Horror Games Get Their Due: Silent Hill 2 Remake Wins Top Award

Silent Hill 2 Remake Wins Game of the Year at Horror Game Awards

What a night it was at the 2024 Horror Game Awards! The Silent Hill 2 Remake, developed by Konami, took home the top prize of Game of the Year, besting a slate of exceptional horror games. This highly-anticipated remake of the classic survival horror game did not go home empty-handed, winning three additional awards: Best Survival Horror, Best Soundtrack, and Best Performance for Luke Roberts’ mo-cap and voice work as James Sunderland.

The ceremony also saw Chilla’s Art take home the award for Best Indie Developer, Lethal Company win Best Multiplayer, and The Chinese Room’s Still Wakes the Deep win Best Indie Horror and Best Technical Achievement. Masahiro Ito, the creator of Pyramid Head, received a well-deserved Lifetime Achievement Award.

Full List of Winners and Nominations

Here are the winners and nominees in each category:

• Best Performance:
  • Alec Newman/Caz – Caz in Still Wakes the Deep
  • Luke Roberts/James Sunderland – Silent Hill 2 (WINNER)
  • Vito Z. Holmes/Rambley the Raccoon – Indigo Park: Chapter 1
• Most Accessible Horror Game:
  • Dead By Daylight – Behaviour Interactive
  • Mouthwashing – Wrong Organ
  • Slay the Princess – The Pristine Cut – Black Tabby Games (WINNER)
• Best Narrative:
  • Silent Hill 2 – Bloober Team
  • Mouthwashing — Wrong Organ (WINNER)
  • Slay the Princess – The Pristine Cut — Black Tabby Games
• Best Soundtrack:
  • Indigo Park: Chapter 1 – UniqueGeese
  • Psychopomp GOLD – Fading Club
  • Silent Hill 2 – Bloober Team SA (WINNER)
• Players’ Choice:
  • Mouthwashing – Wrong Organ (WINNER)
  • Silent Hill 2 – Bloober Team SA
  • Buckshot Roulette – Mike Klubnika
• Best Survival Horror:
  • Crow Country – SFB Games
  • Silent Hill 2 – Bloober Team (WINNER)
  • Until Dawn – Ballistic Moon
• Best Indie Developer:
  • Chilla’s Art (WINNER)
  • Puppet Combo
  • Wrong Organ
• Best Indie Horror Game:
  • Buckshot Roulette – Mike Klubnika
  • Mouthwashing – Wrong Organ
  • Still Wakes the Deep – The Chinese Room (WINNER)
• Best Multiplayer Horror Game:
  • Dead By Daylight – Behaviour Interactive Inc.
  • Lethal Company – Zeekers (WINNER)
  • Phasmophobia – Kinetic Games
• Best VR Horror:
  • Five Nights at Freddy’s: Help Wanted 2 – Steel Wool Studios
  • Phasmophobia – Kinetic Games
  • Resident Evil 4 VR – Capcom & Armature Studio (WINNER)
• Best Developer:
  • Capcom (WINNER)
  • Wrong Organ
  • Puppet Combo
• Horror Content Creator of the Year:
  • IGP
  • ManlyBadassHero
  • Markiplier (WINNER)
• Technical Achievement:
  • Mouthwashing – Wrong Organ
  • Still Wakes the Deep – The Chinese Room (WINNER)
  • Silent Hill 2 – Bloober Team SA
• Lifetime Achievement Award:
  • Masahiro Ito (WINNER)
  • Scott Cawthon
  • Sam Lake
• Most Anticipated Horror Game:
  • Alien: Isolation Sequel – Creative Assembly (WINNER)
  • Little Nightmares III – Supermassive Games
  • Resident Evil 9 – Capcom
• Horror Game of the Year:
  • Silent Hill 2 – Bloober Team SA (WINNER)
  • Mouthwashing – Wrong Organ
  • Still Wakes the Deep – The Chinese Room

What’s Next for Silent Hill 2 Remake?

Despite its award-winning success, Silent Hill 2 Remake players are still waiting for a fix for the game’s poor performance on PS5 Pro. While Bloober Team did deploy an update to address graphical glitches, the patch has only removed PSSR and failed to address the underlying issues. Fans are still eagerly awaiting a proper solution to the technical issues plaguing the game on the Pro console.