History VideoGame / HelloNeighbor

The game, while originally slated for release on August 29, 2017, was eventually released on December 8 for PC and UsefulNotes/XboxOne to allow more time for QA testing. A UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch version was released in 2018.

* DaylightHorror: Much of the game is in broad daylight.

* ''WesternAnimation/HelloNeighborAnimatedSeries'' (TBA): An animated series with [[https://youtu.be/wApHdcrqBZg the pilot]] premiering in 2020.

* ''VideoGame/HelloNeighbor2'' (formerly ''Hello Guest'') (2020): A {{Sequel}} about a reporter investigating a series of Missing Child cases.

* ''WesternAnimation/HelloNeighborAnimatedSeries'' (TBA): An animated series with [[https://youtu.be/wApHdcrqBZg the pilot]] premiering in 2020.

* ''VideoGame/HelloNeighbor2'' (formerly ''Hello Guest'') (2020): A {{Sequel}} about a Night Guard working at the old Golden Apple Amusement Park who is chased by a man in a bird costume.

* AdultFear:
** The missing children posters, and the implications once you see the basement.
** The entire first act qualifies when you think about it from the perspective of the Protagonist's parents.
** The dream sequences each depict an AdultFear [[spoiler:for the Neighbor.]] One, losing your spouse in a car accident. Two, debatably, [[spoiler:your son killing your daughter]], which also accounts for the missing children posters.

* CrazyPrepared: In all five versions currently available, the Neighbor boards up his basement door and outfits it with a keycard lock. In the pre-Alpha, Alpha 1, Alpha 3, and Alpha 4, he eventually places beartraps and motion detectors around his house as well. In the aforementioned Alphas, he'll board up his windows to prevent you from getting in through them a second time. In the pre-Alpha, in addition to boarding up his basement and using a keycard lock, he also uses a number keypad. In Alpha 1, he has a [[spoiler:tiny robotic shark to attack intruders]]. In the second alpha, he boards up the room with the keycard in it and locks up the room with the crowbar and carries the key on him at all times. In the fourth alpha, he keeps the keycard frozen in a block of ice in the fridge, so even if someone were to find it, they would have to melt the ice to retrieve it, with the generator to the fridge being at the top floor of his house. He also keeps the crowbar in a room attached to a pair of electrical cables, so even if someone found it, they couldn't pick it up with their bare hands while it was still hot.

* TheGenericGuy: When he isn't trying to [[JumpScare catch you]], the Neighbor is performing some normal housekeeping task such as dishwashing, gardening or minding his own business by drinking milk, watching TV, taking a nap etc...

* GuideDangIt: Getting the hidden cutscene in Alpha 4. You have to first find a seed hidden in a hard-to-reach part of the Neighbor's house, plant it in the dirt patch in his yard, water it with a watering can, wait four hours (real time) for the tree to grow, knock the golden apple off its (very high up) branch, and then put it into the funnel hidden to the side of the Neighbor's property. Once you do this, you'll be rewarded with a short cutscene [[spoiler:from the Neighbor's point of view, featuring a shadowy person]]. Note that there is no in-game hint towards this.

* MadwomanInTheAttic: [[https://youtu.be/O41H9yESyHA This trailer]] implies this is what's in the Neighbor's basement, since [[spoiler:when the player enters the basement, there are silhouettes of other figures, and the sound of a woman sobbing, before the voice of a young girl screams "RUN!!!", causing the lights to go out, and the woman's sobs to stop. The player tries to see who or what made the noise, [[NothingIsScarier but doesn't find anything]]... Until the end of the level where, right when the Neighbor is about to drag the protagonist from his hiding place, the little girl screams, causing the Neighbor to ignore the player, and go after the little girl's voice]]. [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything The implications of this scene are...]] [[FridgeHorror disturbing, to say the least]].

** Back when the game was unfinished, [[spoiler:once you unlocked the basement door in the pre-Alpha, the player would find that there was no actual basement room or any secret]].

