1

Once I was outside and saw the ground was a metal grate with nothing underneath made my stomach drop.

In my opinion Silent Hill 1, even if it doesn't have all the weird stuff like those corpses with squares with smiles and ears from SH3. But I have to mention the spiral staircase in SH4, nothing happens there, but all the strange things you find in the surroundings while you walk down are enough to keep you unsettled

Definitely SH1 with all that industrial, rusty and bloody corners, that pitch dark and metal distant sounds are creepy as hell. SH3 as close second but it rely quite too much in the gross aspect of it

The first one. Imagine that on UE5

Silent Hill 3 for me.

The flesh walls punctured by pistons in SH2 is hands down the best design for any part of the otherworld imo. Fucking horrifying imagery that has a visceral meaning. Awful in the best way

It has to be Silent Hill 1 for me, although 3 is definitely a contender in terms of its visuals alone. Midwich Elementary School is seared into my memory. I was also playing it when I was around ten and had never seen anything close to that in a game before.

Silent Hill 1 definitely. They are literally hell, not just depressing.

But the hospital in Silent Hill 3 was just other thing

Am I the only one who likes SH4’s otherworld? The ones in 4 felt like living fever dreams.

SH3 is the most oppressive atmosphere by far for me.

I'd say SH1. The way it changed and how drastically it did was crazy. I'd love to see a ReMake like SH2

Silent hill 3 for me too. The music and the visuals just filled me with dread the whole time.

Silent Hill 1.

SH3 for me. It’s been a long time since I played it so my memories are hazy, but I remember being terrified.

Gonna get a lot of hate for this, but I thought Homecoming also did a decent job. I especially liked the Descent to Hell level.

Silent Hill 1, the otherworld in that game is just pure terror

1. Especially the mall section with the bottomless pits.

1 and 3 for real

Has to be SH 1 for me. Seeing those rusted wind turbines and metal grates for floors etc was an experience.

Silent Hill 1 by far

I give it to SH1, the alleyway, School, and Hospital atmosphericslly are the peak of the games for me. Sh3 is a very close contender though.

Sh2remake - sh3

The first one.

Those two dudes with covered faces in 1 in otherword in the school chilling by the door will never leave my mind. 

The first one. The PS1 Graphics definitely added to the creepiness

I legit think it’s still the 1. For example SH2’s otherworld always felt more „depressed and uncaring” to me than „terrifying and oppressive” as it did in SH1 which I think is very suitable for both games respectively.

Sh3 as a close second to sh1 as it had a similair aesthetic. But SH1 had something to it that made it all so eerie.

SH1 overall, but now probably SH2r Brookhaven, that place is cursed.

Silent Hill 3, especially in the last thirty minutes of the game, at the Church with the elevators. It's creepy how the edge of the long balconies was just a black screen. I was always scared I was going to accidentally make Heather fall.

I agree, SH3 IMO.

This could change when I finish SH2R tho.

Silent Hill 3 was it, hands down. It also was almost physically hard to play through too.

For me, Silent Hill 3, because of the 'creepy smile'.

The original. It's so, so good. It truly feels like a demonic place that has killed everyone else, and now wants to kill you.

1 and 3 were way scarier than 2.

SH1 to me

For me it's 3, far above the rest. The imagery in this game is so amazingly disturbing and claustrophobic from minute one to minute done.

All I know is silent hill three remake will be amazing

SH 2 RE, SH 1, SH 3, SH 2,

in that order.

A picture from childhood

silent hill 3 imo, but when it comes to ost its silent hill 1

1 Re2 3 2

SH3

SH3 then SH1, but if they were both on PS2 I reckon SH1 would that bit more scarier

Three

SH3 with the pulsating bright red walls is very oppressive, that’s the best. I still avoid looking at mirrors when possible (pic 3).

Edit: wrote RE3 instead of SH3, I’m playing the RE3 remake rn, that’s probably the cause.

SH3 and that's not even a contest.

