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Hello Neighbor Alpha 2 cover art

Hello Neighbor Alpha 2

Dynamic Pixels · tinyBuild · 2019-10-15

Steam

AdventureIndieStrategy

Welcome to Alpha 2 of Hello Neighbor. Play against an advanced, self-learning AI in what eventually became Act 1 of Hello Neighbor - the stealth horror home invasion sim.

Hello Neighbor Alpha 2 is an Adventure, Indie, and Strategy game released in 2019, free-to-play, with an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (95% of 4748 reviews).

21
playing now
95%
positive of 4.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
Free
steam price (US)

21 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

Hello Neighbor Alpha 2 trailer thumbnail

Hello Neighbor Alpha 2 Story Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 21 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 561 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~70/week).
  • · Review velocity up 4% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 28,833 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
11711720192026Week of 2019-10-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3852026-09-15 02:00 — 12 players2026-09-16 10:00 — 7 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 19 players2026-09-19 01:00 — 15 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 20 players2026-09-21 16:00 — 14 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 18 players2026-09-24 07:00 — 10 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 15 players2026-09-26 22:00 — 15 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 6 players2026-09-29 13:00 — 21 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 12 players2026-10-02 04:00 — 12 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 38 players2026-10-04 20:00 — 18 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 5 players2026-10-07 11:00 — 11 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 20 players2026-10-10 02:00 — 9 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 38 players2026-10-12 17:00 — 22 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 8 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 21 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
4819Oct 2019Aug 2026Oct 2019 — avg 30 · peak 81Jan 2020 — avg 28 · peak 82Apr 2020 — avg 37 · peak 72Jul 2020 — avg 33 · peak 89Oct 2020 — avg 23 · peak 57Jan 2021 — avg 30 · peak 63Apr 2021 — avg 30 · peak 67Jul 2021 — avg 26 · peak 54Oct 2021 — avg 25 · peak 82Jan 2022 — avg 34 · peak 82Apr 2022 — avg 36 · peak 102Jul 2022 — avg 26 · peak 51Oct 2022 — avg 22 · peak 65Jan 2023 — avg 30 · peak 70Apr 2023 — avg 21 · peak 55Jul 2023 — avg 27 · peak 53Oct 2023 — avg 23 · peak 60Jan 2024 — avg 28 · peak 75Apr 2024 — avg 26 · peak 65Jul 2024 — avg 34 · peak 60Oct 2024 — avg 24 · peak 58Jan 2025 — avg 29 · peak 71Apr 2025 — avg 24 · peak 60Jul 2025 — avg 26 · peak 54Oct 2025 — avg 22 · peak 57Jan 2026 — avg 26 · peak 66Apr 2026 — avg 23 · peak 55Jul 2026 — avg 23 · peak 44Aug 2026 — avg 19 · peak 39
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

3DFunnyActionHorrorPuzzleSandboxStealthSurrealCartoonyColorful

Census log

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