It’s been 7 years and I still can’t play Silent Hill on the Nintendo Switch

2,779 days. It’s been a long time since Nintendo released the Switch. Do you know how many silent Hill were games released during this period? Zero. Not a single one, and that is incomprehensible to me. Konami doesn’t know how much Switch players want to get their hands on one of the most iconic horror franchises of all time – okay, I’m a Switch player, but I know I’m not the only one lamenting its absence following the release of the remake from Silent Hill 2.

All week I’ve seen people liking the remake, I’ve seen screenshots of James standing outside Brookhaven Hospital where he’s about to meet a bunch of hot nurses, I’ve seen footage of the protagonist walking through the fog, and While I’m about to join everyone in giving in and shopping for the PS5, I’m left feeling bad as a Nintendo Switch gamer – maybe the upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 will soothe my soul and give me a scary surprise.

There are a lot of great horror games on the Nintendo Switch, so it’s not like we’re deprived of spooky goodies, especially since there are eleven Resident Evil games on the platform, including Resident Evil Village, RE7, the remakes of Resident Evil 2 and 3, and both Revelations. Capcom has gone a step further, bringing select Resi games to a mobile audience.

Many consider Silent Hill 2 to be one of the best horror games of all time, perhaps even the best in terms of psychological horror. James Sunderland’s story is truly frightening, taking you on an intense journey that explores the deepest recesses of the mind, giving you a glimpse into his psyche through the horrors he encounters. If you don’t want to read too much into it, Silent Hill 2 introduces Pyramid Head, a king, an icon, and a villain that Switch players should be able to encounter outside of Dead by Daylight. No offense to Behavior Interactive, but that asymmetrical multiplayer horror game is a poor substitute for the real thing.

So why isn’t Konami giving the Silent Hills games the same treatment? There is no Resident Evil 4 Remake Switch port, so I never seriously expected there to be a Silent Hill 2 Switch version. Well, as far as the Bloober remake goes, even though I think it should be. However, I certainly think there’s more room to put the original Silent Hill 2 on Switch or the Silent Hill Collection that Konami released for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

If we put Silent Hill 2 aside, there are other great games in the franchise that would feel right at home on the Nintendo Switch, the most obvious of which is Silent Hill: Shattered Memories. The reason is that the first platform on which the 2009 title arrived was the Nintendo Wii, arriving on the PS2 and PlayStation Portable at the beginning of the following year. It’s even one of the best PSP games out there, indicating just how good it is on a portable console.

Admittedly, Silent Hill: Shattered Memories isn’t the scariest game of the bunch, but perhaps that makes it a good entry point for a new audience. We even named it one of the Switch horror games we’d love to see; that was three years ago and Konami still isn’t listening.

So while it’s not the most popular Silent Hill game, I’m a fan of Homecoming. Is it because it also features Pyramid Head, my true love besides Geralt? Yes. But that’s not the only reason. I think some of the bosses in Homecoming are really grotesque (Scarlet lives in my head rent-free), and it’s a shame so few people know about them. It’s true that this entry is from 2008, but old games constantly appear on the Switch. Capcom has no qualms about releasing several Resident Evil games on the platform, including RE4, which was originally released before Silent Hill Homecoming.

I know what you’re thinking: Capcom has done smooth remasters of these three games, porting them to PlayStation 4, PC, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch, so let’s take a look at another game. Resident Evil Revelations was released in 2012, the same year as three different Silent Hill games. That RE game found its way onto the Nintendo Switch just fine, so why the hell isn’t Konami printing easy money with ports of Silent Hill: Book of Memories, Silent Hill: Downpour, and the aforementioned Silent Hill HD Collection, the latter of which presents the first three games.

If The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and Skyrim can run on the Switch, there’s no reason for Silent Hill to be absent in the performance department. As I already said, Silent Hill on the Nintendo Switch would print money, so money is not the issue here, and there is no longer any interest in the franchise, as evidenced by the Silent Hill 2 remake and the upcoming film.

Several Silent Hill projects are in the works, including Silent Hill F, which will be the ninth main entry in the series following the unfortunate cancellation of Silent Hills – luckily, I still have the PT demo so I can remind myself of what could have been – which rest in peace. Silent Hills was supposed to be a PS4 exclusive, while the Silent Hill 2 remake is only on PC and PS5. Not even Xbox gamers can understand it, which makes me worry that the Silent Hill drought will continue for the Nintendo Switch, even with the next console’s release.

Hopefully my fears are unfounded and Konami realizes the potential of giving more people the chance to visit the town of Silent Hill. “Is she really alive… waiting for me?” Give everyone the opportunity to find the answer to this famous question themselves.