Hello Neighbor

Hello Neighbor
Hello Neighbor	2017
Hello Neighbor: Hide and Seek	2018
Secret Neighbor	2019
Hello Neighbor 2	2021

General information

Official Discord server for game series

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Epic Games Store		DRM-free when launched directly from executable.^[2]
GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Microsoft Store		Xbox Play Anywhere
Steam
Origin (unavailable)

A demo is available from GOG.com and Steam: steam://install/562080.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\HelloNeighbor\Config\^{[Note 2]} %LOCALAPPDATA%\HelloNeighbor\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\
Microsoft Store	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\tinyBuildGames.770145A14A21_3sz1pp2ynv2xe\LocalState\HelloNeighbor\Saved\Config\UWP
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/521890/pfx/^{[Note 3]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\HelloNeighbor\Saved\SaveGames\
Microsoft Store
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/521890/pfx/^{[Note 3]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
GOG Galaxy
Origin
Steam Cloud		Not mentioned on the Steam store page.^[3]
Xbox Cloud		Not mentioned on the Xbox/Microsoft store page.

Video

In-game video settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Game uses desktop resolution; in-game resolution options only affect clarity of render. Use the `-ResX=XXXX -ResY=YYYY -FullscreenMode=1 -Fullscreen` command line arguments to set a custom resolution (switching back and forth to windows mode using `Alt`+`↵ Enter` may be required for changes to take effect).
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		Image is Vert-. FOV cannot be properly adjusted to compensate.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed		Press `Alt`+`↵ Enter` to toggle.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
120+ FPS		Frame rate capped at 60 FPS. See High frame rate.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the engine page to force native HDR output, or the glossary page for other alternatives.

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.

Field of view (FOV)

Set FOV calculation to vertical^[4]

Go to the configuration file(s) location.
Open Engine.ini.
Add the following to the end of the file and save it.

[/Script/Engine.LocalPlayer]
AspectRatioAxisConstraint=AspectRatio_MaintainYFOV

Notes

This solution dramatically increases the FOV. Only recommended for multi-monitor set-ups or for those who want an extremely high FOV.

High frame rate

High frame rate^[5]

Open <path-to-game>\HelloNeighbor\Config\DefaultEngine.ini. Change one or a combination of settings to control frame rate:
1. Set a higher UpperBound value within SmoothedFrameRateRange.
2. Remove the frame rate smoothing cap entirely by setting bSmoothFrameRate to false.
3. Modify the rate cap by setting bUseFixedFrameRate to true and set the FixedFrameRate value
Save the changes and close the editor.

Notes

May cause unintended gameplay effects.

Input

In-game input settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Movement and camera controls cannot be remapped.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Movement and camera controls cannot be remapped.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

DualShock 4 controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Tracked motion controllers
Button/gesture prompts

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

In-game keyboard and mouse remapping.
In-game controller remapping.

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Arabic
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Czech
Danish
Dutch
Finnish
French
German
Greek
Hungarian
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Swedish
Turkish

VR support

3D modes	Native	Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision		See Helix Mod: Hello Neighbor (DX11).
vorpX		G3D, Z3D Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list.
Headsets	Native	Notes
HTC Vive
Oculus Rift
OSVR
Windows Mixed Reality
Devices	Native	Notes
Tracked motion controllers		See Input for details.
Traditional controller		See Input for details.
Keyboard/Mouse
Play area	Native	Notes
Seated
Standing
Room-scale

Issues fixed

Game crashes during startup or in a menu

See Bypass OpenSSL SHA bug on Intel 10th gen and later CPUs.^[6]

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	10, 11

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	PhysX
Audio	Vorbis

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7	10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5	Intel Core i7
System memory (RAM)	6 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	5 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 770 DirectX 11 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 DirectX 12 compatible

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Notes

↑ Unreal Engine 4 engine build: 4.20.2.0^[1]
↑ When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/521890/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (521890) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ Verified by User:Mastan on 2021-12-06
↑ Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2019-12-30
↑ Hello Neighbor · AppID: 521890 · Steam Database
↑ Verified by User:Joylock on 04 Feb 2019
↑ Verified by User:Joylock on 12 May 2018
↑ Verified by User:Mastan on 2022-04-03

[2] Unreal Engine 4 engine build: 4.20.2.0^[1]

[gamedir-4] When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

[Proton_path_note-5] 3.0 ^3.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/521890/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (521890) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[engineversion-1] Verified by User:Mastan on 2021-12-06

[3] Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2019-12-30

[6] Hello Neighbor · AppID: 521890 · Steam Database

[7] Verified by User:Joylock on 04 Feb 2019

[8] Verified by User:Joylock on 12 May 2018

[9] Verified by User:Mastan on 2022-04-03

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Developers

	Dynamic Pixels
Publishers
	tinyBuild
Engines
	Unreal Engine 4^{[Note 1]}
Release dates
Windows	December 8, 2017
Reception
Metacritic	38
OpenCritic	42
IGDB	37
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Shooter, Stealth, Survival horror
Themes	Contemporary
Series	Hello Neighbor