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Hello Neighbor Alpha 1

Dynamic Pixels · tinyBuild · 2019-10-12

Steam

AdventureIndieStrategy

This is Alpha 1 of Hello Neighbor, a Stealth Horror Game about sneaking into your neighbor's house and figuring out what he's hiding in the basement. Play against an advanced AI that learns from your actions.

Hello Neighbor Alpha 1 is a free-to-play Adventure, Indie, and Strategy game released in 2019, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (93% of 4364 reviews).

24
playing now
93%
positive of 4.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

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

Trailer

Hello Neighbor Alpha 1 trailer thumbnail

Hello Neighbor Alpha 1 Trailer

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Health check

Healthy
  • · 24 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 669 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~84/week).
  • · Review velocity up 29% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 28,822 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
12512520192026Week of 2019-10-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3842026-09-15 13:00 — 12 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 11 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 7 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 18 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 20 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 10 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 18 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 19 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 18 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 22 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 18 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 13 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 9 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 27 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 14 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 9 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 21 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 16 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 10 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 23 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 21 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 8 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 24 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3915Oct 2019Aug 2026Oct 2019 — avg 28 · peak 90Jan 2020 — avg 17 · peak 53Apr 2020 — avg 23 · peak 48Jul 2020 — avg 21 · peak 62Oct 2020 — avg 16 · peak 35Jan 2021 — avg 20 · peak 50Apr 2021 — avg 19 · peak 149Jul 2021 — avg 19 · peak 42Oct 2021 — avg 19 · peak 59Jan 2022 — avg 27 · peak 74Apr 2022 — avg 28 · peak 64Jul 2022 — avg 19 · peak 44Oct 2022 — avg 18 · peak 57Jan 2023 — avg 24 · peak 60Apr 2023 — avg 17 · peak 44Jul 2023 — avg 21 · peak 43Oct 2023 — avg 17 · peak 47Jan 2024 — avg 21 · peak 53Apr 2024 — avg 22 · peak 53Jul 2024 — avg 25 · peak 52Oct 2024 — avg 19 · peak 53Jan 2025 — avg 31 · peak 94Apr 2025 — avg 22 · peak 56Jul 2025 — avg 21 · peak 47Oct 2025 — avg 20 · peak 50Jan 2026 — avg 25 · peak 59Apr 2026 — avg 21 · peak 50Jul 2026 — avg 19 · peak 39Aug 2026 — avg 16 · peak 33
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

3DActionHorrorPuzzleSandboxStealthSurrealCartoonyDetectiveDifficult

Census log

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