Hello Neighbor: Hide and Seek
Hello Neighbor: Hide and Seek
Game
Game2017
Hello Neighbor
Developer Dynamic Pixels
Hello Neighbor (stylised as Hello, Neighbor!) is a 2017 Russian stealth thriller game originally developed by Dynamic Pixels, now developed by Eerie Guest Studios and published by tinyBuild. Initially released as public alphas from 2016 to 2017, it received a full release for Windows and Xbox One on 8 December 2017, later for PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, iOS and Android on 26 July 2018, and for Xbox Series X/S… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
435 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
86
LovedLoved
317 positive · 51 negative
95% range 82–89%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 317 | 51 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 5 | 11 | 32 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 3 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
11,470 of 14,058 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
85% recommend · 197 yes, 35 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 232 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (28,940 of 33,550 positive).
Some reviewers criticize the game for being buggy, with unclear puzzles and poor storytelling. [1][2][3][4] Several players recommend buying the game only on sale due to its limited content and high price. [5][6][7][8]
Liked
Representative posts
- [1]
I don't know how anyone rates this game highly. The story is nonsensical, the puzzle "solutions" are often trial and error with no tells on where to go next, and there is next to no difficulty. I would never recommend this to anyone - there is no challenge other than to how long you can keep playing until you somehow figure out what everything does.
- [5]
Bought this just to get chased by Fredbear... I'd say its worth it just to get jumpscared by a big bear Though, I will say that this game doesn't do a good job on telling you what to do, you can get stuck for hours Get it on a sale. It is too expensive at full price for the content you get.
- [15]
I got this game just because of the 'Fredbear mod' lmao. But i also enjoyed the main story. Overall rating 9/10 there are some bugs but i don't care and this brings me back good memories. :)
- [4]
The bugs make it fun and that is literally the only good part please don't play this ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ game Edit: I am back here to say that I am at act three, have gotten all of the abilities but APPARENTLY MY ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ CROWBAR CAN JUST CLIP OUT OF BOUNDS INFRONT OF ME AND NOW I HAVE TO RESET THE ENTIRE ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ACT SINCE I DON'T REMEMBER HOW LONG AGO IT DISAPPEARED OH MY ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ GOD DON'T PLAY THIS STUPID GAME Final Edit: I …
- [6]
this game is very good and very funny with mods :D but you should only buy it if its on discount
Summarised from 34 of the 295 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 9, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
85% of the 232 Steam reviewers we collected recommend Hello Neighbor. The complaint that keeps coming up: the game is very buggy and has poor quality. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Review aggregator website Metacritic reports "generally unfavorable reviews" for Hello Neighbor on all platforms. Criticism was directed towards the gameplay, control scheme and technical performance, though it was praised for its story aspects and art style.
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 435 · most liked firstI don't know how anyone rates this game highly. The story is nonsensical, the puzzle "solutions" are often trial and error with no tells on where to go next, and there is next to no difficulty. I would never recommend this to anyone - there is no challenge other than to how long you can keep playing until you somehow figure out what everything does.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☐ Good ☑ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☑ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☑ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☐ Good ☑ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☑ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☑ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☑ Kids ☑ Teens ☐ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☑ Potato ☐ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I saw Hello Neighbor on sale and thought about playing it since my favorite YouTubers used to play it back in the day. Oh boy, nostalgia really makes us blind. I really don’t understand how this game got "Very Positive" reviews. In the first 20 minutes, I had to fix the game because it wouldn’t start while connected to my home Wi-Fi. It’s absolutely buggy, and the puzzles aren’t even fun. I thought it would be like Granny or something similar, but it’s really just bad. Thanks to Steam support,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Yes its very fun and hard I also suggest to get the fredbear mod or the ignited foxy mod because those are fun to.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hello Neighbor's multiplayer spinoff has been 'temporarily shut down' after a hacker wiped player progression and demanded the game's 'removal from sale across all platforms'.
neutral · AI labelView post →this game holds a special place in my heart. I loved watching youtubers play it when I was younger because I was a stupid ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ child. Playing it now makes me realise how much of a hot steamy pile of ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ this game truly is. Like Beethhoven once said "ts some ass"
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I pretty firmly believe that masturbating is objectively a better use of your time than playing hello neighbour in 80% of circumstances
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Shout out to Sdalt for making the fredbear and fnaf mods and revived the game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I don't think I'd ever do a Undertale or Deltarune fan work, I already enjoy the base game enough haha. But I always thought about reworking Hello Neighbor at some point. I really enjoy the concept of it and was sad to see what we ended up with.