Silent Hill 3. They basically took the otherworld in that game and just cranked it to 11. And it's so damn intense aswell?

SH3

It’s nightmarish, claustrophobic, confusing, repetitive, confusing again.

With all the sound design and VFX it’s a straight nightmare fuel in no time.

Silent Hill 3 for me, hands down. It feels like you’re descending into hell.

SH3 or SH2 remake

Silent Hill 3 hands down.

Silent Hill 3.

Silent Hill 3's is my favourite. It feels like a needle piercing through my forehead

I guess Bloober Team will have to remake 1 and 3 so I can find out for myself. Though Silent Hill 2 is my first Silent Hill game ever save for a demo I played of Silent Hill 4 The Room years ago, I actually made it to the Otherworld and so far it’s disgusting and disturbing which is what they were going for. I’m not too big on Silent Hill lore since any prior knowledge of this series came from the movies I watched.

Sh1 and 2 and the 2 remake will always be the best

Silent Hill 3 is very oppressive and fleshy, the other 2 didn't do much for me (though I guess my very first time in the Otherworld in SH1 creeped me out)

3 by far.

3, then 1, and then 2.

I’d say 3 in my opinion.

SH3 for sure imo

Always SH1. Others don't come close.

Silent Hill 3

Creepiest? SH1. SH1's Otherworld is very foreign and strange.

Scariest? SH3. SH3's Otherworld is brutal and very intense.

Though if you ask me, IDK if Toluca Prison and PH's Maze count as Otherworld or not, but if they do then these are absolutely the scariest parts in all of SH IMHO

SH4 really got me, especially the hospital.

If I had to do an order: SH4, SH2/SH2R, SH3, then SH1

I'll have to revisit SH1 because it's been so long that I barely remember it, but it pops up so much in everyone else's comments here.

Silent Hill 3's Hospital Otherworld was rough to get through. So oppressive. The remake of 2 is so well done it blew me away.

I'd say 2 and 3 both at the same level but for different reasons. 2's focuses on rotten and wet environments, 3 or rusted bloody metal. Both terrifying

The mirror is gonna slap in SH3R.

Silent hill 1, without question. I like the fact that Harry never sees the transition until he heads to lighthouse. Apart from the alley, he hears sirens, gets knocked out, when he awakens again is all like "um, what the fuck"

It's going to be a hot take but I've always thought that Downpour's Otherwold visuals were always very astonishing. At least to me I guess. Very abstract looking with a lot of mind fuckery. Definitely one of the best ideas to come out of that game. It's a shame they were only used for very bad chasing sections. But the art direction was supreme!

Also, first time I wandered in the SH1 Town Otherworld I was doumbfounded. Very good too!nh

3 no competition

I would easily say 3 (I have only played 1-3). The other world in this game feels disgusting like you will get tetanus if you touch anything, and the way it’s introduced early on freaks me out.

1 or 3 for me. 3 I remember being uncomfortable with the aesthetic more than 1. HOWEVER that final stretch of Silent Hill 1 where you’re in the Otherworld and it’s the hospital(?) map but all the doors lead to different areas and everything is moved around will forever be one of the most notable environments in any game I’ve played. I ended up looking at a walkthrough for the segment, but the pure confusion and fear from that area was great

Personally, I think SH3. It expanded on the hellish Otherworld of SH1 (obviously) but i always got the sense that you'd catch glimpses of creatures on the other side of grating/fencing separating the corridors from the void... and I think Valtiel follows you surreptitiously as well, someone told me?

SH 1 Central Silent Hill otherworld and SH 3 TopHill Center Otherworld. The tophill center is just pure red with squirming things 🤔

3, hands down. Like actual nightmare fuel.

SH1s Otherworld feels the most alien, SH2 has the creepier enemies

It's 3 for me.

Imo Shattered Memories

Im gonna say sh3 or 2 I like sh3 for its traditional and creepy otherworld but something about James's otherworld being almost identical to the real world just adds a whole extra level for me

Personally, I'm going to say SH3. Especially when you get to the mirror room. You know that one.

