Hello Neighbor
Hello Neighbor
Game
Game2019
Hello Neighbor: Hide and Seek
Developer Dynamic Pixels
Hello Neighbor: Hide and Seek follows the tragic story of the Neighbor’s family in this dramatic prequel to Hello Neighbor. Experience playing a game of hide-and-seek with your brother as you both deal with the loss of a family member. From the Steam store page
206 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Oct 24, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
79
LovedLoved
110 positive · 30 negative
95% range 71–85%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 110 | 30 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 5 | 13 | 29 |
| 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
322 of 402 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
78% recommend · 113 yes, 31 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 144 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (1,304 of 1,532 positive).
Players praise the emotional story and lore, calling it a tragic prequel. [1][2][3] Many reviewers complain about tedious gameplay, repetitive puzzles, and a frustrating AI. [4][5][6] Some players note bugs and crashes, particularly when caught by the AI. [7][8]
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- [5]
This game is nowhere near as good as the original Hello Neighbor. The missions often feel tedious, and I had a lot of trouble figuring out what to do. In fact, I had to look up a tutorial on YouTube just to finish the first map because I couldn’t figure out where to go or how to get past certain obstacles. Since it doesn’t have the same style or appeal as the main Hello Neighbor game, and because it often felt long, …
- [1]
hello neighbor: hide and seek is supposed to be an emotional prequel about grief and family but all i felt was blind rage and a desperate need for therapy you’re playing hide and seek with a child who can smell fear and moves like a greased goblin every time you get caught, he steals your progress like a tax collector in footie pajamas and hides your stuffed animals across the most unhinged levels i’ve ever seen …
- [2]
A true tragedy. An amazingly directed story where you play in the imagination of a child, and it provides amazing context for the rest of the series. This is seriously the most underrated Hello Neighbor game. Feels like most people just ignored it when it truly is an amazing experience. It has mediocre gameplay at times, and quite a lot of bugs, but it makes up for it with it's story. I'm excited to see Hello …
- [4]
This Is My Childhood Game And I love It but The Game itself is far from perfect. they didn't really improve anything at all from the previous game. its all exactly the same, graphics, gameplay, everything but the story which is fine but with only about 2 minutes of cutscenes and no dialogue there is only so much you can tell the player. just like the previous game Physics are horrible, puzzles don't make any sense …
- [3]
Though this game has it issues at the heart of it lies an absolutely wonderful story. The story of the Peterson family is tragic and the way Dynamic pixels goes about telling this tragedy with the metaphors and symbolism within the environment is done beautifully. But don't let that "Horror" tag fool you. This is not at all a horror game. It may have jump scares but it is in no way a horror title.
Summarised from 34 of the 207 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
Players who liked Hello Neighbor: Hide and Seek talk about strong, emotional story and lore; those who didn't talk about tedious and repetitive gameplay. Which matters more to you?
Reactions
60 of 206 · most liked firstHello 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 →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 →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 →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 →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 →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 →Hello Neighbor just introduced an "official no code modding tool" which is just an AI slop generator for the game
negative · AI labelView 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 →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 →hello neighbor: hide and seek is supposed to be an emotional prequel about grief and family but all i felt was blind rage and a desperate need for therapy you’re playing hide and seek with a child who can smell fear and moves like a greased goblin every time you get caught, he steals your progress like a tax collector in footie pajamas and hides your stuffed animals across the most unhinged levels i’ve ever seen first it’s a toy store nightmare then it’s a safari where the giraffes stare into…
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 →No idea on AI but I was against the publisher already. They're past the point of venture capital, but years ago they already had an IPO worth millions and were still doing crowd-funding+EA+multi-account unpaid self-promotion. There's also the *Hello Neighbor* situation, and a decent amount of their other games on Steam have mixed reviews. For AI, I did stumble across [this](https://kotaku.com/tinybuild-hello-neighbor-chatgpt-ai-burnout-hr-monitor-1850640875): > At least one video game…
neutral · AI labelView post →this game is going on my suicide note
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →TONIGHT. IN ONE HOUR. It's my Affiliate Anniversary!! Wahoo!! Let's celebrate with an EXTREMELY STUPID SISYPHEAN TASK. HELLO NEIGHBOR PERMADEATH. WITH MEDIASHARE ENABLED. DEATH = RESTART THE ENTIRE GAME. Get ready to Say Hello to your Neighbor many times over. twitch.tv/therealyocow
neutral · AI labelView post →Excited to share season 2 of Hello Neighbor Welcome to Raven Brooks. Man of Action and Creation Station adapted for Tinybuild’s popular murder mascot game. Season 1 is available for VOD on Amazon Prime. I had a chance to board, direct and write a bunch of these. Lots of fun. youtu.be/LdpKUyY27Zo?...
