As one of our favorite first-person shooters of 2025, Borderlands 4 gets an awful lot of playtime from the team here at 2Game. Thing is, the game is still kind of broken in some respects, and this sadly includes save game corruption that can permanently destroy dozens of hours of gameplay. Thankfully, you can back up your Borderlands 4 saves on PC, and we'll show you how, step-by-step!
With this short, to-the-point guide you'll no longer have to ever worry about permanently losing Borderlands 4 character data, trophies/achievements, or any of your hard-earned Legendaries. Just imagine losing a Phosphene to crummy data corruption! No, we're having none of that here at 2Game.

Straight to the point, here's how to back up all your Borderlands 4 character saves on PC:
This creates a snapshot backup of all the progress you had made up until that point in time. The numbered files are basically your characters, while 'profile.sav' is all of your bank items and shared progression. You need and want all of these files backed up.
If you only have one character you're playing, your 'Client' folder should have only two files in it:
Which correspond to the file functionality we outlined above. But wait, it gets better!
An alternative method to manually backing up Borderlands 4 save games is to rely on a third-party mod, like SerahCornelia's Automatic Savegame Backup Borderlands 4. Yep, that's the title of it. This fancy little tool simply makes an automatic Borderlands 4 save backup whenever you launch the game, making absolutely, positively sure that you're never wasting progress, regardless of whether you've recently made a manual backup or not. Handy stuff!
Even though save corruption seems strangely common in the Borderlands 4 community, we've got good news: you may be able to save your character and never have to deal with the issue again! If you do come across the dreaded "save corrupted" error, which is much more ominous than the more bog-standard Borderlands 4 incompatible version error, then head back to the save game location folder on your PC to see if you can't fix your files!
This can fix your save game for good, and users have reported resolving their save corruption problems quite easily with a simple rename. Sounds strange, yes, but we're absolutely thrilled that it usually seems as easy as this. Don't delete seemingly corrupted save files, folks! This fix costs you nothing, and may be the solution you need.
Frankly, we've got no idea why Borderlands 4 save corruption is a problem in the first place, but we don't like it. Borderlands 4's entire loot economy hinges on the (lack of) availability of certain items, and losing them permanently just because the game goes haywire is a non-starter.
So far, we've thankfully only come across surface-level corruption that can be fixed using the technique we outlined above. In theory, this means it shouldn't be a huge problem for Gearbox to resolve, but who knows what sort of spaghetti code might be causing it all.
Whatever the case may be, make sure that you back up your save games often the way we've shown you, and if something does go amiss and your character gets corrupted, see if you can't fix the file with our solution. Good luck!
Borderlands 4 makes manual save backups mandatory. Here’s how to get them done.
Silent Hill fans are used to mysteries, but Konami’s newest entry throws us a particularly enticing question: is Silent Hill f connected to the other games - or a total reboot?
On paper, this highly acclaimed new release appears to be a clean break. It’s set in 1960s rural Japan rather than a misty American town. It introduces an entirely new protagonist, Hinako Shimizu. And Konami has confirmed that, like Silent Hill 2 in 2001, this is a standalone story - meaning you don’t need to marathon the older titles to “get” it. In fact, that independence is part of the pitch.
So, does that mean Silent Hill f isn't connected to the other games? If you’ve spent years poring over lore files, notes, and police reports from the original games, you may not be quite so convinced. That is, beneath the cherry blossoms and yokai horrors, you'll likely detect a familiar pulse.
Let’s break down why Silent Hill f might be the most subtle connective tissue the series has ever woven.

