History VideoGame / HelloNeighbor

* AnimatedAdaptation: TinyBuild released the pilot for an upcoming cartoon based on the multiplayer title, Secret Neighbor.

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

A prequel novel entitled ''Missing Pieces'' was released on September 11, 2018. The backstory will be continued in ''Waking Nightmare'', to be released on December 26 2018 and concluded in ''Buried Secrets'', to be released on July 9 2019.

A multiplayer game called ''VideoGame/SecretNeighbor'' set between Act 1 and Act 2 of the main game is due 2018. Players control one of a group of children attempting to rescue their friend from the basement. However, one of them is actually the Neighbor in disguise trying to pick off the children one by one.

A prequel game called ''[[VideoGame/HelloNeighborHideAndSeek Hello Neighbor: Hide & Seek]]'' that delves into the Neighbor's backstory was released December 7, 2018.

* CreepyBasement: The goal of the game is to reach your Neighbor's basement. What's in there is as-of-yet unknown, but he's probably not protecting it with a lock, keycard, and boards without reason.

[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/photo_original_400x260.jpg]] [[caption-width-right:350:You are an ordinary resident... aren't you?]]

The game, while originally slated for release on August 29, 2017, was eventually released on December 8 for PC and Xbox to allow more time for QA testing. A Nintendo Switch version will be released in 2018.

A prequel game called ''[[VideoGame/HelloNeighborHideAndSeek Hello Neighbor: Hide and Seek]]'' that delves into the Neighbor's backstory was released December 7, 2018.

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.

A prequel game called ''Hello Neighbor: Hide and Seek'' that delves into the Neighbor's backstory is due December 2018.

A prequel novel entitled ''Missing Pieces'' was released on September 11, 2018. The backstory will be continued in ''Waking Nightmare'' and concluded in ''Buried Secrets''.

A prequel novel entitled ''Missing Pieces'' was released on September 11, 2018. The backstory will be continued in "Waking Nightmare" and concluded in "Buried Secrets".

A prequel novel entitled ''Missing Pieces'' was released on September 11, 2018.

A prequel novel entitled ''Missing Pieces'' is set to be released September 11.

A multiplayer game called ''VideoGame/SecretNeighbor'' set between Act 1 and Act 2 of the main game is due 2018. Players control one of a group of children attempting to rescue their friend from the basement. However, one of them is actually be the Neighbor in disguise trying to pick off the children one by one.

The game, while originally slated for release on August 29, 2017, was eventually released on December 8 for PC and Xbox to allow more time for QA testing. A Nintendo Switch version will be released in 2018. A prequel novel entitled ''Missing Pieces'' is set to be released September 11.

* 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.]]

* BigBad: The Neighbor.

The game, while originally slated for release on August 29, 2017, was eventually released on December 8 for PC and Xbox to allow more time for QA testing. A Nintendo Switch version will be released in 2018.

* NamelessNarrative: Neither of the characters are named.

* 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.]]

* BloodlessCarnage: Invoked as the developers did not depict the dead as actual corpses in the game, [[spoiler:so the missing girl that gets pushed to her death is only a carboard cut-out, the neighbor's wife who dies (presumably of serious injuries) in the hospital is represented by an empty bed and a heart monitor, and there's a coffin with a key to a dollhouse in it that may serve as a stand-in for the dead girl.]]

The game, while originally slated for release on August 29, 2017, was eventually released on December 8 to allow more time for QA testing.

* WouldHurtAChild: The Neighbor, who sets up bear traps and throws glass bottles and the kid Protagonist, and eventually moves from simply removing the boy from his house whenever he catches him to [[spoiler:locking him up in his basement at the end of Act I.]]