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Hello Neighbor Pre-Alpha
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.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
66 of the 100 reviews raise this.
“Ok but why does everyone glaze this game this actually sucks I cant do ANYTHING without peterson getting on my ass and locking on me until I'm dead and then he puts 500000000 traps so even when I think im about to get…”
“holy this is the most scary and fun hello neighbor alpha but its very short”
“it's an old game yeah, and it's the pre-alpha, again yeah, but still this game is buggy as ♥♥♥♥, but is pretty well made outside of that. if you're looking for some good ol Nostalgia play this :3 if ya don't want jank…”
6 of the 100 reviews raise this.
“I REEEEALY LIKE THIS IT SHOWS A MISTERY THAT HONESTLY it is good the art style had a realistic art style there was no basement because this was never meant to release i like the full game more but not that many people…”
“It was alright, the game is pretty buggy (to be fair it's a pre alpha), but it had a decent atmosphere and it was a little challenging to try and sneak around. It's definitely better than the main game”
“this game is realistc, fun and goofy the silly bugs only make the game funner but thats my opinion 8/10 super fun. oh this one time i stole EVERYTHING out of the neighbor house lmao fun game, plus ITS FREE!!”
4 of the 100 reviews raise this.
“It was alright, the game is pretty buggy (to be fair it's a pre alpha), but it had a decent atmosphere and it was a little challenging to try and sneak around. It's definitely better than the main game”
“Really Difficult if you don't know what to do here is a speed run strat: Go outside grab your tv and 2 boxes by clicking F then go to the back of the neighbors house stack to boxes by crow bar (It's on the left side)…”
10 of the 100 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“it's an old game yeah, and it's the pre-alpha, again yeah, but still this game is buggy as ♥♥♥♥, but is pretty well made outside of that. if you're looking for some good ol Nostalgia play this :3 if ya don't want jank…”
“It was alright, the game is pretty buggy (to be fair it's a pre alpha), but it had a decent atmosphere and it was a little challenging to try and sneak around. It's definitely better than the main game”
“While the idea is there, the game itself isn't complete. I know, I know, it's an alpha, but I was expecting at least something in the basement, but oh well, alpha 1 released, and it improved on the idea. But I enjoyed…”
9 of the 100 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Ok but why does everyone glaze this game this actually sucks I cant do ANYTHING without peterson getting on my ass and locking on me until I'm dead and then he puts 500000000 traps so even when I think im about to get…”
“I got molested by the evil neighbor in my own house. Atleast I got a big bear trap collection from it.”
“just a really weird a glitchy game”
6 of the 100 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“holy this is the most scary and fun hello neighbor alpha but its very short”
“While the idea is there, the game itself isn't complete. I know, I know, it's an alpha, but I was expecting at least something in the basement, but oh well, alpha 1 released, and it improved on the idea. But I enjoyed…”
“well it you want a simple and sacry game it this one but play the non pre aplha one becuase they have ending but this one dosent.”
6 of the 100 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Ok but why does everyone glaze this game this actually sucks I cant do ANYTHING without peterson getting on my ass and locking on me until I'm dead and then he puts 500000000 traps so even when I think im about to get…”
“dear mr peterson, please stop leaving 30 traps infront of your door, i literally can't get inside of your house without stepping in 10 beartraps and then you end up molesting me, thank you.”
“this game is to hard”
3 of the 100 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“download this is your lagging or bsod https://gamejolt.com/games/Hn_pre-alpha_lite/1032734 i hope this works man bye 3>”
“best bc game wont even start up”
“the only thin gi dont like is that sometime it does not open up”
Counted across 100 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 90.8% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“Its been 7 years since the Hello Neighbor genre started with this game. What do you expect, its a Pre-Alpha so don´t have high expectations. In my opinion it is the scariest version of all, newer version are less and less scary.”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played“Honestly the Pre-Alpha of Hello Neighbor is in my top three titles in this series. Which is ironic because as a developer you'd think the Pre-Alpha is the worst version but the atmosphere, the CPU of the Neighbor-everything is just some of the best in the series. The Pre-Alpha…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“Hello Neighbor Pre-Alpha, developed by Dynamic Pixels and published by tinyBuild, is the earliest playable form of a concept that would later evolve into a widely recognized stealth-puzzle experience. In this stage, the game feels unmistakably experimental—less a complete…”
— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
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.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
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
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
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
Hello Neighbor: Hide and Seek coming in December
https://imgur.com/IVEIFgi.gif Howdy there Neighbors! We are gearing up for the Halloween-ish launch window for Secret Neighbor, and the whole team is working non-stop to make sure we get a good game t
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie, Strategy |
| Player tags | Horror · Stealth · Sandbox · Investigation · Survival Horror · First-Person · Difficult · 3D · Survival · Psychological Horror · Funny · Detective (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player |
| Languages | English |
| Official site | http://helloneighborgame.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 and up Processor: i5 and up Memory: 6 GB RAM Graphics: GTX 770 and up DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 2 GB available space Sound Card: Stereo. Play with good stereo.