And here we have it. The single most compelling link between Silent Hill f and the classic Team Silent era. A little white flower.
Veteran players will remember White Claudia, a rare herb from the original game’s Silent Hill. It was used by The Order in rituals and refined into PTV, a hallucinogenic red liquid that warped perceptions and ruined lives—Lisa Garland’s included. Indeed, its seeds and narcotic properties were central to the cult’s manipulations.
In Silent Hill f, that same plant appears under a different name - Kakura-makakura. Introduced via a “foreign missionary” in 1776, and described as “the flower of the gods,” it is ground into seeds to communicate with divine spirits. Shu’s family garden even grows it beside a foggy pond, echoing the first game’s description almost word for word. Indeed, Hinako’s own “Red Capsule” medicine has the same hallucinogenic edge, discouraging overuse if you’re chasing alternate endings.
Coincidence? Konami never spells it out, but the anatomy drawings, location, and effects line up perfectly. This looks like a sly wink; the Order’s influence stretching across oceans and centuries.

Beyond the botany, Silent Hill fans will be sure to spot other series hallmarks, reframed through a Japanese lens:
These aren’t superficial nods; they’re structural. The game may feature yokai-inspired monsters instead of Pyramid Head, but the underlying grammar—trauma externalised as nightmare—is classic Silent Hill.

Here’s the bottom line: Silent Hill f is not a prequel, sequel, or direct spin-off of Silent Hill 2. Konami is clear about that. You can jump in cold without a lore wiki open on your phone.
But, to say it’s completely disconnected would miss the genius at play. The White Claudia thread, the cult’s transnational echoes, and the mirrored themes of guilt, isolation, and repression all act as quiet bridges between this Japanese nightmare and the American fog. It’s Silent Hill canon wearing a new mask.

Silent Hill has always been about interpretation. What’s real? What’s imagined? What’s symbolic? Silent Hill f leans into that tradition by giving veterans a breadcrumb trail without locking newcomers out. For long-time fans, spotting the White Claudia is like finding a hidden key to the series’ shared universe. For new players, it’s simply another layer of eerie mystery.
And that’s the answer to the question: Is Silent Hill f connected to the other games? Officially, it’s standalone. However, spiritually, thematically, and chemically (literally!), it’s bound to the series’ roots. Just as Silent Hill 2 wasn’t “about” the first game but still lived in the same haunted ecosystem, Silent Hill f is carving its own nightmare while carrying forward the series’ deepest obsessions. It's the series’ past blooming in new soil.
No, and yes
Whereas Silent Hill 2 even in its remake form kept up with the original's hard, punishing combat system, Silent Hill f isn't quite as hardcore as that in practice. Sure, you can crank things up to eleven with the new and improved difficulty tweaker, but Silent Hill f combat isn't the be-all-end-all and therefore doesn't need to be a gameplay loop crutch.
No, puzzles are the big thing in Silent Hill f, and if combat is something you're specifically concerned about, we're happy to help! This phenomenal new horror adventure has plenty of chutzpah to leave the player reasonably empowered, even early on, and Hinako is more than capable of demolishing most things that come out of the fog. Here's how.

Whereas the prior Silent Hill games' combat was largely servicable at best, Silent Hill f combat can be a genuinely enjoyable ordeal. Pressing and tense, yes, but fun! How's that for a twist in a Silent Hill game? The fact of the matter is that even though Silent Hill f doesn't give you any real ranged weapons, the melee ones are plenty capable of carving up the Fog World's new foes. Don't believe us? Here's what you need to do:
Right off the bat, this is way more involved than any other Silent Hill game has been in the past. It gets better, though! Though this is a light spoiler, there are two different types of weapons for Hinako to peruse:
Fog World weapons only play a role in select portions of the game on your first playthrough, and you'll rely on Real World gear for the most part. Yet, the fact remains that Silent Hill f remains a compelling and engaging combat experience throughout, with new combat mechanics being introduced even in the late-game sections of the main story. A surprising amount of depth can be found here, and since the game basically begs you to replay it at least 3-4 different times to get the real ending nailed down, combat shouldn't be a huge stumbling block this time around.
Broadly, Silent Hill f is a combat-heavy horror adventure with plenty of puzzles to solve as you go. Even though it's the same type of game as its immediate predecessor, the awesome Silent Hill 2 Remake, there's a far greater reliance on melee combat for progression here, and this may well put some players off.
We don't think it's a huge issue, ourselves: Silent Hill f doesn't ever overstay its welcome, and the fact that you're constantly switching gear and combat context means there's always something exciting on the horizon.
Silent Hill f combat can be a breeze if you’re tactical. You’re not stuck in there with them, folks…
Silent Hill f loves a good curveball. Just when you’ve clawed your way out of one nightmare, it hits you with something completely different - like the infamous Silent Hill f Mural Puzzle lurking in the Dark Shrine Rooms. Part riddle, part scavenger hunt, this enigma can definitely represent a “wait, what?” moment. And that's where we come in.
We’re keeping this guide spoiler-free — no plot twists or screenshots of major reveals — and instead focusing on how the puzzle works, where to find the pieces, and what you can expect as rewards.
Basically, if you’re staring at a wall of foxes and birds right now and wondering what on earth you’re supposed to do with three oddly named crests, you’re in the right place.