neutral · AI labelView post →In deltarune you can break the game by doing something that it shouldn't let you, then you remove a character from the game. In Hello Neighbor, you can break the game by doing something WRONG, then you remove a character from the game. In this essay, I will prove that Berdly is Theodore Peterson...
neutral · AI labelView post →Hello Neighbor is a prime example of someone trying so hard to ice skate uphill and launch lore-bits first and the game second but, as exaggerated as that developer was, that's the logical conclusion of a LOT of projects: begging for people to praise the lore, ARG, Easter eggs over the story itself.
negative · AI labelView post →I miss when AI in games meant things like Hello Neighbor or Hoizon Zero Dawn's layered AI making enemies work together in combat and across the game world.
positive · AI labelView post →no one will read this but its better than hello neighbor
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →🚨 INSIDER REPORT: #TheSims Project X Game Style Allegedly "Inspired By Hello Neighbor 2" and #TheSims4 Sales Update >> simscommunity.info/2026/04/11/s...
neutral · AI labelView post →Wouldn't say its better than Hello Neighbour but its ain't that bad, still lacks a few stuff, the design of this one is good, the story is also greatly written and has far less bugs than the original game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →guys tinybuild just said theyre using an ai that learns from your moves in their new game HELLO NEIGHBOR... please be careful you dont support slop this holiday.
negative · AI labelView post →That Fredbear mod for Hello Neighbor is probably the most traction the game has gotten in a while
neutral · AI labelView post →Another is the Guest from Hello Neighbor 2 Terrible, awful game series But i love this stupid bird creature
neutral · AI labelView post →This is giving me "Devs of Hello Neighbor constantly pestering Matt Patt to do a Game Theory video" vibes. Which I guess is kind of flattering since you're not nearly as big as Matt Patt was? But mostly just weird.
neutral · AI labelView post →Me browsing the eShop and remembering that Hello Neighbor was really popular for about five minutes years ago despite being a total dogshit game
negative · AI labelView post →Hello Neighbor 3 and the First Game are the Most Connected, Says Creator Nikita Kolesnikov insider-gaming.com/hello-neighb...
neutral · AI labelView post →WHY DO THE GUYS WHO PUBLISH HELLO NEIGHBOR HAVE A PAC-MAN GAME ON THEIR GAMEJOLT ACCOUNT WHAT
neutral · AI labelView post →The gap between the initial demo and the actual game is just disappointing tbh. Not as dramatic a case as Hello Neighbor, but still.
negative · AI labelView post →I played this game right after playing the first Hello Neighbor Game, overall I really enjoyed this game! However I do think this game has an intended player base. This game is good for players who: enjoying solving puzzles, want to know more about the Hello Neighbor lore, enjoy playing games with strong stories, and enjoy games with a level system. I do not think this game is good for players who: Don't like difficult puzzles, aren't willing to send time thinking through the puzzle, and want…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I was beta tester of Hide & Seek on iOS back in 2018-2019. Was also beta tester on Test Flight of the original Hello Neighbor. Since then I had only played original Hello Neighbor and Hello Neighbor 2 on game pass when it came out. A few days ago I decided to buy Hide & Seek because in Testflight (iOS beta), I was only able to play Act 1. Overall, a really enjoyable experience. There's a noticable set-up in puzzle making, these are more intuitive than original Hello Neighbor (never had a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game closes everytime I get caught, it's annoying.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Me trying to play the video game "Hello Neighbor." #XFilesLive
neutral · AI labelView post →all you do is collect toys and throw them into a basket some people might like it but this game is surely not for me (the lore is good btw)
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →ITS A GAME CALLED HELLO NEIGHBOR 🗣️
neutral · AI labelView post →I don't think Hello Neighbor is a real game. I think it's just a metaphysical concept of a game mythologized within youtube thumbnails.
