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Hello Neighbor 2 Alpha 1 cover art

Hello Neighbor 2 Alpha 1

Eerie Guest · tinyBuild · 2020-12-29

Steam

AdventureIndieStrategy

Alpha 1 of Hello Neighbor 2 is back! It is a Stealth Horror Game where you’re being stalked by a mysterious creature as you try to track down Mr. Peterson who has disappeared after the events of the first game. Play against an advanced, self-learning AI that adapts to your every move.

Hello Neighbor 2 Alpha 1 is an Adventure, Indie, and Strategy game released in 2020, free-to-play, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (85% of 1021 reviews).

9
playing now
85%
positive of 1.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

9 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 9 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 142 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~18/week).
  • · Review velocity up 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 13% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
353520202026Week of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2002026-09-14 23:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 7 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 7 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 7 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 5 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 12 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 12 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 3 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 4 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 7 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 7 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 20 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 4 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 15 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 4 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 9 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 11 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 9 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
176Jan 2021Aug 2026Jan 2021 — avg 14 · peak 141Mar 2021 — avg 11 · peak 30May 2021 — avg 10 · peak 29Jul 2021 — avg 9 · peak 21Sep 2021 — avg 9 · peak 23Nov 2021 — avg 9 · peak 28Jan 2022 — avg 10 · peak 28Mar 2022 — avg 11 · peak 32May 2022 — avg 11 · peak 33Jul 2022 — avg 9 · peak 21Sep 2022 — avg 8 · peak 30Nov 2022 — avg 7 · peak 21Jan 2023 — avg 11 · peak 29Mar 2023 — avg 7 · peak 23May 2023 — avg 7 · peak 20Jul 2023 — avg 10 · peak 25Sep 2023 — avg 8 · peak 26Nov 2023 — avg 8 · peak 31Jan 2024 — avg 10 · peak 25Mar 2024 — avg 10 · peak 30May 2024 — avg 9 · peak 26Jul 2024 — avg 10 · peak 27Sep 2024 — avg 9 · peak 27Nov 2024 — avg 10 · peak 31Jan 2025 — avg 11 · peak 25Mar 2025 — avg 12 · peak 34May 2025 — avg 8 · peak 22Jul 2025 — avg 9 · peak 22Sep 2025 — avg 7 · peak 23Nov 2025 — avg 16 · peak 56Jan 2026 — avg 12 · peak 31Mar 2026 — avg 10 · peak 29May 2026 — avg 11 · peak 31Jul 2026 — avg 9 · peak 22Aug 2026 — avg 9 · peak 22
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

3DHorrorPuzzleStealthCartoonyColorfulStrategySurvivalAdventureAtmospheric

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.