In the Dark Shrine Rooms, you’ll stumble upon a sprawling fox-themed mural. Your job? Place three Crests — the Fox Mask, White Sparrow, and Black Sparrow — into the correct slots on that mural. Sounds simple? Think again. There are nine possible holes, no confirmation sounds, and no “warm/cold” feedback. It’s either right and the wall melts away, or wrong and nothing happens. It's brutal.
Your only hints come from a cryptic poem scrawled on the wall nearby. Each stanza speaks in metaphors about foxes, birds, cages, and light. Reading between the lines isn’t optional; it’s the only way to figure out which slot each Crest belongs to.

Here’s the kicker: the solution changes depending on which ending you’re headed toward. The Crests are always the same, but their positions differ. That’s why a friend’s “exact” solution might not work for you.
You’re not doing anything wrong; the puzzle’s solution shifts depending on your ending path. In this way, the Mural Puzzle design forces you to engage with the poem rather than blindly copying a chart.

You can’t solve the Silent Hill f Mural Puzzle until you’ve collected all three Crests. Each one lives in a different wing of the Dark Shrine Rooms:
All three areas are combat gauntlets with a small exploration twist. Beat them, grab the Crests, then head back to the mural.

Think of the poem as a map. Each verse corresponds to a specific part of the mural:
Match the metaphor to the mural’s poses, then insert the correct Crest. If your combination is right, the mural dissolves to reveal a door to the next area.
Handily, once you read the poem, it’s automatically added to your journal, so you don’t need to keep walking back to reread it. Useful when you're deep in trial-and-error mode. Alternatively, you can also check out the screenshots we've collected below!
You'll come across Silent Hill f's My Room puzzle at Shimizu Residence, and it's all about sourcing and inserting the right Crest in the right slot. Depending on which ending you may be gunning for, the solution differs by a fair bit, and this means you'll need to be aware of several potential Crest layouts. Here they are:





Once you crack the Silent Hill f Mural Puzzle, you unlock Ebisugaoka Corrupted (Fog Town) — the next chapter after the Dark Shrine Rooms. It’s the game’s way of saying, “Congrats, you’ve proved your intent with the Crests three.”

It’s tempting to try to brute-force all nine slots, but that’s a guaranteed frustration spiral. Instead, slow down, re-read the poem, and match imagery to the mural.
Silent Hill f actually telegraphs its logic, it just wraps it in metaphors. Once you “click” with its language, the puzzle feels less like random guessing and more like decoding a fable.
And remember, the Silent Hill f mural puzzle isn’t there to troll you. It’s a late-game litmus test for how well you’ve been paying attention.
So, gather your Crests, read your poem, study your foxes, and breathe. If nothing else, you’ll never look at lantern-carrying fox statues the same way again!
A foxy enigma
We love the Steam Deck, and all the various PC gaming handhelds it spurred into existence. It's a bit long in the tooth by now, granted, but we're still giving it our all, and Silent Hill f on the Steam Deck ended up being a wonderful surprise in particular. Does it run well? Oh, yes! Though, with a few caveats.
As an Unreal Engine 5 AAA title, it was kind of to be expected that the Steam Deck wouldn't fare well in Silent Hill f. Yet, the fact of the matter is that it's not even that hard to get a playable experience out of it. The same could absolutely not be said about the previous AAA UE5 blockbuster, Borderlands 4, which is a royal pain in regards to performance. Either way, we've prepared a set of optimum graphics settings and expectations for Silent Hill f on Steam Deck. Let's get to it.

