Action · July 18, 2023

My Friendly Neighborhood (2023)

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Something is amiss with everyone's favorite Saturday morning puppet show! For years, the colorful cast of The Friendly Neighborhood delighted audiences across the globe with their cooky capers and educational adventures. However, as time went on and interest waned, the production studio found themselves out of money and closed their doors for good. Toy sales would dwindle, and birthday balloons and cakes would find new mascots. In time, the once household names would fade into increasingly niche fandoms. Until one night years later, the studio unexpectedly clicks back to life and starts broadcasting The Friendly Neighborhood. TV sets across the globe flicker for a moment before the familiar puppets return for a surprise encore! But this isn't your typical family-friendly holiday special... are those puppets eating each other!? Thinking the antenna on top of the main building has started broadcasting old episodes, the city sends Handyman Gordon to straighten things out. It doesn't take Gordon long to find that the typically friendly neighborhood has become a lot less welcoming. Stepping into his work boots, you'll have to fend off ferocious friends, solve a plethora of playtime puzzles turned perilous, and hopefully uncover the dastardly truth at the heart of this terrifying tale. If you're tired of games that rely on gore more than solid scares, then come on over to the streets of MFN! Featuring a mix of action and adventure, MFN is the perfect game for horror fans looking for something a bit different. Sure, there might not be any dismemberment or decapitations. But that just means the puppets don't stay down for good... Features A colorful cast of puppet friends turned adversaries (and maybe turned friends again!) Non-linear, survival horror gameplay. Make sure to check your map! Unique weapons like the Rolodexer. Do you know your ABCs? You better - it's your ammo. An array of puzzles in the vein of the survival horror greats. A multitude of diverse environments, from the 'BTS' Ray's Workshop to cardboard crayon halls A grid-based real-time inventory, 'cause that's just way better NOW FEATURING: Post game Neighborhorde mode!

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Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Singleplayer · 516
  • Survival Horror · 497
  • Funny · 490
  • Horror · 489
  • Puzzle · 482
  • Resource Management · 476
  • Exploration · 471
  • Survival · 458
  • First-Person · 458
  • FPS · 452
  • Shooter · 445
  • Adventure · 435
  • Story Rich · 430
  • Choices Matter · 427
  • Lore-Rich · 421

Peer Action titles

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Position in Action

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume2.8k Steam reviewsTop 83% in Action
Positive rating96% positiveGenre average: 83% — this title sits in top 9%
Metacritic82/100Genre average 77 — top 31% of Action titles
Engagement hours7 h averageTop 62% for session depth among Action

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (12)

  • English volume_up
  • French
  • Italian
  • German
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Polish
  • Portuguese - Brazil
  • Russian
  • Simplified Chinese
  • Spanish - Latin America
  • Traditional Chinese

Full audio (2)

  • English
  • Turkish

Reception Metrics

Steam community

96%Overwhelmingly Positive · 2.8k reviews

2.7k positive · 111 negative

Metacritic

82/100 critic aggregate

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Curator recommendations

2.3k

Press Quotes

“My Friendly Neighborhood is scary, funny, and very, very good” Kotaku “My Friendly Neighborhood is a terrific experience” Destructoid “A Joy To Experience And An Absolute Must-Play” Screenrant

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Cloud

Accessibility

  • Captions available

Input & Comfort

  • Full controller support

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

7h

short (5–15 hours)

Median

7h

Typical completion time

Achievements

43

Steam unlocks available

Release & Availability

Release dateJul 18, 2023
DeveloperJohn Szymanski, Evan Szymanski
PublisherDreadXP
Base price$17.99 -40%
PlatformsWindows
Estimated owners100k–1M
External linksMetacritic page · Support · [email protected]

Editions & Packages

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