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Silent Hill 4: The Room

2004 · Team Silent

Investigate a locked apartment and unsettling alternate spaces in a horror story about intrusion and isolation.

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GAMEBOX SCORE

92

Provisional GAMEBOX editorial ratings. These are not verified facts or aggregate review scores.

/ 100

Retro Score91
Hidden Gem89
Revival Potential84

GAME DNA

experience
Survival tension · Narrative-driven · Experimental
genre
Horror · Survival Horror
mood
Dark · Unsettling
gameplay
Exploration · Survival · Puzzle
difficulty
Hard
era
2000s
pacing
Slow
perspective
Third-person · First-person
structure
Hub-based

DISCOVER BY GAME DNA

Game DNA is GAMEBOX editorial classification; era comes from the sourced release year. Ratings are separate editorial judgements.

DarkUnsettlingExplorationSurvivalPuzzle

ABOUT THE GAME

Investigate a locked apartment and unsettling alternate spaces in a horror story about intrusion and isolation.

Investigate a locked apartment and unsettling alternate spaces in a horror story about intrusion and isolation.

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RETRO HISTORY

First listed release: 2004. Explore the cited source for the game's release and development history.

ORIGINAL RELEASE
2004
Developer
Team Silent
Publisher
Konami

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Similarity breakdown
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  • gameplay: Exploration · Puzzle · Survival100% distinctive overlap · 24.6 / 24.6 points
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Similarity breakdown
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Similarity breakdown
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  • mood: Dark · Unsettling100% distinctive overlap · 59.3 / 59.3 points
  • genre: Horror · Survival Horror100% distinctive overlap · 27.6 / 27.6 points
  • gameplay: Exploration · Puzzle · Survival100% distinctive overlap · 24.6 / 24.6 points
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  • pacing: Slow100% distinctive overlap · 10.1 / 10.1 points
  • perspective: Third-person45% distinctive overlap · 3.1 / 6.9 points
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