How Long Is Silent Hill Townfall? Game Length and Chapter List Explained

Silent Hill Townfall, at the time of this writing, is just 2 days away from its slated release on September 24, 2026, and horror fans jumping into St. Amelia would want to know exactly what they’re signing up for. We have figured out how long the game takes to beat, and how the story is structured across its six Parts and seventeen sub-chapters. Here’s everything you need to know.

How Long Does It Take To Beat Silent Hill Townfall

Silent Hill Townfall average runtime is 12-14 hours | Credit: Konami

Beating Silent Hill Townfall’s story for the first time takes most players somewhere between 10 and 14 hours, with the average clear landing closer to 12-14 hours before the credits roll on a single ending. That places the game roughly in line with Silent Hill f, and comfortably shorter than the 18-hour Silent Hill 2 remake.

If the runtime were to stretch or shrink, then two settings would mostly be responsible. The main Difficulty option adjusts combat and stealth, cycling from a forgiving Story Mode through the standard Normal setting up to Nightmare, where enemies hit harder and can even spot a flashlight beam in the dark.

Separately, Puzzle Difficulty toggles between Hinted, which nudges players toward solutions, and Normal, which offers no assistance and can add a large chunk of time for anyone determined to work things out unaided.

Runtime also depends heavily on the playstyle. Townfall leans on stealth, so players who sneak past threats will generally finish faster than those who stand and fight every monster in-game.

To see everything Silent Hill Townfall has to offer, you’ll need to go through all five endings, three of which are reachable on a first playthrough, while the other two open up only after you start New Game Plus. Because those hidden endings require replays, a completionist run chasing every ending and collectible needs a minimum of roughly 25 to 30 hours, and that figure can stretch to 40-50 hours for anyone avoiding guides entirely.

Every Part and Chapter in Silent Hill Townfall

Silent Hill Townfall has six parts | Credit: Konami

Rather than numbered chapters, Silent Hill Townfall organizes its story into six named Parts, each one built around protagonist Simon Ordell’s search through St. Amelia, a coastal town modeled after Scotland.

Those six parts break down further into seventeen sub-chapters, and notably, each Part shifts perspective to a different character, giving the story its structure. Because the Part titles hint at plot developments, treat the list below as mild spoiler territory:

• Part 1: Arrival
• Part 2: Zoe
• Part 3: The Patient
• Part 4: Clara Woods
• Part 5: Richard
• Part 6: Simon

This structure gives Townfall a rhythm closer to an anthology than a straight single-character horror story, with each Part reframing what’s actually happening in St. Amelia as new characters take the spotlight.

Silent Hill Townfall is available on PS5 and Steam/ Epic Games for PC, and for anyone wondering how to budget their time, the answer is simple: expect roughly 12-14 hours to see the credits once, and set aside a few more evenings if you want to experience every ending and secret.

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