The best Silent Hill 2 mods for the remake

Silent Hill 2 remake mods were quick to arrive on the scene, with Leon Kennedy and fogless Silent Hill making an appearance among the best.

What are the best Silent Hill 2 remake mods? It never takes long after a new PC game comes out for the modding community game to hit us with the best, and weird, mods. The performance mods come in first, then some aesthetic ones, followed by the wild and wonderful.

Having finished our first vanilla playthroughs of Silent Hill 2, we of course had to delve into the world of mods for the single-player game – and the community did not disappoint. In the first days following the puzzle game‘s release, we got Thomas the Tank Engine and a much sunnier Silent Hills, with even more to come. For now, here are the best Silent Hill 2 mods for the remake.

The best Silent Hill 2 mods are:

Pyramid the Tank Engine

We promise there are some more serious mods in this list, and we’re not sure that Thomas the Tank Engine fits the Silent Hill aesthetic, but since the (sort of) incredible Eater of Skies Skyrim mod, it seems you can’t have a moddable game these days without seeing Thomas the Tank engine’s smiling face making an appearance.

In Pyramid the Tank Engine, Thomas replaces Pyramid Head. Of course. We’re not actually sure which is more terrifying. We just happen to have a guide on how to beat Pyramid Head in the Silent Hill 2 remake as well, which can, of course, be applied to Thomas, too.

Ultra Plus Fixes

We told you. Here’s a more sensible Silent Hill 2 mod. Ultra Plus Fixes and Visual improvements, as you might expect, makes some small, sweeping changes to the game as a whole to improve performance and look. We didn’t have too many issues when playing for our Silent Hill 2 review, but there are definitely issues with stuttering, while this mod also improves reflection, particles, and other minor graphical details.

Silent Hill 2 HD collection

If you’ve ever played the Silent Hill HD collection on console, featuring Silent Hill 2 and 3, you’ll know there are some… issues with it. Problems with the original Silent Hill code made it difficult to port the game properly, so it has bugs and other performance problems. What it doesn’t have, however, is fog. Well, it does, but not much of it. And that’s exactly what FrancisLouis is going for with this Silent Hill 2 HD collection remake mod.

The Silent Hill 2 remake is a beautiful homage to the original, and it looks fantastic – for a modern game, and the intense fog is the most defining characteristic of the town of Silent Hill. However, if you’d rather be able to see the deteriorating landscape around you – and any mannequins creeping up on you – then you can see a lot clearer with this mod.

Sunny Hills

Or take things even further with the Sunny Hills mod! Not only is there now no fog, but the sun has finally decided to shine above to town, and you’d be mistaken for thinking you, James, and Maria were just on a cheerful summer getaway. Just look at those rays shining down on Rosewater park!

We’re not afraid to say that, in some scenes, this delightful dose of vitamin D does take away from the spooky aesthetic of Silent Hill 2, but when you pair it with the fog, it somehow makes it even harder to see. We all know what it’s like when the sun’s glare hit you in just the wrong place, so just hope that doesn’t happen when a mannequin or roach is crawling around your feet.

Classic Angela

Unless you were living under a rock in the run up to the Silent Hill 2 remake release date, you’ll know that many fans took issue with the character models for the new game, Angela in particular. We are, especially since she actually looks more her intended age, but if you aren’t a fan of the new Angela – played by Gianna Kiehl in the Silent Hill 2 cast – then have we got the mod for you.

Classic Angela by NorskPL, as you can imagine, replaces the new Angela model with the old one, so you’ll feel like you’re right back in 2001. Aside from, well, everything else about the new game.

Robbie the Rabbit Hat

If you purchased the Deluxe edition of Silent Hill 2, you can run around the town as James wearing a pizza box Pyramid Head mask. If you pre-ordered the Deluxe edition of Silent Hill 2 you can also smash Bubble Heads while wearing a Mira the dog head (from that Silent Hill 2 ending). But someone’s missing.

Fortunately, FrancisLouis has come to the rescue with another mod, this time adding a Robbie the Rabbit Hat for our anti-protagonist. Robbie is of course better associated with Silent Hill 3 as the mascot for the Lakeside Amusement Park, but he’s still a staple of the series, and you can don his pink head, complete with a bloody maw, with this simple mod.

Play as RE4R Leon

Thomas the Tank Engine. Robbie the Rabbit. Classic Angela. There are already plenty of Silent Hill 2 mods that replace character models with new (or old) ones, but this one might just be our favorite.

Silent Hill 2 might be among our favorite games, but James Sunderland isn’t one of our favorite characters, you know, from a personality perspective. Leon Kennedy, however? Now, that’s a cute little rookie we can get behind. SpiritHun is out here doing god’s work by adding the Resident Evil 4 Remake Leon to Silent Hill 2, so you can take that sexy, floppy-haired cop to a new town now that Raccoon City is no more.

Hair Sheen Removal

Speaking of gorgeous locks, some people apparently think James’, well, aren’t. If you’re put off by the unnatural shine of James Sunderland’s oily barnet, then Eggo’s Hair Sheen Removal mod mattifies his hair so that shine won’t distract you from survival.

Silent Hill 2 is still somewhat new, so we’ll be keeping an eye on the best Silent Hill 2 remake mods as they come in, and we’ll add more to this list in due course. For now, we’ve got you covered, whether you simply want the horror game to look a little less scary, or whether you want to play as your favorite characters from some of the other best PC games out there.