Neighbors Suburban Warfare Game Modes — Destruction to Robot Invasion

Neighbors Suburban Warfare game modes come in four flavours plus a practice option: Destruction, Brawl, Prop Hunt and Robot Invasion. Destruction is the flagship team-objective mode, Brawl strips the houses away for a pure fight, Prop Hunt is a hide-and-seek round, and Robot Invasion is the cooperative wave-defense mode. All four appear on the Xbox and PlayStation store listings.

The Four Core Modes

Each mode leans on a different part of the same kit set, which is why the roster and the map both matter. The store copy frames the escalation as going from brawls to robot invasions on the same suburban street.

Mode	Type	Objective
Destruction	Team PvP	Smash the enemy house objective before they wreck yours
Brawl	Team PvP	No houses, no rules, just knock out the enemy team
Prop Hunt	PvP hide and seek	Hide as an everyday object or hunt down the suspicious prop
Robot Invasion	PvE defense	Team up and defend your house against waves of robots

A few mode details are worth pinning down before you queue:

• Destruction was specifically redesigned for the 1.0 launch, so early-access videos of the mode may not match it.
• The launch patch notes group Brawl, Destruction and Prop Hunt together for end-of-match reporting fixes.
• Brawl removes the houses, so structure repair and base defense matter far less than fighting.
• Prop Hunt is the only mode where hiding as scenery is the main skill.

Practice, Hot Join and Match Size

Lobbies hold 2 to 10 players depending on the platform listing, and the game does not use bots. The community wiki's FAQ confirms that uneven teams are filled by a Hot Join feature, which pulls players from Quick Play into matches already in progress.

Capability	Detail	Source
Online multiplayer	2 to 10 players	Xbox store page
PS5 online	Up to 10 online players with PS Plus	PlayStation store page
Single player	Practice vs. AI	Xbox store page and 1.0 launch post
Bots	None; Hot Join fills empty slots	Community wiki FAQ
Maps	Two maps, five houses playable on both	Community wiki FAQ

The practical implication of Hot Join is that joining mid-match is normal and expected, so a slow first minute is not unusual. It also means a match can swing when a stronger player drops in to fill a slot.

Mode Support Across Platforms

All four modes run on every platform the game shipped on, because the game is one cross-play pool rather than separate console and PC builds. The Steam launch post confirmed the 1.0 release across Steam, Xbox and PS with cross-play support, which means mode availability does not change with the hardware you pick.

• Steam (Windows), Xbox Series X|S and PS5 all list the same four modes.
• Cross-play pools those platforms into shared lobbies, so mode populations are not split.
• Practice vs. AI is available independently of live lobbies.
• Two maps and five houses are shared across the mode rotation.

That is the full mode picture; the crossplay page covers the platform pool in more detail, and the how to play page explains which mode to pick first.