While your default go-to might be to simply drop everything down to the lowest possible settings and hope for the best on Steam Deck, we'd advise not doing this with Silent Hill f. If you end up really going full-ham on "optimization" and disable stuff like Lumen and SSR, you're going to have what we'd argue is a highly compromised experience that, at the same time, doesn't run that much better. 60 FPS is immediately a no-go here, as you can probably tell, and so is the usual Steam Deck 40-45 FPS range.
Instead, you need to target 30 FPS in Silent Hill f on Steam Deck, and even then you should expect an occasional drop down to 27-27 FPS in pressing scenes.
This, however, is still an impressive performance output from a machine as low-end as this, and it's not impossible to get upwards of 2 hours' playtime on the Steam Deck OLED. Here's exactly what you want to do:
This is going to get you to an honestly shockingly stable 30 FPS from a game as visually prolific as this, and it's still going to recognizably be a Silent Hill f. Doing away with stuff like Lumen is going to give you some bonus performance, yes, but it effectively breaks the mood and vibe of the game, and these are crucial to make Silent Hill f work, even on the Steam Deck.
With our recommended settings for Silent Hill f Steam Deck, you're going to get an extremely servicable image quality that hits 30 FPS the vast majority of the time. All in all, then, we'd say Silent Hill f is a very solid Steam Deck offering!
Silent Hill f on Steam Deck is, against all odds, a thing! Here’s how to make it happen.
The Silent Hill f reviews are in, and they’re glowing. After years of remakes, cancellations, and missteps, this isn’t just another trip into the fog—it’s a full-blown reinvention. And the critical reception shows it’s paying off.
On Metacritic, the game currently holds a score of 86/100 based on 76 critic reviews — 71 positive, 5 mixed, and 0 negative — tying it with the Silent Hill 2 Remake and ranking among the highest-scoring titles in the franchise’s history. Let’s break down what critics are saying.

Zackery Cuevas at PCMag gave it a rare five-star “Outstanding” and Editors’ Choice award, calling it “a tremendous new entry in the horror series that blends well-known hallmarks into something engaging, challenging, and wholly original.” He praises the “disturbing and surprising story,” “fantastic graphics,” “incredible sound design,” and “fast-paced combat,” noting only “occasionally clumsy combat in interior locations.”
GamingTrend’s Henry Viola rated it 90/100, calling it a “masterclass in psychological horror” and “a deeply personal tale of adolescent terror.” Also, with a score of 90/100, GameSpot states, this is 'not just a return to form, it's a remarkable evolution'.
Radio Times went full 100/100, saying: “Silent Hill f marks the return of the franchise in a big way. It’s revitalised…with the doors wide open for more horror and experimentation.” Dexerto also awarded 100/100, calling it “a nightmarish cocktail oozing with enough stomach-churning monsters, disgustingly beautiful environments, and psychological dread to be just as good, if not better than, Silent Hill 2.” Game Rant matched that perfect score, adding: “Hinako’s journey in Silent Hill f is brutal, beautiful, and brilliant…It even features the franchise’s trademark ‘otherworld’ — arguably the most compelling one to date.”
IGN Brasil (95/100) also highlights Hinako as an impressive protagonist, stating she “carries the dark and profound themes with great skill." And even the more tempered reviews acknowledge the game’s genius. GamesRadar+ (80/100) describes the game as 'thick with a terrifying yet beautiful foggy atmosphere', and Eurogamer (80/100) states, “Silent Hill f's frustrating first-half is outweighed by a brilliant, delirious second that's well worth the initial slog”.

