Hello Neighbor 2

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Sneak into the houses of Raven Brooks to break the Neighbor's case.

Platforms: PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
Stores: Steam, GOG
Price: Paid
Rated: Very Positive on Steam (81% of 6,089 reviews); Metacritic 59 on PC from 7 critic reviews
Length: about 4 hours
Players: 1
Made by: Eerie Guest, tinyBuild
Released: 2022

On PlayStation: one of the PlayStation horror games.

No. 28 of the suburban horror games · No. 24 of the neighbor horror games

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What frightens As Quentin, a journalist in the town of Raven Brooks, you sneak into crime scenes and the houses of suspicious neighbours to gather evidence, while the residents, each run by its own AI, guard their secrets and Mr Peterson, the original Neighbor, is still out there.
Content: mild cartoon violence: residents grab you and throw you out, scenes of a child being kidnapped.

Hello Neighbor 2 is a first-person stealth horror game by Eerie Guest and tinyBuild, the sequel to Hello Neighbor. As the journalist Quentin you sneak into the homes and crime scenes of Raven Brooks to piece together what happened to Mr Peterson, while the town's suspicious residents try to catch you.

About Hello Neighbor 2

Hello Neighbor 2 is a first-person stealth horror game developed by Eerie Guest with tinyBuild and published by tinyBuild on 6 December 2022, on Windows (Steam and GOG), PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox One and Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch. It is the sequel to Hello Neighbor.

It picks up directly after the first game. The police arrive at Mr Peterson's house, where he had kept children locked in his basement, and the Neighbor is gone. You play Quentin, an investigative journalist, sneaking into crime scenes and people's houses for clues and evidence to piece the case together and track Mr Peterson down.

The first game had one house and one neighbour. This one opens out into the town of Raven Brooks, with several houses, each inhabited by a suspicious character run by its own AI: a police officer, a cook and a hunter among them. You examine objects, pick up tools such as a crowbar or scissors, and solve the puzzles that open each house, while listening for whoever lives there. Get caught and you are grabbed and tossed out of the house to try again.

The style is bright and cartoonish, and the ESRB rates it Everyone 10+ for mild violence (PEGI 12 in Europe); a few scenes show a child being kidnapped. It suits younger players who like being chased more than gore. Players rate it Very Positive on Steam, while critics were more divided, with a Metascore of 59 on PC. The main story takes about four hours according to the HowLongToBeat figure GOG shows; the Deluxe Edition adds the Back to School, Late Fees and Hello-copter add-ons. Those who want to play the Neighbor's world with friends should look at Secret Neighbor.

How to play Hello Neighbor 2

Buy it on Steam or GOG for Windows, or from the PlayStation, Xbox or Nintendo store.
Explore Raven Brooks as Quentin and pick a suspicious house to investigate.
Sneak in without being seen by the person who lives there.
Search for clues and evidence, then get out before you are caught.
Piece the evidence together to follow Mr Peterson's trail.

Screenshots

The Neighbor striding across a firelit wooden hall with two staircases and a red armchair

A police officer bending over in a room taped off as a crime scene, an evidence marker on the rug, seen from behind furniture

The player reaching for a large key hanging from the pocket of a snarling man in a fedora in a lamplit hall

An autumn street in Raven Brooks at sunset with crooked green, red and orange houses and a blue tree house

First-person view holding a crowbar on a dirt path up to a red barn among autumn trees

First-person view holding an axe in a cluttered office at night with a desk, an old computer and newspapers on the floor

The Neighbor lunging at the player, whose hands are raised, in a candlelit red bedroom

Tips

Watch a house from outside first to learn when its owner is near.
Each resident behaves in their own way, so a route that worked in one house may fail in the next.
If you are spotted, break line of sight before you try again.

Questions

Do I need to play Hello Neighbor first?

No, but it helps: the story picks up directly after the events of the first game.

What platforms is Hello Neighbor 2 on?

Windows PC on Steam and GOG, PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox One and Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch.

Is Hello Neighbor 2 multiplayer?

No, it is single-player. Secret Neighbor is the multiplayer game set in the same world.

How long is Hello Neighbor 2?

About four hours for the main story, by the HowLongToBeat figure shown on GOG; the add-ons in the Deluxe Edition add more.

Is Hello Neighbor 2 suitable for children?

It is rated Everyone 10+ by the ESRB for mild violence and PEGI 12 in Europe. Residents catch you and throw you out rather than hurt you, but some scenes show a child being kidnapped.