That's not my Neighbor

I feel kind of bad giving it a do not recommend. However there are just too many small issues and unnecessary changes. Was the old design for everything universally hated to warrant changing for the steam release? I don't really get it. Why change something if it's not specifically to improve it and it seems to only be changed for the sake of being change.

Pros:
- When calling a room you can specifically ask if they forgot there documents or if ask if their room mate is home
- You can cross off people on the list so you can remember later on who you've let in (or don't need to remember)
- Custom mode is hilarious. Love making my own characters in any game like this. Always a good time

Cons:
- You can literally click things behind documents you have up. Kind of buggy
- I literally couldn't find a way to ask about missing accessories when calling apartment/roommate. Like you gave a way to ask about room mate and missing documents but you literally can't ask about missing hats.
- Removed descriptions of people??? This is a super weird one. I really can't comprehend any good reason to get rid of this. If you're new to the game you don't know basic details about people and one of the worst one is wearing a hat. In the documents it shows the person without a hat even if they regularly wear one. So if it the doppleganger comes in and they're not wearing a hat and you're new to the game you have no idea. Descriptions allowed you to know things like this. Hats are the biggest issue due to them not being shown in the doc images but it does help for other things. You do have side notes for like (sharp teeth) but why remove the descriptions entirely. Seems dumb to me.
- Can't go back after ticking off the tick sheet. If you notice something last second you're just left with the X or O to let them in or not. Also at this stage you can't even close the shutters. So if you notice after ticking the boxes that their appearance is wrong. You can't even kill the doppleganger now. The best you can do is just not let them in.
- No manual control to simply let them in. You're forced to do the checklist. I believe this is to give you a better/worse grade depending on if you marked them correctly. I just don't like it. I got quite good at the game. I NEVER used the tick sheet other than asking them a question. Which personal I thought was a fine way to ask them questions. The new way of clicking them and asking is cool aswell. However I just preferred the old way of letting this be manual.


Conclusion:
Not sure why a load of the changes got changes really. Like I have no idea if the original game got lots of complaints by how it was laid out? and how it was done? I personally thought it was fine. If you're going to change something it should only changed to improve it. Not to simply change it for the sake of changing it. I don't really understand the thought process.

Addition: Some complaints I've seen are about having to repurchase the game on Steam. Personally, I'm not a fan of this either. I appreciate when developers provide a key for the new platform, especially when the original version on itch.io will no longer receive updates. In this case, the itch.io version is being abandoned despite buyers being told at purchase that all future updates would be free. There was even confirmation that free Steam keys would be provided.

From what I understand, the developer attempted to follow through on this but wasn’t able to. As a developer myself, I know it's usually possible to obtain a decent number of Steam keys by discussing the reasoning directly with Steam. However, I have no idea if the developer tried and was declined, so maybe it wasn’t their fault.

That said, if they genuinely wanted to support original buyers but couldn’t distribute Steam keys, why not simply release the Steam version on itch.io for those players to download? Buckshot Roulette did exactly this. They released on Steam and required a repurchase for that platform, but they still updated the itch.io version.

I’ve seen people defend this by saying, “It’s only $3, how cheap are you people?” But this was never about the price, it’s about the principle. If a developer promises free updates and even free Steam keys, then goes back on their word while also making the original version unavailable, that’s just bad practice. It’s not about the money, it’s about the trust between developers and their supporters.

I'm personally gonna leave this on Do Not Recommend until they hopefully add things that were in the Itch.io version.

Missing the descriptions to each person really took a lot away from this. I like some of the new additions and everything and really enjoy this game but taking away one of the basic features from the Itch.io version really made this seem rushed and empty

It pains me to give this a thumbs down, but the game is just so much worse than it's itch.io predecessor.
There are numerous problems with the interface which I am not going to list.
In short it's like a hundred steps back from the web version.

Then there is a lack of content.
I was excited to see campaign mode, but in the end it's nothing more just five days in a row with very little lore sprinkled in.
There is no difficulty ramping in it either.
I would've hoped that it will be like a month instead of 5 days and with each day we get more lore, more difficult days, perhaps new types of id papers, more interesting clues, more residents per day, etc...

This game could've been such a great horror alternative to papers please, but sadly it's shallow. Very shallow.

I supported it on itch back in the day, and I bought it here as soon as it was available.
I know it's pennies compared what TripleA costs these day and my negativity doesn't come from the cost.

I am upset because this game is a wasted potential at this point.