Hello Neighbor Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-05-30
- Fun and challenging gameplay experience.
- Interesting mods enhance game enjoyment.
- Engaging story with memorable moments.
- Game plagued by bugs and crashes.
- Overly complex puzzles frustrate players.
- Ineffective neighbor AI and poor controls.
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows <8GB VRAM / <16GB RAMmixedWindows <8GB VRAM / 16-31GB RAMnegative
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 29,812
- Positive
- 25,54985.7%
- Negative
- 4,26314.3%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 1,919,764
- Estimated revenue
- $57,573,722
- Game price
- $30
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 2852.57%
- Estimated copies lost
- 18,353
- Estimated revenue lost
- $550,406
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 2862.6% Avg playtime 0.7h | 5655.1% Avg playtime 0.8h |
| > 2h playtime | 9028.1% Avg playtime 24.5h | 9,31884.2% Avg playtime 31.4h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 3.6 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 42.2 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 124 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 3,094.8 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
11,071 total
Organic purchasers9,31284.1%
Voted up: 90%
Key activations1,75915.9%
Voted up: 87%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
11,071 total
First impression0-2h1,36212.3%
Voted up: 74%
Mid game2-10h5,59150.5%
Voted up: 91%
Late game10-20h2,26020.4%
Voted up: 91%
Endgame20h+1,85816.8%
Voted up: 92%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
79.5%
Global baseline 89.3%
44 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 29,812 total.