Atmosphere with Twin Peaks and Silent Hill vibes
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“the creepy atmospheric music is phenomenal”
Steam review · 0.5 h played ↗
Silver Pines
Worth buying? What 183 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 183 Steam reviews actually say.
Overwhelmingly PositiveOverwhelmingly Positive · 95%Wych Elm2026Horror · Metroidvania · Survival Horror
$24.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago · Lowest we’ve seen since Oct 20, 2026: $22.49
The verdict
A stylish 2D survival horror Metroidvania blending Resident Evil, Silent Hill and Twin Peaks, with superb atmosphere and exploration. Skip it if you hate clunky combat, coin-based saves or backtracking.
Great for
Fans of Resident Evil, Silent Hill, Alan Wake and Twin Peaks who enjoy exploration, puzzles and resource management
Main risk
Clunky combat and controls plus limited coin-cost saves can cause frustrating lost progress
Since the last analysis (Oct 9)
Notable change
- New complaintClunky combat and controls (#1)
- New complaintWeak story and not scary (#2)
- New complaintTedious backtracking and unclear progression (#3)
- New complaintLimited coin-based saves, no autosave (#4)
- New complaintFrustrating boss fights (#6)
- New praiseCamera and phone-booth save mechanics (#6)
- Complaint gonePerformance drops vs. the demo
- Complaint gonePastiche lacks a cohesive hook
- Complaint goneWeak voice acting and pointless difficulty
- Praise goneGreat voice acting and music
- Complaint movedCrashes, freezes and save corruption: #3 → #5
What players love
Striking art style and sound design
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“Huge fan of the rotoscope animation, the art used in the portraits and the presentation of the 2D and 3D enviroments.”
Steam review · 16.9 h played ↗
Engaging story and voice acting
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“Voice acting is one of the best in industry for this type of games”
Steam review · 36.7 h played ↗
Rewarding Metroidvania exploration and level design
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“The absolutely genius metroidvania map deisgn which makes every area you enter a puzzle on its own”
Steam review · 12.5 h played ↗
Good puzzles and tight resource management
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Puzzles were all well signposted with the information you needed.”
Steam review · 17.4 h played ↗
Camera and phone-booth save mechanics
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 positive reviews
“The game also features a camera mechanic which allows you to take a picture of anything which gets pinned to the location on the map where it was taken”
Steam review · 31.1 h played ↗
What players complain about
Clunky combat and controls
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 negative reviews
“The way the character moves just sucks.”
Steam review · 2.3 h played ↗
Weak story and not scary
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Pretty generic looking monsters, predictable, and no real mystery to them”
Steam review · 18.5 h played ↗
Tedious backtracking and unclear progression
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“the sheer amount of backtracking eventually becomes exhausting”
Steam review · 13.4 h played ↗
Limited coin-based saves, no autosave
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Limited saves tied to your money being a thing you can't turn off is atrocious.”
Steam review · 0.3 h played ↗
Crashes, freezes and save corruption
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“It keeps crashing on the Steam Deck”
Steam review · 9.8 h played ↗
Frustrating boss fights
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Be warned that this game has several forced challenging boss battles”
Steam review · 2 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support5 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel Core i5-4460 or AMD Ryzen 3 1200
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNIVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti, AMD Radeon R9 270X
Storage5 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 11
ProcessorIntel Core i5-6600 or AMD Ryzen 5 1600
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNIVIDIA GeForce GTX 770, AMD Radeon R9 380
Storage5 GB available space
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel Core i5-4460 or AMD Ryzen 3 1200
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNIVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti, AMD Radeon R9 270X
Storage5 GB available space
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