Hello Neighbor 3 announced for PC

Sunday can be a good day to announce a game. At least this is what the editor tinyBuild thought when he discovered the Hello Neighbor 3 listing on Steam, and thus confirmed that the third numbered part of this horror and stealth series is in development for PC. Details are scarce, there is no trailer with gameplayrelease date or window, and for now it is unknown if the title will end up reaching consoles.

Perhaps the most important part of the Hello Neighbor 3 announcement is that the project is in the hands of Nikita Kolesnikov, the designer and creator of the saga, and a small team. In a brief statement Kolesnikov commented that the development of Hello Neighbor 3 will be “open format” and “sharing our journey.” Likewise, it states that the first alphas will “soon” be available for testing. It seems that the idea is to follow in the wake of the first installment of the saga, which was released in 2015 with an alpha version before going through Steam Greenlight, the predecessor of early access.

The few details we have about Hello Neighbor 3 appear in its Steam listing. There it is indicated that the game takes place in Raven Brooks, a half-abandoned town where players will arrive as a stranger who has no type of connection with this place. In Raven Brooks all citizens have their relationships, desires and goals, and act based on their personalities and circumstances. The player’s actions will have an impact on the town and change the course of events. The simulation is in real time and Kolesnikov assures that in this sandbox all decisions will be correct.

Regarding the gameplay and mechanics of Hello Neighbor 3, the basis seems to be the same as until now: infiltrate the neighbor’s house and find out what is hidden in the basement. This AI-controlled neighbor learns from the players’ movements, so the situation can get more complicated. As Kolesnikov explains in the first development diary, before starting Hello Neighbor 3, the team created a competitive multiplayer prototype where they had to protect a house or act as an intruder. This idea was discarded, as was the idea of ​​making a cooperative game, so in the end Hello Neighbor 3 is a single-player game.

For those who want more Hello Neighbor, tinyBuild recently announced that the game will have a film adaptation.