Silent Hills
A free playable corridor became one of horror's most influential demos, but the Silent Hill game it revealed never advanced into a public build of its own.
Quick facts
- Existence state
- Never Born
- Peak stage
- officially announced
- Research confidence
- high
- Last verified
What it was
A cancelled Silent Hill instalment planned by Hideo Kojima and Guillermo del Toro with actor Norman Reedus.
Konami announced the project through P.T., a deliberately disguised PlayStation 4 teaser whose ending revealed the title and creative team.
Existence timeline
Konami publishes a free, disguised playable teaser on PlayStation 4.
Completing P.T. discloses the planned game and its principal collaborators.
The creators discuss ideas, but no Silent Hills production build reaches the public.
Guillermo del Toro says the collaboration will not continue.
Konami ends Silent Hills while saying the wider franchise will continue.
The separate teaser is removed from the PlayStation Store.
Why it ended
Konami confirmed in April 2015 that development would not continue amid the company's separation from Kojima Productions.
Last confirmed trace
P.T. remains installed on some consoles, while recordings, interviews and recreated versions preserve the teaser and its final announcement.
What it left behind
Although the game itself barely passed announcement, its separate teaser reshaped independent and mainstream horror design for a decade.
Questions this archive answers
Why was Silent Hills cancelled?
Konami confirmed in April 2015 that development would not continue amid the company's separation from Kojima Productions.
How close did Silent Hills get to release?
The strongest verified milestone maps to officially_announced under Arrival Score V1.
How we classified it
The proposed archive unit never reached ordinary public access in the form being documented.
The strongest verified milestone maps to officially_announced under Arrival Score V1.
Sources & verification
Last reviewed 2026-08-01. Sources are linked so readers can inspect the evidence directly.