Hello Neighbor Alpha 1 Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-05-30
- Highly praised Alpha 2 version
- Scary and atmospheric gameplay
- Intelligent neighbor AI
- Neighbor is slow and buggy
- Unsatisfactory ending
- Overly complicated puzzles
Emotions
Archetypes
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 4,194
- Positive
- 3,88792.7%
- Negative
- 3077.3%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 277,863
- Estimated revenue
- Not applicable
- Game price
- F2P
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 373.96%
- Estimated copies lost
- 2,451
- Estimated revenue lost
- Not applicable
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 374% Avg playtime 0.6h | 30832.9% Avg playtime 0.9h |
| > 2h playtime | 252.7% Avg playtime 26.2h | 56560.4% Avg playtime 13.2h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.4 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 4.3 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 23 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 2,422 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
935 total
Organic purchasers935100.0%
Voted up: 93%
Key activations00.00%
Voted up: 0%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
935 total
First impression0-2h41944.8%
Voted up: 90%
Mid game2-10h40443.2%
Voted up: 95%
Late game10-20h697.38%
Voted up: 97%
Endgame20h+434.60%
Voted up: 98%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
100.0%
Global baseline 93.4%
7 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 4,194 total.