Hello Neighbor Alpha 1

Hello Neighbor Alpha 1

Worth it · Strategy · 2019

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

PLAY IT.

Worth it, and it costs nothing.

Price
Free to play
Reviews
93% positive
Length
No data
no length in our data yet
$/hr
Free
price ÷ main-story length
Price
Free
Reviews
93%
4,380 reviews, as of Sep 26
Players
350K
owners, SteamSpy estimate
Released
2019

Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, Dedicated video card is required, 2 GB of storage. Windows only.

This is Alpha 1 of Hello Neighbor, a Stealth Horror Game about sneaking into your neighbor's house and figuring out what he's hiding in the basement. Play against an advanced AI that learns from your actions.
Description from the Steam store page.

What drives the score

How to read this

Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work

Raising the score
ValueFree
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews93% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones Scored as 92% after the small-sample adjustment
Holding it back
Reach350K+ owners
How many own it, by SteamSpy's estimate (an old snapshot). A free game has no price to weigh, so this is its value read
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
RefundsFree
A free game cannot be refunded, so the label never applies
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

The value story

On value it sits in the top 1 percent of its genre. It is better reviewed than 97 percent of its genre. Among the games closest to it, Hello Neighbor Pre-Alpha (free, scores 76) and Hello Neighbor Alpha 3 (free, scores 37) both come in lower.

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).

Cite this score

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Hello Neighbor Alpha 1 scores 81/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1092710/hello-neighbor-alpha-1
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Reviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 26.

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Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperDynamic Pixels
PublishertinyBuild
GenreStrategy
Released2019