Most of us have neighbours. We may like some of them, perhaps not with others. Enter the fray, That’s not my neighbour. This indie game from Nacho Sama, which is available on Steam after a March 2025 launch.

Set in 1955, the game has themes of berserk bureaucracy and horror—players are tasked with acting as an apartment block’s doorman where you must choose who to let in and out of the building. HINT! It’s more scary than you think!

Spot Those Heinous Doppelgangers in That’s not my neighbour

Okay, so this immediately reminded us of the brilliantly bizarre Mars After Midnight (2014) on the Playdate handheld. In that one you have to spot check which aliens to let into various late-night support clinics. That game is by Lucas Pope who’s a specialist at that genre, having previously launched the iconic Papers, Please (2013).

Nacho Sama clearly uses both for inspiration here, merging them together into a fun little experience that’s also only £2.49. As in this game’s reality, there’s an alarming (for unknown reasons) epidemic of doppelgangers.

Working for The Department of Doppelganger Detection (D.D.D.), it’s your job to screen every resident at the entrance to determine if they live there… OR ARE A NEFARIOUS NO GOOD BASTARD!

Anyway, the gameplay loop works by playing a game of spot the difference. You get identity cards and other data, you have to compare each person together, and tried to make the right decision. This is how it goes!

Attention to detail and observation are the two key skills needed for this one. If you think someone is a fraud, you refuse them entry to the building!

There’s about two hours of gameplay per playthrough, but there are different endings to aim for based on how well you spot the difference.

We should not the game originally launched as a much shorter version on Itch.io, but the dev decided to flesh it out and make it a full Steam release. It’s good fun, too, as a mild distraction from the horrors of modern life (escapism being one of the joys of gaming).

Essentially, it’s a game about finding onscreen inconsistencies.

But it’s delivered with a lively sense of horror and fun—you meet some weird characters along the way with funny animations and brains hanging out of their skull etc. Plus, you really get to feel all powerful as you accept/deny people from heading into the apartment block.

Good fun, then, although it’s not quite on the same level as Lucas Pope’s efforts in this genre. But… at that cheap, cheap, CHEAP price we really can’t complain about this one. You get a lot for your £2.50!