neutral · AI labelView post →HOLY HELL They had 8 years to fix this game Game's locked to 1920x1080 unless you add Launch Options Game's locked to 60fps unless you edit "DefaultEngine.ini" Every act requires you to stack & climb upon physics objects, which is incredibly janky Most of the "Puzzles" are incomprehensible: - Grow/Shrink plants with Good/EVIL music - Unlock the gun by setting up a birthday party for mannequins - Get a gun into the "No Gun Zone" by dropping the gun into some random gears at the opposite side…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bought this just to get chased by Fredbear... I'd say its worth it just to get jumpscared by a big bear Though, I will say that this game doesn't do a good job on telling you what to do, you can get stuck for hours Get it on a sale. It is too expensive at full price for the content you get.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Random keys Uplay: Ghost Recon Phantoms starter pack + avatar. Just drop a comment and I will send you the key. Some of the keys might be used I lost track of them, and now I'm doing deep cleaning (I have more keys that's questionable state I will post those in a later post): STEAM: ~~Hello Neighbor Hide and Seek~~ ~~Psychonauts~~ ~~DLC: Age of Empires II HD Edition: The Forgotten Expansion~~ Might be used steam keys: ~~Kitaria Fables~~ ~~Serin Fate~~ ~~Stranded…
neutral · AI labelView post →the best thing about is game they lots of free mods form the steam workshop and i like it :)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☑ Kids ☑ Teens ☐ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☑ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →terrible quality, funny glitches, nostalgic.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Games leaving Game Pass on December 15th: - The Quarry - Amnesia: The Bunker - Hello Neighbor 2 - Forza Horizon 4 - Tin Hearts - Rainbow Billy. The Curse of the Leviathan - Rise of the Tomb Raider - Forager
neutral · AI labelView post →just so you know it's me, the real Blurry, and not an alien doppelganger Alice Angel is my wife Hello Neighbor is peak I love FNAF Security Breach Paper Mario Sticker Star is a goated game Bendy is cool and uhhhhhhhhhh cat image
positive · AI labelView post →I finally bought this after years of wanting to play it, but the spark is gone. It was funny to watch on YouTube back in the day, but playing it myself now feels different. Perhaps I'm just too old for this style of game now.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →cant even start the game with wi-fi on and it crashes when smashing windows and being caught
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I got this game just because of the 'Fredbear mod' lmao. But i also enjoyed the main story. Overall rating 9/10 there are some bugs but i don't care and this brings me back good memories. :)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →TONIGHT I LEARNED: -Deadly Premonition is actually awesome -Ban Ban and Hello Neighbor have the most uninteresting, obscure game design I've ever fucking seen in video games -FEAR 2 is also pretty awesome -This subathon may have been: a mistake, I'm scared????
negative · AI labelView post →It looks like a children's cartoon, but plays like a fever dream of traps, puzzles, and paranoia. Somehow, that is exactly what makes it stick in my head.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I want to love this game, but I can't. It was such a big part of my childhood, but looking back on it, it's just confusing and stupid. The game basically spells nothing out, and the finished product is an empty husk of what it was meant to be. I hope tiny build does much better in the third game. Because these first 2 were awful. I don't say this in a mean way, I genuinely hope this game can have an amazing, true, return to what it was meant to be in the first place.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →People on TikTok treating the Scientology building like a game of Hello Neighbor
neutral · AI labelView post →How do people describe my game: - "Misery" meets Lovecraft - Remember that creepy teacher from high school? - Vibrantly macabre "From the Darkness" / "Hello Neighbor" / "Stay Out of the House" mashup #indiegamedev #indiehorror #DarkLessons
neutral · AI labelView post →Under no circumstances should you ever buy this game anywhere near full price. It is a genuine scam. This is the most horribly half-baked excuse for a piece of media I have ever seen. It is a tumor. ONLY play this game if its on sale for dirt cheap and you are doing so with friends to make fun of it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game ruined my life. I was married with 4 kids, and a 5th on the way, and my wife left me after watching me fail the first chapter over and over again. She said "How can I expect you to raise our children to be pro-gamers when you can't even platform on Hello, Neighbor?" I haven't felt such shame and humiliation in my life. Now, she's living next door, dating a man named with a six-pack and a nice tan Chad, and living it up like a Kardashian. I miss my kids, and my wife. Carol, please call…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this game is very good and very funny with mods :D but you should only buy it if its on discount
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →as a person who breaks into their neighbors house on a daily basis, yes i would recommend this game to those who also break into their neighbors house. however, i wouldnt say this game is realistic, infact it literally isnt. the big issue here is that you cant poop on the neighbor. the gun isnt even realistic because the neighbor doesnt die. its like hes some god or smth. i shoot my neighbors all the time and they dont really recover from it. this is still a pretty solid game tho so please buy…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →funny glitches and a funny multiplayer with goofy fredbear
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It’s really nostalgic and takes a while to beat, the platinum is a good experience, cartoony graphics, and reminds me of 2018 for some reason.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →100% Achievement Review: Based on my experience completing all the (available) achievements. Feel free to follow my [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/45897386/]Steam Curator & [url=https://www.youtube.com/@Awijii]Youtube Channel for more 100% reviews, videos & achievement content! Title: Hello Neighbor Summary: Puzzle horror game Personal notes: Hello neighbor is a stealth/horror puzzle game where you play as Nicky. A kid who is trying to sneak into your sus neighbor’s house to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →friend played their first deadlock game today and they didn't know lash's name so they kept calling him Hello Neighbor
neutral · AI labelView post →Hello Neighbor just introduced an "official no code modding tool" which is just an AI slop generator for the game
