Is Townfall first-person?

Yes. Wikipedia describes it as the first fully first-person mainline-style Silent Hill game.

A near-invincible stalker. Contact is instant death, and there are two stealth sections with it (VGC).

Has The Weight been fixed?

The studio said on September 30 that rebalancing is coming. It was not in PC patch 1.3.1.

Silent Hill: Townfall Beginner Guide: CRTV, Stealth and The Weight

Silent Hill: Townfall launched on September 24, 2026 on PS5 and PC. You play Simon Ordell in the fictional Scottish town of St. Amelia in 1996. It is single-player, and these basics come from Wikipedia and VGC.

Key takeaways

You can fight with planks and pipes, or avoid enemies with stealth.
The CRTV handheld TV shows enemies through walls. The pager is a weaker radar.
An IV drip works as an extra life.
The Weight is the main complaint in reviews.

SILENT HILL: Townfall – Gameplay Trailer · YouTube

Combat or stealth

Combat is a last resort, and ammo is limited. Use the CRTV to see where enemies are before you walk into a room, then slip past. Fighting wastes resources.

The Weight

The Weight is a stalker that kills on contact. VGC found the two stealth sections with it, one mid-game and one near the end, frustrating. Studio Screen Burn Interactive said on September 30 that it heard players and will rebalance them soon. PC patch 1.3.1 improved stuttering but did not change this.

Length and endings

One source estimates 10 to 16 hours. There are five endings, and some require New Game Plus. We found no difficulty settings in any source.

Cast and setting

Jovan Adepo plays Simon, Kezia Burrows plays nurse Zoe Ellis and Terry O'Quinn plays Richard Shaw. The town is based on St Monans in Fife. Townfall was nominated for two Golden Joystick Awards, and winners are announced on November 20.