Silent Hill: Ascension Is Now a $70 Purchase After Originally Being Free

Silent Hill: Ascension — the interactive streaming series that launched as a free experience — is now being sold for $70 as a permanent purchase. The game, widely considered the weakest entry in the Silent Hill franchise, has made the jump from free-to-watch to a full premium price tag.

Ascension originally aired as a live, community-influenced narrative experience where viewers voted on story decisions in real time. That format meant it was always intended to be free during its run. Charging $70 to own it after the fact puts it at the same price point as a brand-new AAA release.

The Silent Hill series has been in a complicated place in recent years, with Konami pushing multiple projects simultaneously — including the well-received Silent Hill 2 remake from Bloober Team. Ascension stood apart from those efforts as a Genvid-developed streaming experiment, and it landed poorly with fans and critics alike, earning a reputation as the low point of the franchise's revival push.

The $70 price has predictably drawn sharp reactions from the community, with many pointing out the irony of paying full retail price for something that was free and broadly panned. Whether anyone bites at that price remains to be seen.