Handgun

A standard, reliable starting firearm featured as a primary ranged weapon in survival horror and action video games.

Action

Strategy

Tactics

Role-playing (RPG)

12

Games

1995–2007

Years

4

Platforms

$82.45

Ø CIB

+25%

24M change

About

In survival horror titles like Silent Hill 2 and Dino Crisis, the Handgun serves as the quintessential early-game firearm, balancing moderate damage with widely available ammunition. In Parasite Eve, the weapon is highly customizable, allowing players to alter its stats and effects. Across these franchises, it represents the baseline defense for protagonists facing supernatural or prehistoric threats.

In Silent Hill 2 and Silent Hill 2: Director's Cut [Platinum], James Sunderland discovers this 9mm weapon inside a shopping cart within the Wood Side Apartments, establishing a tense mechanical loop where players must utilize the inventory flashlight to aim effectively in dark corridors.

For Regina in Dino Crisis and the Dino Crisis Demo Disk, the weapon is modeled after real-world Glock semi-automatics. Players can locate specialized modification parts throughout the Ibis Island facility to alter the weapon's frame, allowing it to fire customized, high-damage rounds. In the hybrid RPG Parasite Eve, Aya Brea utilizes various handgun models, such as the M92F, which players can dismantle using tools to transfer specific slot attributes and effects to other firearms in her inventory.

Beyond survival horror, the weapon serves as a crucial mechanical tool in action-heavy releases of the era. It provides essential ranged coverage against futuristic foes in the platformer Demolition Man, offers tactical shooting options in the tight train-car environments of Covert Ops Nuclear Dawn, and appears as a temporary, high-impact pickup in the beat-em-up Gekido Urban Fighters.