Hello Neighbor 2 Alpha 1 Live Now On Steam

Recently announced at the Xbox Games Showcase, Hello Neighbor 2 will be available soon on Xbox One and Xbox Series X — but the alpha for it is live right now on Steam.

A free download, Hello Neighbor 2 Alpha 1 looks like a significant visual upgrade on the original game, which became something of a YouTube favourite.

Development seems to have swapped hands, though. While Dynamic Pixels published the original game, it looks like the sequel will come courtesy of Eerie Guest.

Here’s the trailer:

And the Steam description:

“Hello Neighbor 2 is a Stealth Horror Game where you’re being stalked by a mysterious creature as you try to track down Mr. Peterson (The Neighbor) who has disappeared after the events of the first game. Play against an advanced, self-learning AI that tracks and adapts to your every move.

Self-learning AI
AI explores the environment and constantly seeks ways to ambush the player
AI watches player navigation patterns and if these seem to be effective, will replicate them
AI has a daily routine that gets disrupted by the player: sleeping, eating, cooking, and possibly going into the woods to dig up bags of non-bodies
AI will use the same objects as the player, using them for the same purposes. If the player uses a fire extinguisher to get up top, so will the AI.

Open world
Explore the Raven Brooks, there are no limitations and players can go anywhere from the beginning of the game. The AI protects its house when the player is trying to break in, and stalks the player when out in the open world.
Players have their own stories. Narrative is emergent, depending on how players decide to play the game.
The world changes depending on your actions

Sandbox experience
Players should find creative solutions to solve the puzzle by combining different items, terrain features and platforming skills
Many in-game events are persistent and scheduled in random order, that gives a feeling of a living world. Players may examine each random in-game event to find a different outcome.

Hello Neighbor 2 is due to fully launch in 2021.