Hello Neighbor is a survival horror stealth game developed by Dynamic Pixels and published by tinyBuild. The goal of the game is for the player to successfully sneak into the basement of their neighbor's house to uncover a secret.[1] The game's artificial intelligence modifies the neighbor's behavior based on the player's past actions, such as setting traps along paths the player followed in a previous attempt.
The game was released as an alpha build on Dynamic Pixels' website in 2015, before being approved for sale as an early access game by the Steam Greenlight program and launching a Kickstarter campaign to fund further development, after which the studio signed a deal with tinyBuild to publish the game.[5] The game was released for Microsoft Windows and Xbox One on 8 December 2017 to mixed reviews, with critics criticizing its gameplay, control scheme and technical performance. However, some praised the story aspects and art style
In Hello Neighbor, the player finds themselves moving into a new house across the street of a mysterious neighbor, who seems to be keeping a secret in his basement. The player's task is to break into the neighbor's home and gather items needed to unlock and access his basement. As the player explores the neighbor's house, he must not be spotted by the neighbor, or he will be chased down and, if the player is not quick enough to escape, caught. If the player is caught, he will be sent back to his own house and will have to break in again.
The player has four inventory spaces; items of the same kind cannot be stacked together in the same inventory space.