21 years later, an obscure Disney game is selling out online after the internet found out it's basically Silent Hill and Resident Evil for kids

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Piglet's Big Game is bigger than ever

Piglet's Big Game
(Image credit: Doki Denki Studio)

The 2003 action-adventure game Disney's Piglet's Big Game, based on the film Piglet's Big Game, is selling out fast online after the internet discovered it's essentially a horror game inspired by Resident Evil and Silent Hill.

Piglet's Big Game didn't make as large a splash as its namesake would suggest when it launched 21 years ago, receiving mixed reviews and fading into obscurity in the decades since. However, gameplay clips are going viral right now because of a noteworthy similarity in tone and style to Silent Hill, in particular. Looking at the clips, it is very, very obvious that the folks at Doki Denki Studio were heavily and inexplicably inspired by Konami's opus when designing Piglet's Big Game, which I'll remind you, is a Winnie the Pooh game starring a pink pig.

To really drive the likeness home, some are rightfully questioning whether the Silent Hill 2 remake directly samples a track from Piglet's Big Game in an apparent acknowledgement of the similarities.

Others, however, are desperate to buy and play the game themselves, which has caused the PS2 version of the game to virtually sell out on US eBay at time of writing. You can get other versions of the game, but their prices are quickly rising. A quick eBay search yields two GameCube versions; one that's asking $52.57 with $30 in shipping and another asking for an eye-watering $300. Unless you're truly desperate to play Piglet's Big Game on console, I'd recommend taking a look at PC copies, especially since the game's unlikely to retain its sky-high value for long.

Otherwise, maybe just watch the above clips and play the Silent Hill 2 Remake instead.

Jordan Gerblick
Jordan Gerblick

After earning an English degree from ASU, I worked as a corporate copy editor while freelancing for places like SFX Magazine, Screen Rant, Game Revolution, and MMORPG on the side. I got my big break here in 2019 with a freelance news gig, and I was hired on as GamesRadar's west coast Staff Writer in 2021. That means I'm responsible for managing the site's western regional executive branch, AKA my home office, and writing about whatever horror game I'm too afraid to finish.