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Hello Neighbor Alpha 1

Hello Neighbor Alpha 1

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.

Released Oct 12, 2019 Developer Dynamic Pixels Publisher tinyBuild Platforms Windows CartoonyHorrorSurvival HorrorInvestigation3D Platformer
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

92.3%positive3,479 reviews
Recommended · 4 found this helpful

“---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☐ Good ☑ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf…”

— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played
Recommended · 4 found this helpful

“Alpha 1 the start of it all. This game had a great concept, and a functional AI. Same thing for alpha 2 but after that it started going downhill. alpha 3 was the worst of them all unfinished textures very dark bad ai. Alpha 4 fixed the light and the textures but the bad Ai…”

— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“the game is fun to mess around with, i found out i could stand on top of his own house, got inside the house during the tut, fun game”

— a player, Steam review · 25 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 10:18 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

20playing at last check
3124-hour peak
149all-time peak
0 25 50 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 39 avg · Nov 2025

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

Freecurrent · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
Freelowest since tracking began2026-07-11

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Dec 07, 2022
Moustaches & Mysteries - Hello Neighbor 2 is Available Now!

https://i.imgur.com/EEDpbLg.gif Ready your cameras and prepare to begin your investigation! Hello Neighbor 2 is Available Now! It's time to renew your investigation and return to the sleepy little tow

Dec 02, 2022
The Hello Neighbor Franchise Sale - Live Now!

Hey, did you know the Hello Neighbor franchise is turning five years old?? 🎂 To celebrate, we're throwing a birthday sale! 🎂 🛠 UPCOMING TITLES! ⚙ Wishing you could visit Raven Brooks but worried you'r

Jan 16, 2020
tinyBuild's hosting a carnival of games at PAXSouth

https://imgur.com/ZCsV3pc.gif Hello gamers! I've not been posting much to our publisher page because cross-posting is currently very wonky, so it's been mostly to individual pages of games. This weeke

Oct 22, 2019
2 Days Left / New Footage

https://i.imgur.com/3CNsAqM.gif Howdy ho, Neighbors! It's only 2 days left until Secret Neighbor launches on Steam! Today I bring you brand new footage in the form of a How To Play video. It's recorde

Oct 10, 2019
Secret Neighbor coming Oct 24 / Pre-Alpha of HN live

https://i.imgur.com/1es15gx.gif Good news, everyone! Secret Neighbor, the multiplayer spin-off of Hello Neighbor, is coming to Steam on October 24th. That's exactly in 2 weeks! https://i.imgur.com/LH4

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresAdventure, Indie, Strategy
Player tagsCartoony · Horror · Survival Horror · Investigation · 3D Platformer · Sandbox · Stealth · Difficult · First-Person · 3D · Story Rich · Detective (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player
LanguagesEnglish
Estimated owners200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttps://helloneighborgame.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 8 and up Processor: 2Ghz and up Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Dedicated video card is required DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 2 GB available space Sound Card: Stereo. Play with good stereo.