Hello, Neighbor
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About
Hello Neighbor is a survival horror video game developed by Dynamic Pixels and published by tinyBUILD Games, in which the player controls a recently moved in protagonist who sneaks into the basement of his neighbor's house in order to discover a "horrible secret." The game has attained a significant following online following coverage of its Alpha and Beta releases from several notable Let's Players as well as numerous theory videos from MatPat.
Origin
The game was posted to Steam Greenlight on June 15th, 2015.[1] The game was also funded by a Kickstarter campaign through its development.[2]
Online History
After the teasers and Kickstarter campaigns began spreading, the game began to generate hype. Destructoid[3] wrote about the game in October of 2015, writing that the game's trailers made it look "unexpectedly terrifying." The game had four Alpha releases. The first was posted on October 26th, 2016 (trailer shown below). Alpha 2 was released on November 26th, 2016; Alpha 3 was released on December 22nd, 2016; Alpha 4 was released on May 4th, 2017.[4] The Beta was released July 25th, 2017. The game was slated for release in August of 2017, but was not released until December 8th, 2017.
Let's Plays
Early on, the game generated buzz thanks to videos from several famous Let's Players. For example, Markiplier posted a video of himself playing the Alpha in October of 2016, gaining over 5 million views (shown below, right). Markiplier has played the game several times on his channel. YouTuber Denis played the Alpha 1 demo in November of 2016, gaining over 6 million views (shown below, right).
Jacksepticeye was also instrumental in the game's popularity, as he posted over 12 gameplay videos to his channel, each with millions of views.[5]
Game Theory
The Game Theorists also played a large role in generating online hype for the game. The channel played the game in six different videos, each gaining millions of views (examples shown below).
Reception
The game was very poorly received upon release. As of December 18th, 2017, the game has a 39/100 on Metacritic[6] with exclusively negative reviews. Critics decried the frustrating mechanics and poor controls. The game also was reported to be buggy and crashed often. Steam fan reviewers stated the game looked far worse than it did in its Alpha versions.[7]
Search Interest
External References
[1] Steam Greenlight – Hello Neighbor
[2] Wikipedia – Hello Neighbor
[3] Destructoid – Hello, Neighbor! is unexpectedly terrifying
[4] tinybuildgames – Alpha 4
[5] YouTube – Jacksepticeye playthrough-
[6] Metacritic – Hello Neighbor
[7] Steam – Hello Neighbor
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