Their goal is to successfully sneak into the basement of the neighbor's house to uncover a dark secret while avoiding being caught by him. In the game, players play as a citizen, who just moved into the neighborhood, and try to break into their neighbor's house.

Initially released as public alphas from 2016 to 2017, it received a full release for Windows and Xbox One on December 8, 2017, and later for PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, iOS and Android on July 26, 2018. Hello Neighbor is a survival horror stealth game developed by Russian studio Dynamic Pixels and published by tinyBuild.