Hello Neighbor

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 10 expert reviews

Excellent:

0
Good:

0
Average:

0
Bad:

10

Pros:

Each act has a slightly different environment, Interesting thematic ideas, Multiple ways forward
Warped 1950s-inspired design creates an unsettling atmosphere, Reactive obstacles adds a twist to familiar stealth gameplay
A promisingenough premise, Your neighbor's house is charmingly wacky

Cons:

Graphically and visually unimpressive, Problematic physics and controls, Unintuitive puzzles, Unsatisfying gameplay loop
Controls are unintuitive and convoluted, Obtuse storytelling, Inconsistent AI, No discernable logic to puzzles, Lacks tension and excitement

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Last revision on July 7, 2021

Reviewers Liked

Each act has a slightly different environment, Interesting thematic ideas, Multiple ways forward
Warped 1950s-inspired design creates an unsettling atmosphere, Reactive obstacles adds a twist to familiar stealth gameplay
A promisingenough premise, Your neighbor's house is charmingly wacky

Reviewers Didn't Like

Graphically and visually unimpressive, Problematic physics and controls, Unintuitive puzzles, Unsatisfying gameplay loop
Controls are unintuitive and convoluted, Obtuse storytelling, Inconsistent AI, No discernable logic to puzzles, Lacks tension and excitement
“Advanced AI” is easy to outwit, Clunky, poorlyexplained controls, Annoyingly arbitrary puzzle design, Outofplace platforming segments, Overrun with glitches, Ugly as sin

Expert reviews and ratings

Hello Neighbor is a first-person horror game with puzzles and stealth elements. The main character, a young boy, kicks his ball down the street, and this is where the player takes control. Walking down the street after the ball, the colors and...

By nintendoworldreport.com on August 10, 2018

To say my expectations going into Hello Neighbor were low would be an understatement. After all, we're talking about a game whose PC and Xbox One release last year yielded one of 2017's lowest Metacritic scores. Surely, I figured, while the game might...

By Gaming Age on August 02, 2018

Imagine you're a small child in a quiet suburb, playing in the street on an idyllic afternoon. Suddenly, there's a terrible shrieking from your neighbor's house across the road. You run over and peek in the neighbor's window just in time to see him...

By GameSpot on December 21, 2017

Frustrating, buggy and overly dependent on trial-and-error, this is a missed...

By PC Gamer on December 20, 2017

Frequently more frustrating than frightening, Hello Neighbor is a disaster from top to bottom. There's a nugget of a good idea here, but between the irrational puzzle design and inconsistent AI, the finished product isn't up to...

By New Game Network on December 18, 2017

Hello Neighbor is a frustrating slog through a gauntlet of illogical puzzles that rely on persistence and thoroughness far more than cleverness, observation, or ingenuity. The stealth is hit-or-miss, alternating between feeling too punishing and...

By ap.ign.com on December 12, 2017

I honestly didn't hate Hello Neighbor, but an interesting setup and good intentions don't make up for sloppy design, unwieldy controls, AI that isn't half as smart as advertised, and a myriad of other issues. A very specific type of player who loves...

By WCCFTech on December 09, 2017

Too many games, too little time? Here's a quick rundown of the best games you should check out this week:Platforms – PC, PS4, Xbox One, Switch, iOS, Android1979 Revolution: Black Friday is a choice driven, narrative game that brings players into...

By gamingcentral.in on August 01, 2018

Hello Neighbor seems like my perfect game, a firstperson stealth/horror experience featuring a single AI opponent who adapts to your behaviour, presented in a fantastically uncanny art style. It's rarely explicitly scary, and at times Hello Neighbor...

By Bit-tech.net on December 15, 2017

As many a parent has wryly told their spouse above the caterwauling of their kid on a long haul flight: getting there is half the fun. So it goes with Hello Neighbor, a game about breaking into a stranger's house to find out what they're keeping so well...

By eurogamer.net on December 11, 2017

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