Lee Mehr
Cubed3Silent Hill: The Short Message Review
Published 9/9/2025
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PS5 - 1/31/2024
Silent Hill: The Short Message
Silent Hill: The Short Message is a free-to-play Silent Hill spin-off set in modern-day Germany. Players explore a location known as The Villa from a first-person perspective.
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- HexaDrive, Konami Digital Entertainment
- Publisher
- Konami
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Critic avg
51
11 scored reviews
Total coverage
11
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Score range
30–80
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Score range is 31+ points
Critic landscape
The critic average is 51 across 11 scored reviews, with a 50-point spread. Critics are far apart on this one.
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Most scored reviews currently sit in the Below 70 band.
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90–1000 reviews · 0%
80–891 review · 9%
70–792 reviews · 18%
Below 708 reviews · 73%
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Vikki Blake
EurogamerSilent Hill: The Short Message review - a potent but hardly subtle parable
Published 2/6/2024
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60
+9 vs critic avg
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Read originalRavi Sinha
GamingBoltSilent Hill: The Short Message Review – How to Save a Life
Published 2/4/2024
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70
+19 vs critic avg
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Read originalChristopher Teuton
Screen RantSilent Hill: The Short Message Review - "Worth Checking Out"
Published 2/2/2024
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80
+29 vs critic avg
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Read originalJordan Biordi
CGMagazineSilent Hill: The Short Message (PS5) Review
Published 2/2/2024
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45
-6 vs critic avg
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Read originalDavid Jenkins
Metro GameCentralSilent Hill: The Short Message review - scare free
Published 2/2/2024
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40
-11 vs critic avg
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Read originalKyle LeClair
Hardcore GamerReview: Silent Hill: The Short Message
Published 2/2/2024
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40
-11 vs critic avg
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Read originalRichard Seagrave
GameSpewSilent Hill: The Short Message Review
Published 2/2/2024
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70
+19 vs critic avg
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Read originalMark Delaney
GameSpotSilent Hill: The Short Message Review - In My Restless Dreams, I Flee That Town
Published 2/2/2024
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30
-21 vs critic avg
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Read originalLeon Hurley
GamesRadar+Silent Hill: The Short Message review | GamesRadar+GamesRadar+GamesRadar+NewsaramaTotal FilmEdge
Published 2/1/2024
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60
+9 vs critic avg
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