My Friendly Neighborhood

My Friendly Neighborhood is a survival horror game told from a first-person perspective by John and Evan Szymanski. Repair technician Gordon is sent into a disused TV studio after the former children's show The Friendly Neighborhood unexpectedly goes back on air. In the studio he meets hostile puppets, explores interconnected areas and tries to find out why the production is active again.

The game deliberately focuses on tension, resource scarcity, exploration and puzzles rather than gore.

The PC version was released on Jul 18, 2023. Versions for PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S followed on Jul 17, 2025. For Nintendo Switch 2, Oct 22, 2026 is announced as the release date.

My Friendly Neighborhood is available for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch 2, or has been announced for them. Microsoft is releasing the Xbox version with Smart Delivery and optimisation for Xbox Series X|S; PlayStation lists PS4 and PS5. The Switch 2 version is announced as a separate release.

The studio is laid out nonlinearly and is explored using a map. Enemies do not stay permanently disabled, so positioning and resource management remain important. Puzzles, locked paths and different studio areas structure your progress. The inventory works with a real-time grid in which items and ammunition must be organised.

After completing the main campaign, the Neighborhorde mode is available as an additional post-game mode. It permanently expands the game with a variant geared more towards repeatable combat and is part of the current version.

Steam lists at least a quad-core processor at 2.5 GHz, 8 GB RAM, a GeForce GTX 470 or Radeon HD 6870, and 15 GB free storage. Recommended are 12 GB RAM and a GeForce GTX 980 Ti.

The real-time inventory uses a grid in which equipment must be organised. Among the standout weapons is the Rolodexer, which uses letters as ammunition. These systems combine resource management with the game's puppet-TV theme.

The individual areas of the TV studio differ significantly from one another and are connected through puzzles, shortcuts and locked passages. DreadXP names Ray's Workshop and stylised cardboard sets, among others, as permanent locations.