negative · AI labelView post →After playing this god forsaken game for 11 hours and waiting for a tree to grow for 3 hours in order to get a singular achievement, I decided that larping the life of Helen keller would be much more entertaining. Shoot me with a 9 millimeter pistol now.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The neighbor is not very nice when i come to say hallo like the name of the game then he grabs me and forces me to make pizza for him pls fix this i just want to play the game and play some poker with the naighbor.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is so cooked, ive been playing this game since it came out with alpha 3, i'll be honest, its fun on act 1 and 2, but after, it starts to suck. I love using the community mods like The bomb or fast fredbear, I would only buy if its on sale or you have a steam card you just need to use.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Is it just me or is the S&box sausage guys just trying to do what Hello Neighbor 3 is doing but much worse because it isn't a horror game and nothing else about the game is stylized like this everything's realistic
negative · AI labelView post →game does not work or even start up i cant play it and i spent $6 on this game and i dont even get to play i fix yall game
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Wow, just wow. I never want to say goodbye to this neighbor! Probably the most ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ game ive ever played #oppositeday
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →good game with fredbear mods and stuff. get it while its on sale because thats when its the cheapest
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Go read some real online reviews first. I went in blind and I have no idea how this got "very positive". All criticism about this game is valid - no breathing room to do puzzles ("you're supposed to watch someone else play first, bro"), clunky physics ("it's a sandbox, bro") which makes platforming annoying, not challenging. No incentive to be stealthy (play area too small, neighbor patrols too quick/short). I've read multiple times that it's an overhyped game for streamers and children…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →FORGOTTEN INDIES - Hello Neighbor Or rather, it's easy to forget that this game actually had a lot of promise when it was still getting worked on. The thing it's best remembered for today is how desperately they were trying to gain viewership for their short-lasting animated series.
neutral · AI labelView post →No romance option with the neighbor. Disappointed. Went through the whole game trying to find it just to beat the game and have NO romance option with the neighbor. WHAT THE HECK??
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The bugs make it fun and that is literally the only good part please don't play this ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ game Edit: I am back here to say that I am at act three, have gotten all of the abilities but APPARENTLY MY ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ CROWBAR CAN JUST CLIP OUT OF BOUNDS INFRONT OF ME AND NOW I HAVE TO RESET THE ENTIRE ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ACT SINCE I DON'T REMEMBER HOW LONG AGO IT DISAPPEARED OH MY ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ GOD DON'T PLAY THIS STUPID GAME Final Edit: I am back. I have completed the game. I simply just CLIPPED THROUGH THE ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I got Hello Neighbor on my PC after not playing it for years. I could remember very little about playing it, all I knew was that you had to constantly sneak into your neighbors giant house. After finishing the game I can that this game is honestly so beautiful. The story is amazing, the gameplay is awesome and super buggy in a good way. The puzzles made me stumped a few times to the point where I had to ask YouTube for help. I see why I liked this game so much as a kid and now they have sequels…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →game is so buggy but is what makes the game so fun. and i know people get mad that they cant find things but its the whole point of the game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I don't understand why everyone praises this game so much in reviews when it's full of bugs and other issues. Based on my own playthrough, here are the pros and cons: Pros: Interesting storyline Good game concept Cons: A massive number of game-breaking bugs. (Countless times I couldn't progress to the next act simply because the game let me in too early—for example, before I had even unlocked the double jump). The puzzles are sometimes extremely difficult and completely illogical;…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I love the Hello Neighbor franchise. Ever since I was a kid watching FGTeeV play Alpha 1 I have loved this game. I do not love playing it. The physics are all out of wack, making the game a pain to try and parkour in, The School Minigame (must I say more?), and not to mention the story just kind of sucks lol. I have a lot of nostalgia for this series but it doesn't mean that this game doesn't suck lol
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →the ai is good at act 1 but not at act 3 and alot of hte puzzles on act 2 and 3 are confusing, with guides i find the game fun though its just a bit confusing without guides
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →the game is very fun and you can download mods to make itt even more fun.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very buggy, the hardest part of the game is putting items into a shopping cart
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This Is My Childhood Game And I love It but The Game itself isn't great. Physics are horrible, puzzles don't make any sense, game does a very bad job at telling you what to do and the mini games are a pain in the *ss. But I still love it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a replica of andy's room from toy story anyways, jokes aside, this game is a train wreck. you'll definitely need a guide to beat this for your first time. after that though, i find repeat playthroughs can be pretty fun, so... buy this game if you wanna replay this glitchy mess.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Mods are crazy for this game which is what makes the game even more fun.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You can hate it, you can love it, but you can't deny it was one of the best, better than all of us even
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cool game, sadly game concept was a little butchered across the alphas... But childhood game, can recommend
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's fun with mods, but the actual game is ♥♥♥♥.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bro the mods crazyyyyy like sdalts bro its fun but scrary
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →
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