Thus you won’t find the likes of forgettable mainline entries like Silent Hill: Homecoming and Silent Hill: Downpour here, or the inappropriately aggressive shoot ‘em up action of Silent Hill: The Arcade, or indeed the co-operative dungeon crawling of Silent Hill: Book of Memories that absolutely nobody asked for. Silent Hill 3Developer: Team Silent | Publisher: Konami | Platform: PS2, PC | Release date: August 5, 2003 (NA) | Review: IGN's Silent Hill 3 reviewThe storytelling brilliance of Silent Hill 2 made it a hard act to follow – and we’ll get to exactly why in a moment – but Silent Hill 3 distanced itself slightly from its landmark predecessor by positioning itself as a direct sequel to the original Silent Hill instead. Upon its release, Silent Hill 3 was criticised for lacking gameplay innovation and being a bit too similar to the first two games, but given the string of subpar Silent Hill games released in the aftermath of Silent Hill 4: The Room, perhaps in retrospect staying true to the look and feel of the two most respected entries in the Silent Hill series wasn’t such a bad thing. Silent Hill 2Developer: Team Silent | Publisher: Konami | Platform: PS2, Xbox, PC | Release date: September 25, 2001 (NA) | Review: IGN's Silent Hill 2 reviewThe original Silent Hill may have established the series’ combination of overwhelmingly bleak atmosphere and disturbing adult themes, but 2001’s Silent Hill 2 perfected it. Every Silent Hill Game, Ranked Every Silent Hill Game, RankedAnd there we have it: the nine best games in the Silent Hill series.