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2[[caption-width-right:350:[[KidsAreCruel Kids are cruel.]]]]
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4''Hello Neighbor: Hide & Seek'' is a {{Stealth|Based Game}} PuzzleGame released on December 7, 2018. A {{prequel}} to the [[VideoGame/HelloNeighbor first game]], ''Hide & Seek'' details the events that lead up to the neighbor's strange and unusual behavior.
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6The game begins with the neighbor's children playing, well...hide and seek. You take control of the daughter. In each level your goal is to find and collect a certain number of objects, all while solving puzzles and avoiding getting caught by your brother. Each stage takes place in the kids' imagination, resulting in some [[{{Bizarrchitecture}} very weird locations]] to hide in and explore.
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8The game is notable for its [[MoodWhiplash sudden mood shift]] from bright and happy, to bleak and depressing. It's definitely not the game to play if you're looking for something to cheer you up.
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10The game is made available for PC, UsefulNotes/{{iOS|Games}}, Platform/PlayStation4, Platform/XboxOne, and Platform/NintendoSwitch.
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12!!''Hello Neighbor: Hide & Seek'' provides examples of the following tropes:
13* AccidentalMurder: [[spoiler:Angry at his sister, her brother shoves her, unintentionally sending off the roof and to her death.]]
14* AnimalMotifs: Ravens. They're in each level, one actually helping the player if they're stuck. The daughter even has one drawn on her wrist. They're also seen [[spoiler:during the end credits while the neighbor is burying his daughter in the yard.]]
15* BleakLevel: The last two levels of the game are noticeably less colorful and more drab. One taking place at a cemetery, the other being the scene of [[spoiler:the daughter's accidental murder.]]
16* CainAndAbel: [[spoiler:After the mother dies, the brother starts becoming moody and angry towards his sister, suggesting that he blames her for their mother's death. In a fit of grief and anger, he causes his sister to fall off the roof and to her death.]]
17* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:The neighbor's daughter dies, and the neighbor is forced to bury her in secret lest the police take his son away for killing her.]]
18* FadeToBlack: [[spoiler:The brother accidentally knocks his sister off the roof, and the scene fades to black before the audience sees the impact. The scene then cuts to the neighbor burying something, indicating she didn't survive the fall.]]
19%%* FromBadToWorse: From the third stage onwards, the game gets increasingly depressing.

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