List of unused monsters

The Silent Hill franchise prominently features monsters, poltergeists, and delusions manifested into physical form from the subconscious minds of its characters. Throughout its history, many installments have changed throughout development with ideas, concepts, and designs being scrapped for varying reasons. The following is a comprehensive list of planned monsters that went unused over the years.

Afflicted

 * Game: Silent Hill: Origins (2006)
 * Developer: Climax Studios
 * Creator comment:

"Origins was started by a different group of people, and it was in a terrible state. When we took it over, I think we had six months to finish it, and they'd already spent half the money. So we were told to just finish the thing. We didn't wanna make the first bad Silent Hill game. Not just bad, but awful. Especially when it was an origin story—which was a terrible idea, by the way. The first Silent Hill already tells an origin story. We had very little room to manoeuvre, but we did our best. And part of doing our best was not in any way attempting to change the classic structure."

- Sam Barlow

An enemy type seen in prototype versions of the game. The Afflicted were scrapped when development transferred over to the UK branch of Climax Studios.

Butterfly

 * Game: Silent Hill (1999)
 * Developer: Konami (KCET)
 * Creator comment:

"I certainly made some of these [unused creatures from Silent Hill]. However I have no comment."

- Masahiro Ito

An enemy-type resembling a purple Floatstinger.

Chicken

 * Game: Silent Hill (1999)
 * Developer: Konami (KCET)
 * Creator comment:

"I certainly made some of these [unused creatures from Silent Hill]. However I have no comment."

- Masahiro Ito

A large creature with avian characteristics.

El

 * Game: Silent Hill (1999)
 * Developer: Konami (KCET)
 * Creator comment:

"I certainly made some of these [unused creatures from Silent Hill]. However I have no comment."

- Masahiro Ito

A creature resembling a manta ray.

Frog

 * Game: Silent Hill (1999)
 * Developer: Konami (KCET)
 * Creator comment:

"I certainly made some of these [unused creatures from Silent Hill]. However I have no comment."

- Masahiro Ito

An enemy type resembling a featureless frog.

Meat

 * Game: Silent Hill: Origins (2006)
 * Developer: Climax Studios
 * Creator comment:

"Origins was started by a different group of people, and it was in a terrible state. When we took it over, I think we had six months to finish it, and they'd already spent half the money. So we were told to just finish the thing. We didn't wanna make the first bad Silent Hill game. Not just bad, but awful. Especially when it was an origin story—which was a terrible idea, by the way. The first Silent Hill already tells an origin story. We had very little room to manoeuvre, but we did our best. And part of doing our best was not in any way attempting to change the classic structure."

- Sam Barlow

A creature resembling a walking meat carcass. It was one of several creatures cut by the UK division of Climax Studios.

Miner

 * Games: Silent Hill: Origins (2006) and Broken Covenant (rejected sequel pitch)
 * Developer(s): Climax Studios
 * Creator comment: N/A

An enemy type based on the concept of a miner. It was originally set for inclusion in Silent Hill: Origins, but the Miners were absent from the game by the time Climax Studios' UK division took over. The creatures were later included in their pitch for a PlayStation 3 sequel, which was turned down by Konami. It evolved into an original horror game titled Broken Covenant, which was never produced.

Mky

 * Game: Silent Hill (1999)
 * Developer: Konami (KCET)
 * Creator comment:

"I certainly made some of these [unused creatures from Silent Hill]. However I have no comment."

- Masahiro Ito

A thin quadrupedal creature with a snout and sharp teeth that uses lunge attacks.

Ostrich

 * Game: Silent Hill (1999)
 * Developer: Konami (KCET)
 * Creator comment:

"I certainly made some of these [unused creatures from Silent Hill]. However I have no comment."

- Masahiro Ito

A large enemy type resembling the faceless torso of an ostrich.

Piercer

 * Game: Silent Hill: Origins (2006)
 * Developer: Climax Studios
 * Creator comment:

"Origins was started by a different group of people, and it was in a terrible state. When we took it over, I think we had six months to finish it, and they'd already spent half the money. So we were told to just finish the thing. We didn't wanna make the first bad Silent Hill game. Not just bad, but awful. Especially when it was an origin story—which was a terrible idea, by the way. The first Silent Hill already tells an origin story. We had very little room to manoeuvre, but we did our best. And part of doing our best was not in any way attempting to change the classic structure."

- Sam Barlow

A boss creature with similar anatomy to a scorpion. One of several creatures cut from the game when the UK division of Climax Studios took over the project.

Pyramid Head (2013 incarnation)

 * Game: Unidentified Silent Hill sequel (cancelled)
 * Developer: Unknown
 * Creator comment:

"Too difficult to make new SH without Pyramid Head. Why? The investor or producer will never grant the idea without him. They believe he makes a lot of money. In a sense their belief is right. To continue this title needs too much money. But it must try to create a new horror icon."

