Hello Neighbor Alpha 3

Item: Hello Neighbor Alpha 3
Rating: 42
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-11-28

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Summary

Enjoyable, superior Alpha 3 experience.
Improved graphics and unique visual style.
Tense stealth horror atmosphere created.
Unfinished, bug-ridden alpha state persists.
Persistent darkness significantly hinders player visibility.
Erratic, easily exploitable Neighbor AI behavior.

Emotions

Frustration30%Disappointment17%Satisfaction14%Anger7%Excitement5%

Reviews (sample size): 331
Helpful reviews: 62%
Unhelpful reviews: 38%
Protest reviews: 0%

42%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
58%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 267
Negative points: 491
Gameplay points: 68
Perf. points: 5
Rec. points: 84
Misc points: 39

Sentiment × Playtime

review counts

Bucket	Neg	Pos
≤ 2h playtime	8019.7% Avg playtime 0.9h	12330.3% Avg playtime 0.8h
> 2h playtime	4811.8% Avg playtime 9.8h	15538.2% Avg playtime 28.3h

Velocity

review pace

Avg/day	0.2 rev/day
Last 30d	1.2 rev/day
Quarterly	12.3 rev/qtr
Days covered	2,224.5 days

Point	Description	Importance
Enjoyable & Rewarding Gameplay Description Players generally found the game fun, engaging, and rewarding, often evoking nostalgia. It delivers emotions, adrenaline, and satisfaction, with a smoother overall experience that makes it enjoyable for a wide range of players. Importance 44%	Players generally found the game fun, engaging, and rewarding, often evoking nostalgia. It delivers emotions, adrenaline, and satisfaction, with a smoother overall experience that makes it enjoyable for a wide range of players.	44%
Superior Alpha 3 Experience Description Alpha 3 is highly praised as the best and most atmospheric version, often preferred over the full game. It introduced significant advancements in environmental storytelling, puzzle design, and overall development, establishing itself as a beloved and intriguing 'mystery box' in the series. Importance 37%	Alpha 3 is highly praised as the best and most atmospheric version, often preferred over the full game. It introduced significant advancements in environmental storytelling, puzzle design, and overall development, establishing itself as a beloved and intriguing 'mystery box' in the series.	37%
Improved Graphics & Unique Visuals Description The game features good graphics with significant improvements in visual details and attention to design. Its unique visual style leans into surrealism, mixing creepy art with cartoonish elements to create an immersive and eerie atmosphere. Importance 33%	The game features good graphics with significant improvements in visual details and attention to design. Its unique visual style leans into surrealism, mixing creepy art with cartoonish elements to create an immersive and eerie atmosphere.	33%
Tense Stealth Horror Atmosphere Description The game excels at creating a creepy, dark, and mysterious atmosphere, effectively blending stealth and horror elements. Unpredictable sound cues and ambient tension provide an unsettling yet playful experience, with the night setting particularly enhancing the fear. Importance 25%	The game excels at creating a creepy, dark, and mysterious atmosphere, effectively blending stealth and horror elements. Unpredictable sound cues and ambient tension provide an unsettling yet playful experience, with the night setting particularly enhancing the fear.	25%
Adaptive Neighbor AI Description The Neighbor's AI learns from player actions, adapting tactics and becoming increasingly unpredictable, which generates excitement and pushes players to think creatively. Despite occasional bugs causing freezing, the AI's learning mechanism effectively hinders player progress and provides a challenging foe. Importance 16%	The Neighbor's AI learns from player actions, adapting tactics and becoming increasingly unpredictable, which generates excitement and pushes players to think creatively. Despite occasional bugs causing freezing, the AI's learning mechanism effectively hinders player progress and provides a challenging foe.	16%
Challenging & Elaborate Puzzles Description Puzzles are interesting and require dexterity, logical thinking, and planning. The game introduces more elaborate puzzles and environmental interactions, adding complexity and an ambitious scale to the overall challenge. Importance 14%	Puzzles are interesting and require dexterity, logical thinking, and planning. The game introduces more elaborate puzzles and environmental interactions, adding complexity and an ambitious scale to the overall challenge.	14%
Enhanced Audio Experience Description Both the soundtrack and overall audio effects received positive feedback. Specific mentions highlight good intro and outro music, along with added sound effects that significantly contribute to the game's immersive atmosphere. Importance 10%	Both the soundtrack and overall audio effects received positive feedback. Specific mentions highlight good intro and outro music, along with added sound effects that significantly contribute to the game's immersive atmosphere.	10%
Optimized Performance & Stability Description Players noted optimized game performance, reduced bugs, fewer crashes, and more responsive controls. These technical improvements contribute to a smoother and more playable experience, enhancing overall quality of life. Importance 9%	Players noted optimized game performance, reduced bugs, fewer crashes, and more responsive controls. These technical improvements contribute to a smoother and more playable experience, enhancing overall quality of life.	9%

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