

In Hello Neighbor, the player finds themselves moving into a new house across the street from a mysterious neighbor who is behaving in a paranoid manner and seems to be keeping a secret in his basement. A standalone sequel, Hello Neighbor 2, is expected to released on December 6, 2022.

Two multiplayer spin-offs, Secret Neighbor and Hello Engineer, were released in October 2019 and October 2021, respectively. Despite the negative reception, the game spawned a franchise, beginning with a prequel, Hello Neighbor: Hide and Seek, released in December 2018. Critics panned the gameplay, control scheme, and technical performance, although some praised the story, mystery elements, and art style. While the initial alpha versions of Hello Neighbor were received positively by fans and critics, the final product was met with largely negative reviews. The game's artificial intelligence (AI) modifies the neighbor's behaviour based on the player's past actions, such as setting traps along paths the player followed in a previous attempt. Their goal is to successfully sneak into the basement of the neighbor's house to uncover a dark secret while avoiding being caught by the neighbor.

In the game, players take the role of Nicky Roth, who investigates his mysterious neighbor named Mr. Initially released as public alphas from 2016 to 2017, it received a full release for Microsoft Windows and Xbox One on 8 December 2017, and later for PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, iOS and Android on 26 July 2018. Hello Neighbor (formerly stylized as Hello, Neighbor!) is a survival horror stealth game developed by Russian studio Dynamic Pixels and published by tinyBuild.
