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Hello Neighbor Pre-Alpha cover art

Hello Neighbor Pre-Alpha

Dynamic Pixels · tinyBuild · 2019-10-10

Steam

AdventureIndieStrategy

Franchise: Hello Neighbor · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Jun 06, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The Original Pre-Alpha 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 Pre-Alpha 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 (91% of 2588 reviews).

7
playing now
91%
positive of 2.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
Free
steam price (US)

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

The game begins after dark with the player awake across the street. Looking out the window, you see a mysterious, ominous red glow emanating from the open basement door of the Neighbor's house. Intrigued by what he might be hiding, you decide to break in.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 7 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 444 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~56/week).
  • · Review velocity up 40% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 28,887 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
747420192026Week of 2019-10-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2022026-09-15 14:00 — 11 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 12 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 8 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 19 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 9 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 7 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 6 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 7 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 13 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 5 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 4 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 5 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 9 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 9 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 7 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 20 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 7 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 7 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 16 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 12 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 7 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
227Oct 2019Aug 2026Oct 2019 — avg 17 · peak 71Jan 2020 — avg 8 · peak 24Apr 2020 — avg 9 · peak 24Jul 2020 — avg 9 · peak 27Oct 2020 — avg 7 · peak 19Jan 2021 — avg 8 · peak 22Apr 2021 — avg 9 · peak 143Jul 2021 — avg 7 · peak 19Oct 2021 — avg 8 · peak 21Jan 2022 — avg 12 · peak 31Apr 2022 — avg 11 · peak 31Jul 2022 — avg 8 · peak 23Oct 2022 — avg 7 · peak 23Jan 2023 — avg 11 · peak 28Apr 2023 — avg 7 · peak 19Jul 2023 — avg 10 · peak 22Oct 2023 — avg 8 · peak 23Jan 2024 — avg 11 · peak 32Apr 2024 — avg 10 · peak 27Jul 2024 — avg 14 · peak 29Oct 2024 — avg 10 · peak 31Jan 2025 — avg 13 · peak 34Apr 2025 — avg 10 · peak 32Jul 2025 — avg 10 · peak 26Oct 2025 — avg 11 · peak 25Jan 2026 — avg 12 · peak 28Apr 2026 — avg 12 · peak 30Jul 2026 — avg 11 · peak 23Aug 2026 — avg 9 · peak 20
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

3DFunnyActionHorrorPuzzleSandboxStealthSurvivalDetectiveDifficult

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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