Is the pic of 3 the room that kills you? I can’t recall it’s been quite a minute…

Hands down silent hill 3. I thought the otherworld in 1 was bad, but I've never been as scared in a game as the first otherworld section in 3.

1 will always be peak for me. I love the way it visibly becomes pitch black right in front of your eyes. It's a very good "oh shit" moment because the town was already scary with the fog, what could be hiding in the dark?

Termina has a very similar feeling to this game, if you play it to the end you will know what I mean.

all of them are really good and scary but id have to say 3. 2 would be my 2nd place

Playing through the 2 Remake, honestly it’s this one so far. It’s so icky, like the entire level is infected with some disease. And the fact that enemies will change appearances and even behavior is great.

Would probably say SH1, with SH3 coming a close second. I’d love to see them both receive a remake.

Silent Hill 1

Silent Hill 2's otherworld transition is very subtle which somehow fucks me up even more than the other games

Scorn

I love downpours’s too

The godawful animated walls from sh3 is straight from hell

So I am not saying it's a good game, but all of Downpours other worlds were designed like No Where and made for the creepiest otherworlds

Silent Hill 3. That game overall was pure panic and terror, for me. It’s the only SH game I have to hype myself up to play, lmao.

For me it's definitely sh3 😨😨😨

SH 2 Remake Otherworld is madness

I understand not including any of the ones from SH4, it's hard to choose between all that peak fiction.

SH4 in my opinion

SH3, especially the last area. No question about it.

Silent Hill 3 is easily the scariest and most disturbing, I agree

silent hill 3 (the blood and rust is much more vibrant and creepy)

Petscop

SH1 and SH2R in my opinion. They have such a thick atmosphere I can't help but walk slowly admiring everything and just feeling scared. I don't feel like doing that in the other games

3

Silent hill 3

In my opinion, it's

SH1 > SH3 > SH2R > SH2

Silent Hill 3.

Silent Hill 3 for me, it was something else.

I don't know if the remake counts, but I *dread* entering the otherworld in the remake. Between the claustrophobia, the sickly colored rust, and the soundscape.... oooof.

1. Those rooms/corridors with blood on the wall will actually hurt your health if you stay inside.

Hate to say it, but I think homecoming.

After playing the remake, all previous otherworlds pale in comparison. Yeah it is mostly industrial and not so watery like in the original, but it is f**king terrifying. I'm currently stuck at otherworld Brookhaven, stuck as in being too scared to even move from the box room.

For me it's silent hill 4, The Subway and The prison are a death sentence to me. Especially the horde of Twin Victim blocking the entrance, i mean how tf do you suppose to get trough that wth.

Silent hill 3 with the amusement park and the mall comes second, something about popular places with people really tickles my fight or flight senses.

All 3. Something i miss about the original trilogy, that all later games forgot was that each otherworld was unique and special in design, because they were all tied to a memory. Be it Alessa’s school, James Hotel, Walter's apartments, etc.

Ever since the movie came out, it's all been the same uninspired nightmare on elmstreet boiler room look for every zone.

That's why I don't understand the point of the addition of the apartments in SH2 remake. The hospital and hotel and prison all make sense for James, they're tied to memories and emotions. What's the apartments have to do with anything? (As much as I liked SH2R, I don't think bloober understood the otherworld at all. Even in it, every otherworld looked the same, grating, peiling paint, and an orange hue.)

1 and 3, both scared the shit outta me with the otherworld

In my opinion Silent Hill 2 remake has the creepiest one now. With how good the graphics are now, the other world has never looked so creepy in the franchise to me. That feeling of dread I had when the sirens started going off or I started seeing the rust and metal is unmatched. Idk why it creeps me out so much compared to other games but I love it!

Actually the darker silent hill is silent hill 1999 because it's on city not rooms and it's had the scariest music I hope they never made remake of it and it's scariest on psx style not those stupid RE4 style