Konami didn’t just move the action from Maine to 1960s Japan—they flipped the script. Ebisugaoka, a decaying post-war mining town, is soaked in societal pressure and subtle psychological tension. Hinako Shimizu, the youngest lead in the series, “is an ordinary teenager dealing with family dysfunction, academic stress, and the suffocating expectations of society” (GamingTrend), making her horror both personal and supernatural.
The Japanese vibe isn’t just window dressing. Torii-lined shrines, kitsune-masked spirits, and fields of red spider lilies twist reality into nightmare, with the Otherworld, a ghostly shrine realm guided by a fox-masked deity, turning familiar streets and homes into mind-bending labyrinths.
Dexerto nails it when he says, “Hinako’s world is suffocating and compelling”—every alleyway, every corner, oozes tension. Even normal places feel creepy. School hallways stretch unnaturally, family homes seem to trap you, and narrow streets squeeze you in, with blood stains, crumpled notes, and warped architecture telling stories of trauma and repression without a word spoken.
Hinako is “thrust into their personal hells” (PCMag) as the fog and red spider lilies warp the town. Truly, in Silent Hill f, the psychological stakes are just as intense as the supernatural ones.

Silent Hill f drops guns entirely, leaning into melee with a mix of light and heavy attacks, weapons that break, stamina management, and a sanity meter that can leave Hinako frozen in terror. Cuevas (PCMag) calls it “fast-paced” and “refreshingly modern” for a series known for clunky fights. Game Rant notes that the melee system “takes a minute to click, but once it does, each encounter feels tense and earned.”
Tight spaces can make fights awkward, as PCMag and Radio Times note, but these limitations reinforce Hinako’s vulnerability. Every swing and dodge matters—it’s survival horror at its finest. And as Blake from Eurogamer emphasises: “Stick with it!”

Silent Hill f is stunning. PCMag writes that it “looks even better” than the Silent Hill 2 Remake, with Unreal Engine 5 facial animations making Hinako’s fear “spine-tingling.”
Akira Yamaoka returns, joined by Kensuke Inage and others, blending traditional Japanese instruments with industrial dread. "(T)ruly gnarly monster designs" (GamesRadar+) make the town unforgettable, with visuals and sound weaving psychological terror seamlessly into the gameplay.
IGN Brasil adds: “Even though it is one of the most different games in the entire franchise, Silent Hill f remains true to what the series has always stood for and impresses with its soundtrack, story, graphics, and terrifying atmosphere.”

Ryukishi07’s writing weaves Japanese folklore, personal trauma, and supernatural terror into a slow-burning, layered story. PCMag compares it to an M. Night Shyamalan thriller: seemingly plodding at first, but full of hidden payoffs.
Game Rant also highlights the flexibility: the game “lets players customize the experience to their liking, with multiple difficulty settings for action and puzzles.”

With an 86 Metascore and glowing reviews across the board, Silent Hill f is the boldest entry in decades. It blends traditional Silent Hill horror with Japanese aesthetics, a psychologically tense story, fast-paced melee combat, and high replay value. Yes, combat can stumble in tight corners, but that tension is part of survival.
If you’ve been waiting for the fog to return, this isn’t nostalgia. It’s a reinvention. GameSpot praises it as: “a new benchmark for the Silent Hill series.”
Ultimately, whether you’re a series veteran or a newcomer, the glowing Silent Hill f reviews make one thing clear: this is a franchise-defining entry that delivers both terror and brilliance in equal measure. Truly, Hinako's world is not one you'll forget any time soon.
Terrifyingly good
STALKER 2 Update 1.6 is out now, in case you missed the memo! In an exciting turn of fate, developer GSC Game World has finally pushed out the game's long-awaited night-vision update. And honestly, given the sheer scope of the feature as it is now implemented, we can almost understand why it's taken so long.
Down below, we've summarized STALKER 2's fancy new night vision update same as we did with Update 1.5 a few months ago, and we believe this context is going to be very handy if you've not played the game yet at all, or if you've temporarily left it by the wayside until updates pour in. Here's what's new and what's still on the docket for 2025!

