Hotel 188 Steam Charts & Stats

Why is the game in complete darkness for me? I just watched someone play this. The hotel at the beginning is just a big dark mess. Unable to play.. Please fix.

Giving a thumbs up because of the effort put into it. Pretty satisfying as far as the graphics and movement go-- However; doesn't feel extremely liminal to me. I can appreciate that the dev went a different route than most of the other games in this genre, but doesn't provide me with the feeling you generally get when you are traversing a well-made backrooms game.

Game is decent. The anomaly spotting section about an hour into the game is completely unnecessary and takes away from the game imo. Anomaly games have completely over saturated the horror gaming market and if not done well, it can feel so cheap and mind numbing. Without that part, fantastic liminal game. With it, decent game.

Great game. UPDATED AND FIXED

Hotel 188 is a very enjoyable Backrooms game, one of the best I've played so far this year. Part of the experience involves solving some interesting puzzles which test your observation, but not in an impossible or unfair way. There are a lot of details and clues as to how to progress, along with great graphics and ambient sounds. Audio and visual work together to make you feel like you are lost in a place you aren't supposed to be, which to me is the essence of liminal horror. There were some spooky encounters present, but nothing felt like a cheap scare. No chasing screaming stick guys obsessed with playing tag/hide and seek, or tricks to prey on your primal instincts with jumpscares. However, you can still run infinitely and move around smoothly at a nice brisk pace. It's mostly the oppressive atmosphere at odds with you, and your own unsettling thoughts of: "wait, was THAT there before?" while looking around because of some carefully crafted environmental alterations. I think this makes the experience of not being sure if you can escape all the more compelling, since often it is your own lack of certainty of what is real which the game toys with. In other Backrooms games that crudely use monsters to evoke fight-or-flight, where of course you often cannot fight back, they fail to immerse me because they remind me that I am playing a video game with clear-cut run away and hide objectives. Here in Hotel 188 that is not the case, everything feels deliberately placed to make you question what you are seeing and investigate, without time pressure or the looming threat of a game over screen from a stupid entity and having to waste your time with a restart. Some people might enjoy those imposed game pressures, but honestly, there are already hundreds of Backrooms games that do exactly that, and I've played most of them. It's nice to explore without those specific tensions and focus on the unsettling environmental stuff, makes everything seem more dreamlike in nature. All in all, this type of exploratory experience is what I really enjoy about Backrooms games from start to finish. Very neat ending(s) and thought-provoking themes which I haven't seen so effectively employed before in this genre. Thanks for the excellent time.

I went into Hotel 188 not expecting much—just a quick indie horror experience. But it completely surprised me. From the very beginning, the atmosphere pulled me in. It doesn’t rely on cheap jumpscares. Instead, it creates tension through silence, shadows, and the feeling that something is always just out of sight. That kind of psychological horror hits differently. The game is short, but it’s tight and focused. Every room feels like it has a purpose. The puzzles are smart—not too hard, but they make you stop and think. I enjoyed how nothing was overly explained, letting you piece the story together yourself as you explore. One of the best parts is the sound design. With headphones on, the game becomes incredibly immersive. The creaks, whispers, and distant noises make you constantly alert, even when nothing is happening.

Great game with a fresh take on liminal spaces with interesting new and fun ideas in bizarre environments. No monsters but still got scary moments - just as I like it. People who want a classical backrooms game with jumpscares and being chased around all the time need to look somewhere else. This is a game for people who like "Pools", "Dreamcore", "Liminalcore" and other games, where the focus is on strange rooms, the feeling of being alone and lost. Where you can take your time and examine everything, look around every corner and enjoy the atmosphere. I really like the puzzle elements in this game as they are fun, but not so hard that they would draw away the attention too much from the liminal game aspects. And I like to thank the developer for not (or next to none) using head-bobbing, chromatic aberation, lens distortion and 90s filter! For people like me who suffer from motion sickness, that is a blessing, as there are no options to turn them off. The game still uses camera smoothing an auto-focus, but both are bearable. Of course it would be amazing, if the option to turn them off would be implemented. :) I would love a DLC or a second part of the game!

Completed the game with 8/10 achievements. The perfect liminal backrooms game for sunny time poolrooms fun. A variety of levels reminiscent of hotel, pollrooms, a different variety of super cool level 0 rooms and neon poolrooms with cloudy wallpapers and office. A magical realistic backrooms experience and magnificent gameplay :D I would love to see a mall level added in the future update

Hotel 188 is a Liminal Space walking simulator adventure game, with 4 distinct levels. The main difference between this game and others of the same genre is that in this game there are actually puzzles to solve. The game took 2.5 hours for me to finish, although I spent way more time on level 3 than I should have. Level 2 was my favourite. Level 3 was frustrating and is very luck dependant. The 4 levels are as follows: Level 1: Walk around a Liminal Space "Town" area to try to find a 4 digit password to a door. Level 2: Walk around a huge crazy Labyrinth and solve 4 puzzles to find 4 hearts to unlock the exit door. Level 3: Walk around a set of 8 bridges over and over again detecting "anomalies". Leval 4: Walk around 10 obscure rooms solving puzzles to choose the right door to move forward. + Excellent graphics and atmosphere. + Excellent level design - The atmospheric audio files are too short and clip when repeated in game. - Some people are reporting crashes and bugs. I didn't encounter any. One of the better liminal space games on Steam. Feels like a solid, complete, polished experience. However, you will definitely need to be patient at times, as puzzles can set you back 5-10 minutes of gameplay. Overall: 7.5/10

I have been really enjoying this game. I love games that allow you to take your time and enjoy the environment. The puzzles are pretty good too. Some eerie ambiance or music would be cool.