negative · AI labelView post →"The Hello Neighbor devs begging MattPatt to do a theory on their game" type energy
neutral · AI labelView post →i like the story a lot in this one, and the ending was pretty good, but im not a fan of the mechanics in this one, especially how you can lose some of your progress if you get caught. chase theme also very goofy cool concept, but the gameplay gets boring pretty fast and the cutscenes between + the last stage almost make up for it, but not enough unfortunately
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I dislike this game because it gets EXTREMELY repetitive.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A true tragedy. An amazingly directed story where you play in the imagination of a child, and it provides amazing context for the rest of the series. This is seriously the most underrated Hello Neighbor game. Feels like most people just ignored it when it truly is an amazing experience. It has mediocre gameplay at times, and quite a lot of bugs, but it makes up for it with it's story. I'm excited to see Hello Neighbor 3.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Speaking of games that made my childhood, this is a perfect example, from its top-tier story to its amazing gameplay, there is nothing more to say, this game is great and one of the only 10/10s I've ever rated. Beautiful game, a beautiful story. If you're wondering if you should get this or not, GET IT! It's so fun, and if you love lore it's even better. Overall 10/10 Edit: i lied. i played this game and every time i get caught my game crashes. and this ♥♥♥♥ pisses my tf off. 5/10 (because of…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is nowhere near as good as the original Hello Neighbor. The missions often feel tedious, and I had a lot of trouble figuring out what to do. In fact, I had to look up a tutorial on YouTube just to finish the first map because I couldn’t figure out where to go or how to get past certain obstacles. Since it doesn’t have the same style or appeal as the main Hello Neighbor game, and because it often felt long, boring, and confusing, I decided not to finish it. It just didn’t hold my…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Officer Leslie “from” the (S)hit game (imo), Hello Neighbor 2! Love this dude’s design, shame he got cut.
positive · AI labelView post →Peak childhood nostalgia crazy atmosphere
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I know I'm like five years to this but how is Hello Neighbor a real game being sold
negative · AI labelView post →one of the best game i've ever played
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is so tedious it hurts, you just walk around an unreasonably big map looking for items with the occasional simple puzzle thrown in. And the kid isn't a good threat, he's just annoying. If I had bought this game for full price I would have refunded it, but thankfully I only got it for $5.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I hated 100% this game but its fine only buy if fan of hello neighbor.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My kids keep begging me to finish Hello Neighbor, and I’ve really drawn my line in the sand here. That game fuckin’ sucks ass to play.
negative · AI labelView post →If Hello Neighbor was like this, it would have been the biggest horror game on the market
neutral · AI labelView post →Ohio game, the neighbor isnt sigma and i bet he's also from ohio.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hello Neighbor is the most fun bad game I've ever played
neutral · AI labelView post →Love this game, the last Hello Neighbor game that gives me nostalgia, all tho the Ai of the kid is horrible, way worse than the neighbor, but I enjoyed it, sadly its overpriced for the content because it can be finished in a day easily, and I got all the achivements, that was fun until "You should hide" achivement come because it was very hard to get, but luckily I got it. Overall the game was good and I liked how the creators make these secret errors.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →horrible piece of ♥♥♥♥ game
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →watched a vid of some body playing Hello Neighbor. game looks fuckin terrible
negative · AI labelView post →Hello neighbor hide and seek immerses you in the plot and shows what happened to the neighbor before the first part of the franchise. Good game ...
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →meh, the only good thing about this game are the cutscenes, its extremely tedious and takes forever to complete a stage. (theres 5 btw).
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So on my stream today I joked about playing Hello Neighbor in the future because it might be fun to play a bad game. Chat. Why is Hello Neighbor 30 dollars
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