- Masahiro Ito

Because Masahiro Ito designed Pyramid Head exclusively for James Sunderland's character arc, he got tired of seeing him used in post-Silent Hill 2 media. He also believed that executives would not be willing to greenlight a new game without the creature's inclusion. When a Silent Hill sequel went into development in 2013, Ito intended to create a reimagined Pyramid Head that players would accept so that he could kill him off in the opening scene. The game was cancelled, but Ito stated in 2017 that he would only be willing to join a new Silent Hill game if Pyramid Head is not involved or can be killed early in the story.

Snake

 * Game: Silent Hill (1999)
 * Developer: Konami (KCET)
 * Creator comment:

"I certainly made some of these [unused creatures from Silent Hill]. However I have no comment."

- Masahiro Ito

A slithering enemy type resembling a faceless snake. A road sign cautioning against snakes remained in the final build of the game.

Swarms

 * Game: Broken Covenant (rejected sequel pitch)
 * Developer: Climax Studios
 * Creator comment: N/A

In Broken Covenant, the protagonist Hector Santos would encounter an enemy type in the form of swarms of bees, moths, cockroaches, and other small bugs, which would sometimes group together to form a humanoid shape or the shape of much larger creatures.

Undead Bellhop

 * Game: Silent Hill: Origins (2006)
 * Developer: Climax Studios
 * Creator comment:

"Origins was started by a different group of people, and it was in a terrible state. When we took it over, I think we had six months to finish it, and they'd already spent half the money. So we were told to just finish the thing. We didn't wanna make the first bad Silent Hill game. Not just bad, but awful. Especially when it was an origin story—which was a terrible idea, by the way. The first Silent Hill already tells an origin story. We had very little room to manoeuvre, but we did our best. And part of doing our best was not in any way attempting to change the classic structure."

- Sam Barlow

An enemy type based on the concept of a bellhop that was conceived for the Riverside Motel portion of the game.

Unidentified P.T. monster #1

 * Game: Silent Hills: Playable Teaser (2014)
 * Developer: Konami (Kojima Productions)
 * Creator comment: N/A

An enemy resembling a muscular man with grey skin. Absent from the final build of Playable Teaser for unknown reasons.

Unidentified P.T. monster #2

 * Game: Silent Hills: Playable Teaser (2014)
 * Developer: Konami (Kojima Productions)
 * Creator comment: N/A

An incredibly large creature resembling a lanky torso with a missing head and extremities. Briefly seen in the TGS concept movie for Silent Hills.

Unused Silent Hill 4: The Room monsters

 * Game: Silent Hill 4: The Room (2004)
 * Developer: Konami (KCET)
 * Creator comment: N/A

Concept art of various creatures that ultimately went unused.

Unidentified Silent Hill 4: The Room monster

 * Game: Silent Hill 4: The Room (2004)
 * Developer: Konami (KCET)
 * Creator comment:

"We implemented almost everything we wanted to include in the game, however some of the creatures couldn't be included; there was this creature that had two heads with one body, which is ethically not well accepted to the public, so we didn't let it to the final game."

- Masashi Tsuboyama

A double-headed creature.

Unused Silent Hill: Homecoming monsters

 * Game: Silent Hill: Homecoming (2008)
 * Developer: Double Helix Games
 * Creator comment: N/A

Several creatures appearing in concept art by Mayan Escalante that were ultimately unused. These include two water creatures.

Valtiel (2013 incarnation)

 * Game: Unidentified Silent Hill sequel (cancelled)
 * Developer: Unknown
 * Creator comment:

"I love PH. But I'm so tired of using him over and over again easily. Also I've already had a plan of killing him by new Valtiel since 2013."

- Masahiro Ito

A new iteration of Valtiel was created to easily kill the new Pyramid Head in the opening scene of the game, which was cancelled for unknown reasons.

Wheelchair monster

 * Game: Silent Hill: Origins (2006)
 * Developer: Climax Studios
 * Creator comment:

"Origins was started by a different group of people, and it was in a terrible state. When we took it over, I think we had six months to finish it, and they'd already spent half the money. So we were told to just finish the thing. We didn't wanna make the first bad Silent Hill game. Not just bad, but awful. Especially when it was an origin story—which was a terrible idea, by the way. The first Silent Hill already tells an origin story. We had very little room to manoeuvre, but we did our best. And part of doing our best was not in any way attempting to change the classic structure."

- Sam Barlow

A monster resembling a decrepit man sewn to a wheelchair. It was one of several creatures cut from the game by Climax UK.