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Games like Hotel Renovator

If Hotel Renovator is your kind of game, the closest matches are Miniature Painter Simulator, Cafe Owner Simulator and House Flipper — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its quirky and unpredictable events, immersive and relaxing. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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Hotel Renovator is an indie adventure simulation released in 2023 by Two Horizons. Players take on the role of a hotel renovator tasked with transforming worn-out spaces into successful accommodations. The game centers on creative design, decorating, room renovation, and guest interaction, with players completing tasks using thousands of furniture pieces and accessories. Reviewers highlight the before-and-after room transformations and freedom to design hotel spaces as particularly engaging, while players describe the experience as immersive and relaxing. The game also features quirky and unpredictable events that keep sessions varied. Hotel Renovator is priced at $24.99 and runs at a playable level on Steam Deck. The title holds a 77% positive rating based on over 1,000 Steam reviews.

About Hotel Renovator: Unleash your inner designer and renovate the hotel of your dreams! Embark on a makeover journey to turn this worn-out place into a successful getaway. Play with thousands of furniture pieces and accessories, and manage the hotel to get 5-star reviews!

2023IndieAdventureSimulationCasual24.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby Two Horizons
Hotel Renovator — Steam game cover
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Before and after room transformationsFreedom to design hotel rooms and spacesQuirky and unpredictable eventsImmersiveRelaxingCreative design

Players who liked Hotel Renovator also play

Steam players who put hours into Hotel Renovator also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Miniature Painter Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Hotel Renovator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Hotel Renovator.

    Take up the amazing hobby of miniature painting! Run your own online store selling your painted miniatures & handling various jobs from clients. Create the most amazing miniatures with minimal limitations and even import your own custom models! Take a seat, grab a brush and relax.

    2026IndieSimulationCasualSteam ↗
  2. Cafe Owner Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with Hotel Renovator.

    Second-strongest match for Hotel Renovator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Hotel Renovator.

    Open your dream restaurant at FPP. Create a unique exterior and interior, hire the best workers and chefs, create a place where people will love to eat, spend time and spend their money. Simulation of the restaurant business.

    2022IndieSimulationCasual18.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. House Flipper

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with Hotel Renovator.

    Third-strongest match for Hotel Renovator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Hotel Renovator.

    House Flipper is a unique chance to become a one-man renovation crew. Buy, repair and remodel devastated houses. Give them a second life and sell them at a profit!

    2018IndieSimulation24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. House Builder

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with Hotel Renovator.

    Ranked #4 for Hotel Renovator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hotel Renovator.

    Become a one-man construction crew! Travel around the world and through the ages to build iconic designs! Beware of unpleasant temperatures and dangerous fauna!

    2024IndieAdventureSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Liquor Store Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with Hotel Renovator.

    Ranked #5 for Hotel Renovator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Hotel Renovator.

    Open your own Liquor Store! Buy goods, manage your store, hire staff. Who knows, maybe you will be able to make a real alcohol empire out of a small store.

    2025IndieSimulationCasual9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Motel Manager Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with Hotel Renovator.

    Ranked #6 for Hotel Renovator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Hotel Renovator.

    Restore an old motel alongside a shop and a gas station. Design, furnish, decorate and rent rooms. provide products for customers and fuel for cars. Hire employees to help you and be the boss of your own empire.

    2024SimulationCasual17.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Recycling Center Simulator: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with Hotel Renovator.

    Ranked #7 for Hotel Renovator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Hotel Renovator.

    Recycling Center Simulator: Prologue is a free business simulator game in which you make money from garbage. Collect raw materials for your recycling center from different locations, recycle them, make money by producing new products and improving your factory.

    2024IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Builder Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Shares a relaxing mood with Hotel Renovator.

    Ranked #8 for Hotel Renovator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hotel Renovator.

    Builder Simulator is the perfect game for those who want to build a house, from the ground up, one brick at a time. On easy, the game will guide and teach you by showing you full instruction, but on hard you will get no help - instead rely on your builder skills and make everything yourself.

    2022IndieAdventureSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Hotel Renovator at current Steam store prices.

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Hotel Renovator on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hotel Renovator.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Hotel Renovator on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Hotel Renovator.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Hotel Renovator on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hotel Renovator.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Hotel Renovator on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Hotel Renovator.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Hotel Renovator on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Hotel Renovator.

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Hotel Renovator on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Hotel Renovator.

    UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Hotel Renovator on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Hotel Renovator.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~68% under Hotel Renovator on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hotel Renovator.

    PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Hotel Renovator.

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Hotel Renovator.

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Hotel Renovator.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hotel Renovator.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hotel Renovator.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Hotel Renovator.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Hotel Renovator.

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hotel Renovator.

    NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Hotel Renovator

Does Hotel Renovator run on Steam Deck?
Hotel Renovator is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Hotel Renovator cost?
Hotel Renovator is listed on Steam at 24.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Hotel Renovator?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Hotel Renovator are Miniature Painter Simulator, Cafe Owner Simulator, House Flipper.
Who developed Hotel Renovator?
Hotel Renovator was developed by Two Horizons and published by Focus Entertainment.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Hotel Renovator.

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