My Friendly Neighborhood

Item: My Friendly Neighborhood
Rating: 89
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-07-23

Listen

0:00 / 0:00

Summary

Exceptional survival horror experience, Resident Evil-like gameplay
Charming, humorous puppet characters, but can be irritating
High replayability and exploration, clever puzzles
Meaningful, engaging story, polished presentation
Lacks genuine horror and tension
Tedious backtracking, frustrating save system, annoying respawns

Emotions

Satisfaction30%Frustration9%Disappointment8%Enjoyment8%Joy7%

Reviews (sample size): 578
Helpful reviews: 71%
Unhelpful reviews: 29%
Protest reviews: 0%

89%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
11%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 1441
Negative points: 582
Gameplay points: 549
Perf. points: 22
Rec. points: 310
Misc points: 227

Point	Description	Importance
Exceptional Survival Horror Experience Description Players overwhelmingly praise the game as an excellent, fun, and well-made survival horror experience. It's frequently compared to classic Resident Evil titles, offering a fresh and unique take on the genre that exceeded expectations for many. Importance 100%	Players overwhelmingly praise the game as an excellent, fun, and well-made survival horror experience. It's frequently compared to classic Resident Evil titles, offering a fresh and unique take on the genre that exceeded expectations for many.	100%
Charming & Humorous Puppet Characters Description The game's puppet enemies and characters are highly praised for their unique, charming, and often hilarious voice acting and designs. Their unsettling yet endearing nature, combined with witty dialogue, creates a distinctive and memorable atmosphere. Importance 35%	The game's puppet enemies and characters are highly praised for their unique, charming, and often hilarious voice acting and designs. Their unsettling yet endearing nature, combined with witty dialogue, creates a distinctive and memorable atmosphere.	35%
High Replayability & Exploration Description The game offers significant replayability through its well-designed, interconnected levels, multiple endings, and unlockable modes/cheats. Players appreciate the satisfying backtracking, rewarding exploration, and thoughtful resource management. Importance 33%	The game offers significant replayability through its well-designed, interconnected levels, multiple endings, and unlockable modes/cheats. Players appreciate the satisfying backtracking, rewarding exploration, and thoughtful resource management.	33%
Meaningful & Engaging Story Description The game features an interesting and surprisingly poignant story that resonates with players. Despite its whimsical style, the narrative delves into meaningful themes, offering a heartfelt and captivating experience that goes beyond typical mascot horror plots. Importance 25%	The game features an interesting and surprisingly poignant story that resonates with players. Despite its whimsical style, the narrative delves into meaningful themes, offering a heartfelt and captivating experience that goes beyond typical mascot horror plots.	25%
Polished Presentation & Art Style Description Players commend the game's high level of polish, smooth performance, and appealing visual and audio design. The unique art style and well-crafted environments contribute significantly to its distinct charm and immersive atmosphere. Importance 20%	Players commend the game's high level of polish, smooth performance, and appealing visual and audio design. The unique art style and well-crafted environments contribute significantly to its distinct charm and immersive atmosphere.	20%
Clever & Engaging Puzzles Description The puzzles are consistently highlighted as a strong point, being clever, engaging, and well-integrated into the gameplay. They strike a good balance of challenge, requiring thought without being overly frustrating, and are often compared to Resident Evil's puzzle design. Importance 14%	The puzzles are consistently highlighted as a strong point, being clever, engaging, and well-integrated into the gameplay. They strike a good balance of challenge, requiring thought without being overly frustrating, and are often compared to Resident Evil's puzzle design.	14%
Tactical & Simple Combat Description Combat is generally considered decent, with a focus on tactical play and resource management rather than in-depth mechanics. While some find it clunky, others feel it adds to the tension or is appropriately simple for the game's style. Importance 8%	Combat is generally considered decent, with a focus on tactical play and resource management rather than in-depth mechanics. While some find it clunky, others feel it adds to the tension or is appropriately simple for the game's style.	8%
Dedicated & Responsive Developers Description The development team is highly praised for their clear vision, responsiveness, and the evident passion and care they poured into the game. This positive perception of the developers enhances the overall player experience. Importance 5%	The development team is highly praised for their clear vision, responsiveness, and the evident passion and care they poured into the game. This positive perception of the developers enhances the overall player experience.	5%
Challenging & Strategic Gameplay Description The game offers a good level of challenge, particularly with its puzzles and resource management, requiring players to think strategically. It doesn't hold the player's hand, encouraging exploration and intelligent use of available resources. Importance 4%	The game offers a good level of challenge, particularly with its puzzles and resource management, requiring players to think strategically. It doesn't hold the player's hand, encouraging exploration and intelligent use of available resources.	4%