My Friendly Neighborhood

Years after a children's show has ended, the studio begins broadcasting again. Players control a repairman named Gordon O'Brian sent to investigate the signal. When now-sentient puppets from the show attempt to hunt down and kill Gordon, players must evade or defeat them while solving puzzles. Defeated puppets revive when players re-enter a room unless Gordon's limited supply of duct tape is used to permanently incapacitate puppets.[1] Gordon can find and use several improvised weapons, such as a shotgun-like weapon that shoots letters of the alphabet.[2] Limited amounts of other power-ups can also be found, including items that allow players to save their progress in the game. It is played from a first-person perspective.[1] The game features multiple endings based on the players' actions, such as choosing to help puppets with their problems rather than killing them.[3]

DreadXP released My Friendly Neighborhood for Windows on July 18, 2023.[4]

My Friendly Neighborhood received positive reviews on Metacritic.[5] Although Slant Magazine said My Friendly Neighborhood "isn't all that scary or all that tense", they praised the game's setting as "truly exceptional" and said that it showed "a tangible love and care" in bringing it to life.[1] Polygon similarly called the worldbuilding "remarkable" and praised the strategic choices players have to make. They recommended My Friendly Neighborhood to people looking for survival horror games that are "light on gore and heavy on spine-tingling thrills".[2] Adventure Gamers described it as "Resident Evil with chattering Muppets" and recommended it as a "charming and genuinely fun" game made by people who are clearly fans of survival horror.[3] Hardcore Gamer recommended it as "a pleasant surprise and a genuine delight", praising the story, characters, visuals, and puzzles.[6]

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