Silent Hill F Update Adds New Casual Difficulty, Skip Feature For New Game Plus

Konami and NeoBards Entertainment have released a new update for Silent Hill f, adding a brand-new Casual action difficulty alongside a number of system tweaks and bug fixes.

The Casual difficulty can be chosen right from the start or unlocked after dying multiple times on higher action settings. The update also introduces an optional skip feature for New Game+, allowing returning players to bypass certain early sections without affecting branching paths or endings—though some achievements will be disabled on runs that use this feature.

The patch also makes gameplay noticeably easier across the board. Hinako’s stamina now regenerates faster, enemy counts have been reduced in various areas, and several previously unskippable combat encounters can now be avoided. Even the Hard difficulty has been slightly adjusted to reduce incoming damage.

Silent Hill f launched in September and sold more than 1 million copies in its first 24 hours, outperforming the Silent Hill 2 remake. Meanwhile, Bloober Team is confirmed to be working on a remake of the original Silent Hill, and the next film adaptation—Return to Silent Hill—hits theaters January 23.

You can read GameSpot’s review of Silent Hill f here. Full patch notes follow below.

PC

New Features

• Casual Action Difficulty — Available from New Game or unlocked after multiple Game Over screens on higher difficulties.
• Optional Skip for New Game+ — After completing the “Go through the door” objective, players can skip to Hinako’s second awakening in the Dark Shrine corridor.
• Skipped items won’t be collected.
• Certain achievements cannot be unlocked on skip-enabled runs.
• Skipping does not affect paths or endings.

System Changes

• Faster stamina recovery for Hinako
• Reduced unskippable combat encounters
• Fewer enemies in multiple locations
• Delayed timing for Hinako’s victory line
• Slightly reduced damage on Hard difficulty

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Shu duplication during cutscene at Sennensugi Shrine
• Fixed missing interaction icons near the naginata room
• Fixed Sakuko-like entity freezing during combat
• Fixed Fog Monster failing to move and stopping progress
• Fixed progression blockers across various levels
• Fixed enemies spawning outside combat areas
• Fixed clumps of flesh not appearing
• Fixed missing notes from “Sakuko’s Diary” on NG+
• Fixed Hinako becoming unresponsive after dodging
• Fixed autosave death loop bug
• Fixed “View Endings” not appearing on title screen
• Fixed graphics settings improperly resetting during cutscenes
• Fixed controller cursor drift issues

*Additional minor fixes affecting audio, hitboxes, text, loading, and graphics were also applied.

PS5 and Xbox Series X|S

New Features

• Casual Action Difficulty — Same functionality as PC.
• New Game+ Skip Feature — Same functionality as PC.
• New Motion Blur setting added to Graphics menu

System Changes

• Faster stamina regeneration
• Reduced unskippable encounters
• Reduced enemy placement
• Later timing for enemy defeat voice line
• Less damage taken on Hard difficulty

Bug Fixes

• All major and minor fixes listed in PC section also apply here
• Additional controller-related fixes

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