Naturally, the single biggest item on the list right now is STALKER 2's all-new night-vision devices. GSC could very well have simply implemented them as a one-off gadget that adds a high-fidelity overlay when in use, but the team has chosen to go about things the hard way, instead. More specifically, there's a wide variety of night-vision goggles in STALKER 2 Update 1.6 from a variety of the tech's generations, and all the NPCs have had their night-time vision rebalanced to accommodate the feature. This means the game is much, much more believeable at night-time, and NVGs are about to become your best friend. Same as they were in the old STALKER games!
One of the things we understand in the context of the modern combat paradigm is that NVGs massively reduce your peripheral sight, field-of-vision, and make it impossible to aim through certain types of sights. This, too, has been taken into account in STALKER 2 Update 1.6, which now lets Skif cant his weapon to the side to do point-shooting or use a laser-sight to do so. Handy stuff! There's more, of course. Here's a shortlist:
If you'd like to go over the full, untruncated list of patch notes, you can do so using this link to the official Steam patch notes. They're sizeable, but it's good to be aware of what's what.

Of course, STALKER 2's Update 1.6 is just another stepping stone on GSC Game World's long fight to make this game every bit as good as it deserves to be. We've discussed the full content roadmap for 2025 here at 2Game already, but in case you're not keeping up, here are all the other bits and bobs we're still supposed to get sometime this year:
Please note that here's a strange STALKER 2 ARG currently going on, too, with the community already hard at work deciphering it, this way or the other. There's reason to believe that this may have something to do with the mysterious first paid expansion pack for STALKER 2, which would be a heck of a prize for the end of the year. We'll keep you up to date on this matter, however, as the situation develops. In the interim, stay tuned.
STALKER 2 Update 1.6 adds a bunch of much-needed features, like Night Vision devices, and there’s lots more yet to come.
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While we're certain that the wildest guns in the game are yet to be released, Borderlands 4's stock of Legendaries is nothing to scoff at. From (nonexistent) lever-action shotgonnes to elemental grenade launchers, all you got to do is farm them out, and we'll show you how with Borderlands 4's Katagawa's Revenge sniper rifle.
Anyone who's played Borderlands 3 will remember the infamous Katagawa and his eruptive Maliwan sniper rifle. That delightful little gun makes a triumphant return in slightly edited format as Borderlands 4 Katagawa's Revenge, and it's a very handy thing to have! It switches between electric and incendiary effects, with each round that hits spawning a bevy of appropriate projectiles that dish out further damage. It's a joy, truly. Here's how to get one of your very own!

We're happy to admit that reaching certain boss fights for repeat farming is tricky business in Borderlands 4. Between long, drawn-out dungeons and punishing mob fights, we understand why you might want to avoid farming something specific out if at all possible. With Borderlands 4 Katagawa's Revenge, though, there's absolutely no excuse! Here are all the steps:
Driller Hole is a fairly easy and straightforward boss fight that shouldn't push you too hard. It took us just 5-6 tries before the first Katagawa's Revenge drop, and it was a doozy. Not a Shiny Legendary, mind, but we can live with that! The entire process took well under 20 minutes of playtime, and we were massively rewarded for our efforts.
Oh, and don't forget: it's entirely possible that your Katagawa's Revenge drops as a Shiny, Phosphene weapon in Borderlands 4! This gives it a super-fancy skin that stands out no matter what you do. Here are more details on how these drops work, and what makes them as coveted as they are. And hey, you may as well try your luck with some SHiFT Codes and Golden Keys, too!
In Borderlands 4, Katagawa’s Revenge is a phenomenal mid-game drop you can easily farm out. Here’s how!
Mask Up, Crew, and listen closely. The deal you’ve been casing is finally live, and it’s juicier than a bank vault full of unmarked bills. Starbreeze has thrown open the doors to its biggest PAYDAY blowout yet, slashing prices by up to 87% across the entire series.
Whether you’re a veteran of the original jobs or you’ve been eyeing PAYDAY 3’s latest updates, this sale is basically a getaway car waiting at the curb with the engine running.

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