Other theories suggest the mother died in a car crash which led to one of the children reacting to that ordeal in a negative manner.

This could be a nod to themes of domestic violence, which may be a clue as to what happened to The Neighbor's family. Looking closely, you can see that they're playing with a doll that they've squirted ketchup all over as if the doll is bleeding from its head. The cover for the game shows two children playing inside a room with The Neighbor watching over them. While there aren't many details on the plot point just yet, it's likely we'll learn more about The Neighbor's history, which supposedly includes a family that was no longer around by the time the original game took place. He was the one who was kidnapped, and this game is like living in the nightmares he still has about it to this day.Īs for Hello Neighbor: Hide and Seek, the game is officially billed as a prequel. It's never confirmed, but it's believed that the boy is actually reliving his own horror throughout this game. This time when he went to check the house, it was back, and bigger, and more mysterious than ever, with a whole new weird and scary set of circumstances to battle and experience. But that night upon falling asleep, he is awakened by a scream, not unlike the one he heard as a boy.