Finally, an awards show gives Silent Hill 2 Remake and other horror games the love they deserve

Silent Hill 2 Remakemay have been robbedof the awards it was nominated for at The Game Awards, but it took home the top Game of the Year prize at the 2024 Horror Game Awards last night.

Konami's horror game also won Best Survival Horror, Best Soundtrack, and awarded James Sunderland mocap and voice actor, Luke Roberts, Best Performance in the third annual horror game showcase, but did lose out in several other categories it was nominated for given the glut of brilliant horror games we've seen this year.

Best Indie Developer went to Chilla's Art, Best Multiplayer went to the brilliant Lethal Company, and the Chinese Room'sStill Wakes the Deeptook home Best Indie Horror, as well as Best Technical Achievement.

Congratulations to the teams over at@BlooberTeamand@Konamion winning FOUR awards at this year's@HorrorGameAward:- GAME OF THE YEAR- BEST SOUNDTRACK- BEST SURVIVAL HORROR- BEST PERFORMANCE:@luke_j_robertspic.twitter.com/DtbEqoRcRG

Pyramid Head designer Masahiro Ito also secured an individual lifetime achievement award.

Here's the full list of nominations and winners:

Best Performance

Most Accessible Horror Game

Best Narrative

Best Soundtrack

Players’ Choice

Best Survival Horror

Best Indie Developer

Best Indie Horror Game

Best Multiplayer Horror Game

Best VR Horror

Best Developer

Horror Content Creator of the Year

Technical Achievement

Lifetime Achievement Award

Most Anticipated Horror Game

Horror Game of the Year

The awards also showcased several world first premieres of upcoming indie horror games, including Shiver, Cold Abyss: Directors Cut, Deadcam, Feed the Pit, Bye Sweet Carole, and Animal Use Protocol.

"Against the odds,Bloober Teamhas delivered a remake that both expandsSilent Hill 2in just the right places, and gives careful attention to what it preserves," I wrote inEurogamer Silent Hill 2 Remake review, awarding the game an impressive five out of five stars.

In related news, Silent Hill 2 Remake players arestillwaiting for a fix for the game's poor performance onPS5 Pro.

Although Bloober Teamdeployed an update to address graphical glitchesaffecting the horror game on PS5 Pro afterSilent Hill 2 Remake players called on Konami to address the technical issues still plaguing the game on PS5 Proweeks on from the Pro's release, all the patch has done is remove PSSR and fails to address any of the underlying issues.