My Hotel: Echoes of the Past (2024)

Genres: Casual, Simulation, Strategy
Rating: 3.6 of 5, 69 player ratings
Typical playtime: about 1.4 hours
Where to get it: Steam

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How it feels

A relaxing, immersive blend of management and building set in a stylized 1950s atmosphere.

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What players say

Players expected a 1950s hotel simulation but instead got a quest-driven game about mobsters and police, with very little actual hotel management. Many criticize the use of AI-generated voice acting and art, plus excessive rat killing in the early hours. A few praise the noir atmosphere and branching story, though the demo is short and buggy.

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