UPDATE: After a listing noted that Silent Hill F had been refused classification in Australia, the listing has now been removed off the classification board website. It’s not clear if the original listing was a mistake, or if it has been re-submitted or altered at all.
The Australian Classification Board has responded to our request for comment with the below statement:
“Silent Hill f is not currently classified as ‘Refused Classification’ in Australia. The 14 March 2025 entry on the National Classification Database has been removed. A classification decision will be published to the National Classification Database ahead of the game’s release.”
ORIGINAL STORY: Silent Hill f was just revealed a few weeks ago, but, in typical Australian fashion, it has been refused classification in Australia. It feels like it’s been a few years since we had the latest slew of games being refused classifications, with this being the most high-profile game in ages.
A listing on the classifications website simply says that it has been refused classification by the IARC Global Rating Tool with no further information provided.
We’ve reached out to the Classification Board as well as Silent Hill f’s local distributor to see if there’s a reason for the refusal and what the next steps are for it.
We don’t yet have a release date for Silent Hill f, but given it’s been submitted for classification it must be fairly soon.
We know that the game is coming to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC (with Xbox Play Anywhere support). This is a new story set in 1960s rural Japan where Shimizu Hinako’s secluded town has been consumed by a sudden fog that has transformed her home into a haunting nightmare.
As with all Silent Hill games, from this point on, it’ll be a twisted tale where Hinako has to solve puzzles and battle monsters.
