7 Projects in Full Swing! The Developer of *Silent Hill 2* Is Going Big This Time

While many mid-sized studios are still betting on a single project, Bloober Team—now remembered by more players thanks to the Silent Hill 2 remake—has already begun shifting into a multi-project rhythm that looks more like an endurance race. The latest official information is very clear: they are expanding their leadership team while simultaneously advancing two internally developed single-player horror games, plus five collaborative projects. For a team of around 270 people, this is not simply speeding up—it is a clear structural upgrade.

What interests me more is not the fact that they have “more projects” in itself, but how plainly Bloober is talking about risk control this time. CEO Piotr Babieno’s main point is clear: relying on a single game is too risky in today’s market, but spreading projects too wide can hurt quality, so they have decided to maintain two “first-party” production teams over the long term. The idea is a lot like pace management in racing—not flooring the accelerator from start to finish, but trying to maintain lap speed while avoiding a total loss of control over the whole race.

From what is currently known, these two core teams will continue focusing on the areas Bloober does best: single-player horror experiences, premium quality, and emotional resonance. Beyond that, the studio has already confirmed that it is developing an entirely new horror game for Nintendo platforms; meanwhile, the team behind Cronos: The New Dawn is also preparing an original new title. In other words, Bloober is not content with simply “making more of the same”—it is trying to split the horror genre into different lanes and compete across all of them.

The collaboration side is equally worth watching. Bloober is expanding the Broken Mirror Games label, and there are currently five horror games in different stages of development, among them Layers of Fear 3, whose existence has already been confirmed. For players, this means the release frequency of Bloober-related titles will very likely increase noticeably over the next few years; for the industry, it represents a more stable product portfolio that no longer puts all its chips on a single breakout hit.

The new leadership lineup also shows this is not a spur-of-the-moment move. Studio head Tynan Sylvester came from Activision and is mainly focused on production workflows and development teams; business development director Katya Bóková, with experience at CD Projekt and Techland, is responsible for strategic partnerships; and publishing head Michał Gambitzky will lead publishing strategy. What this team fills in are exactly the three links where many mid-sized European studios most often stumble: production management, partnership expansion, and publishing execution.

If you look at Bloober in the context of today’s horror game market, this move actually makes a lot of sense. In recent years, horror games have become increasingly dependent on “brand recognition” and “consistent output.” It is not hard for one game to become a hit; what is difficult is building long-term player loyalty. Bloober’s current emphasis on talent retention, sustainable hiring, and sustainable development is essentially about building the foundation for stable output in its next phase. Babieno also mentioned hopes of further boosting the influence of Polish game development, which shows they do not just want to be a team that makes horror games—they want to become a more representative name within Poland’s creative industries.

From a player’s perspective, my advice is straightforward: if you enjoy horror experiences like Silent Hill 2 that lean more heavily on atmosphere, narrative, and psychological oppression, then Bloober’s two tracks are worth following closely going forward—one is its internally developed core titles, and the other is the collaborative projects under Broken Mirror Games. The former determines the ceiling; the latter determines the depth. It is still too early to start celebrating, but Bloober has at least shifted the competition from a “single sprint” to a “multi-stop points race,” and that is often where a studio’s real growth begins.