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Hello Neighbor Alpha 4 cover art

Hello Neighbor Alpha 4

Dynamic Pixels · tinyBuild · 2019-10-19

Steam

AdventureIndieStrategy

Alpha 4 of Hello Neighbor was the final alpha during the stealth hit's development. Sneak into your creepy Neighbor's house to figure out what he's hiding.

Hello Neighbor Alpha 4 is an Adventure, Indie and Strategy game released in 2019, free-to-play, with an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (83% of 6157 reviews).

28
playing now
83%
positive of 6.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

28 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

Hello Neighbor Alpha 4 trailer thumbnail

Hello Neighbor Alpha 4 Launch Trailer 4K

≈406,559 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 28 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 736 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~92/week).
  • · Review velocity down 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 28,833 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-26

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
15515520192026Week of 2019-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 17 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5462026-09-15 13:00 — 25 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 21 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 6 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 38 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 28 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 13 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 21 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 26 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 26 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 48 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 23 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 17 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 23 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 43 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 22 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 22 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 28 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 18 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 11 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 54 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 29 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 10 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 28 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
7128Oct 2019Aug 2026Oct 2019 — avg 42 · peak 110Jan 2020 — avg 51 · peak 125Apr 2020 — avg 69 · peak 126Jul 2020 — avg 49 · peak 115Oct 2020 — avg 37 · peak 80Jan 2021 — avg 48 · peak 98Apr 2021 — avg 45 · peak 96Jul 2021 — avg 43 · peak 89Oct 2021 — avg 39 · peak 113Jan 2022 — avg 52 · peak 111Apr 2022 — avg 56 · peak 140Jul 2022 — avg 38 · peak 75Oct 2022 — avg 35 · peak 89Jan 2023 — avg 42 · peak 99Apr 2023 — avg 29 · peak 66Jul 2023 — avg 40 · peak 76Oct 2023 — avg 32 · peak 90Jan 2024 — avg 41 · peak 99Apr 2024 — avg 39 · peak 90Jul 2024 — avg 45 · peak 82Oct 2024 — avg 37 · peak 90Jan 2025 — avg 44 · peak 120Apr 2025 — avg 41 · peak 96Jul 2025 — avg 36 · peak 71Oct 2025 — avg 34 · peak 96Jan 2026 — avg 38 · peak 89Apr 2026 — avg 32 · peak 85Jul 2026 — avg 29 · peak 54Aug 2026 — avg 28 · peak 54
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

FunnyIndieActionComedyHorrorPuzzleMysterySandboxStealthStrategy

Census log

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