Hello Neighbor Alpha 1
Last updated: 2025-11-27
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- Alpha version considered superior to final release.
- Offers fun, nostalgic, and enjoyable experience.
- Features smart, learning Neighbor AI.
- Creates genuinely scary, tense atmosphere.
- Suffers from severe bugs and frequent crashes.
- Game playtime is notably short.
Emotions
Satisfaction46%Disappointment18%Frustration18%Excitement13%Amusement7%
- Reviews
(sample size) - 688
- Helpful reviews
- 53%
- Unhelpful reviews
- 46%
- Protest reviews
- 1%
- 81%Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
- 19%Helpful reviews with negative sentiment
- Positive points
- 826
- Negative points
- 290
- Gameplay points
- 149
- Perf. points
- 27
- Rec. points
- 123
- Misc points
- 37
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 414.7% Avg playtime 0.6h | 28432.5% Avg playtime 0.9h |
| > 2h playtime | 212.4% Avg playtime 9.6h | 52760.4% Avg playtime 14.3h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.4 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 3.1 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 24.7 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 2,237.9 days |
| Point | Description | Importance |
|---|---|---|
Alpha surpasses full release.
| A dominant theme is that this alpha version is superior to the final game and often other alphas. Reviewers praise its improved difficulty, horror elements, persistence of in-game actions, and overall design, considering it the definitive or best version of Hello Neighbor. It is frequently seen as what the full game should have been. | 93% |
Fun, nostalgic, enjoyable experience.
| Players found the game highly enjoyable, often citing its fun gameplay, engaging puzzles, and strong nostalgia factor. Many appreciated it as a promising foundation for the series, even years later, describing it as simple but sweet. | 89% |
Smart, learning Neighbor AI.
| The Neighbor's artificial intelligence is a major highlight, described as intelligent, adaptive, and a genuine threat. It learns from player actions, sets traps, takes shortcuts, and contributes significantly to the engaging and challenging gameplay experience. | 56% |
Genuinely scary, tense atmosphere.
| The game is consistently lauded for its ability to deliver genuine scares and a palpable sense of tension. Players highlight the creepy atmosphere, unsettling sound design, and effective jump scares, creating an immersive horror experience that many feel is superior to later versions. | 47% |
Atmospheric, good quality graphics.
| The game's graphics and art style receive praise for being atmospheric, good quality, and having a more realistic or serious tone compared to later versions. This visual presentation contributes to both the creepy atmosphere and overall aesthetic appeal. | 22% |
Clever, logical puzzle design.
| Players appreciate the game's well-designed puzzles, noting them as clever, logical, and not overly complicated. They can often be solved in multiple ways without needing external guides, offering a satisfying challenge unlike puzzles in later versions. | 17% |
Ground-breaking stealth gameplay.
| The game is noted for its unique and engaging stealth mechanics, requiring players to think ahead and outsmart the opponent. This focus on stealth, rather than just puzzles, is seen as innovative and ground-breaking for the genre. | 10% |