale.
2. Safe in apartment 206 - we explain how to open the safe in Wood Side Apartments.
3. Reception desk - we explain how to open the reception desk at Wood Side Apartments.
4. Moth room - we explain how to escape the moth room in Blue Creek Apartments.
5. Director's Office safe - we explain how to open the safe in the Director's Office at Brookhaven Hospital.
6. Trick or Treat game show - we explain how to win the game show in the Otherworld Hospital.
7. Prison Gallows - we explain how to pick the innocent convict at the Toluca Prison yard.
8. Lobby Music Box - we explain how to start the music box at the Lakeview Hotel lobby.

Silent Hill 2 Remake: Basics

1. All enemies - we describe all enemy types in the game and how to fight them.
2. All endings - we list all eight endings, what happens in them and how to get them.
3. Chainsaw - we explain how to get the chainsaw and how it works.

Silent Hill 2 Remake: Game length

Silent Hill 2 Remake is much longer than the original game. It may take you 15 to 20 hours to complete the game on your first playthrough. You can find more information about the game's length on the Game length page.

Silent Hill 2 Remake: Game editions

The latest Bloober Team game comes in two editions. You can learn more about them on the Game editions page.

Silent Hill 2 Remake: Trophies, achievements

Silent Hill 2 Remake has 44 trophies, including a platinum trophy. We have listed all the achievements and how to obtain them on the Trophies, Achievements page.

Silent Hill 2 Remake: PC requirements

1. Operating system: Windows 10 (64-bit);
2. Processor: Intel Core i7-6700K / AMD Ryzen 5 3600;
3. RAM: 16 GB;
4. Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti / AMD Radeon RX 5700;
5. Disk space: 50 GB of available space;
6. DirectX version: DirectX 12.

For more detailed information, have a look at the PC system requirements page.