** The dream sequences each depict an AdultFear [[spoiler:for the Neighbor.]] One, losing your spouse in a car accident. Two, debatably, [[spoiler:your son killing your daughter,]] which also accounts for the missing children posters.

* ChaseScene: The first act ends in one of these, leading up to [[spoiler:a locked door, and the protagonist getting captured by the neighbor]].

* CuriosityIsACrapshoot: The protagonist decides to investigate the neighbor's house and ends up [[spoiler:kidnapped and locked up in the basement]].

* HarmfulToMinors: As a child, the Protagonist does a lot of highly dangerous things, including breaking and entering, gallivanting on slanting rooftops, messing with a potential child kidnapper and [[MurderArsonAndJaywalking playing in the middle of the street.]]

* JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind: It is heavily implied that most of Act 3 [[spoiler:takes place inside the protagonist's head, as all of the surreal events that occur are him trying to come to terms with his experiences being kidnapped by the Neighbor]].

* LockedInARoom: [[spoiler:How Act 2 begins]].
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: It’s not clear whether [[spoiler:the Shadow is real or a shared delusion between the protagonist and Neighbor]].

* ''Hello Neighbor Graphic Novel: The Secret of Bosco Bay'' (2020): A GraphicNovel written by Zac Gorman and illustrated by Chris Fenoglio.
** ''Hello Neighbor Graphic Novel: The Raven Brooks Disaster'' (2021)

Thus begins ''Hello Neighbor'', a FirstPersonPerspective {{Stealth|Based Game}} SurvivalHorror game developed by Creator/DynamicPixels and published by Creator/{{tinyBuild}} about sneaking into your neighbor's house to figure out what horrible secrets he's hiding in the basement. The Neighbor's A.I. is highly advanced, and ''will'' learn from what happens in the game and [[AdaptiveAbility adapt tactics to stop you]]. Really enjoying climbing through that backyard window? Expect a bear trap there. Sneaking through the front door? There'll be cameras there soon. Trying to escape? The Neighbor will find a shortcut and catch you.

* ''VideoGame/HelloNeighbor2'' (formerly ''Hello Guest'' (2020): A {{Sequel}} about a Night Guard working at the old Golden Apple Amusement Park who is chased by a man in a bird costume.

** Since the game isn't finished yet, [[spoiler:once you unlock the basement door in the pre-Alpha, the player will find that there's no actual basement room or any secret (yet)]].

* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: While there's no way to kill the Neighbor (yet), it's possible to torture the bastard by throwing stuff at him such as a garbage bin, which will knock him out [[CrossesTheLineTwice as the latter screams in pain]]. Unless if he survives from getting knocked down and finally gets you, [[VideoGameCrueltyPunishment though]].

** Happens a couple times, since the game isn't finished yet.

Thus begins ''Hello Neighbor'', a FirstPersonPerspective {{Stealth|Based Game}} SurvivalHorror game about sneaking into your neighbor's house to figure out what horrible secrets he's hiding in the basement. The Neighbor's A.I. is highly advanced, and ''will'' learn from what happens in the game and [[AdaptiveAbility adapt tactics to stop you]]. Really enjoying climbing through that backyard window? Expect a bear trap there. Sneaking through the front door? There'll be cameras there soon. Trying to escape? The Neighbor will find a shortcut and catch you.

* ''VideoGame/HelloEngineer'' (2021): A multiplayer vehicle vehicle building SpinOff.

-->--'''The game's web page'''

* ''VideoGame/HelloNeighbor2'' (formally ''Hello Guest'' (2020): A {{Sequel}} about a Night Guard working at the old Golden Apple Amusement Park who is chased by a man in a bird costume.

* ''VideoGame/HelloGuest'' (2020): A {{Sequel}} about a Night Guard working at the old Golden Apple Amusement Park who is chased by a man in a bird costume.

* ''WesternAnimation/HelloNeighborAnimatedSeries'' (TBA): An animated series with [[https://youtu.be/b7p_gU_XpGM the pilot]] premiering in 2020.

* AnimatedAdaptation: A cartoon based on the multiplayer title, Secret Neighbor.