Why Early Access?

“The most fundamental reason for this is that we genuinely enjoy developing games with our communities. We firmly believe that developing a game like Neighbors: Suburban Warfare together with the players is the best way to unlock the full potential of the game. We need to observe it out in the open to identify what works and what needs change. We want to be able to focus on the content that the community wants, and this is the way we get to do that.”

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?

“This greatly depends on how the game evolves during the Early Access. We don’t want to force it out prematurely. We want to do this right and proper and develop Neighbors with the feedback of the community. That said, we plan to polish the game and re-assess our internal timeline throughout the process and cannot commit to a definite release time for 1.0. What we can say is, that we do not expect to finalize it in 2025. ”

How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version?

“Throughout the Early Access phase we look to strongly consider community feedback regarding polish and balancing and increase the overall amount of content. In addition to this it will possibly contain at least two more game modes including maps for these. More Neighbors, Maps, Items, Houses and Customization. Exact amounts of these depend on the feedback collected during the Early Access.”

What is the current state of the Early Access version?

“We currently plan to release an Early Access version of the game, which includes our main game mode and two different maps. 8 playable character on Early Access launch with perk progression and level cap at 20 and selection of 5 houses playable in both maps. We look to expand upon this continuously throughout the Early Access process.”

Will the game be priced differently during and after Early Access?

“We want Neighbors to be as accessible as possible so everyone has the possibility of joining the neighborhoods in Heartsville. Currently we plan to increase the price of Neighbors as soon as it exits Early Access, as we assume it will be better suited to reflect the content in the game.”

How are you planning on involving the Community in your development process?

“We want to have as much interaction with the community as possible. We will regularly collect feedback and idea suggestions through both our Discord channel and Surveys. Besides this we will run Weekly Dev Streams, Competitions and other gimmicks. Updates will be shared on Discord and Steam Forums as we make progress as well as community-requested BTS insights.”