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Games like The Murder Hotel

If The Murder Hotel is your kind of game, the closest matches are Dark Trip, GENBA no Kizuna and 我的一个多重人格朋友 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, funny and immersive. 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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About The Murder Hotel: Interrogate suspects, search for clues, & uncover a dastardly plot, as you solve a string of mystifying murders to help reluctant detective Ilmarinen escape the foreboding Fafnir Hotel.

2025Adventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby Wegenbartho Games
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Ace attorney style courtroom arguments with multiple approachesCollectibles and secrets rewarding replaysRich cast from various european cultures and folkloreAtmosphericFunnyImmersive

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Steam players who put hours into The Murder Hotel 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. Dark Trip

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for The Murder Hotel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Murder Hotel.

    Psychedelic horror escape room where you eat pills and see hallucinations to solve puzzles of an eerie crime case. The most unique and bizarre gaming experiences, where you take on the role of an investigator searching for a missing woman — and are forced to consume drugs during your mission.

    2025IndieAdventureSimulationSteam ↗
  2. GENBA no Kizuna

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Murder Hotel.

    Second-strongest match for The Murder Hotel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Murder Hotel.

    A Mesozoic murder mystery, 4 suspects, 1 truth. Investigate, interrogate and present evidence as you set out to unravel the case with your team. Will you be able to accurately determine who took the victim's life? Or will your deductions lead you to arrest someone for a crime they did not commit...?

    2024IndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. 我的一个多重人格朋友

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for The Murder Hotel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Murder Hotel.

    This is an AVG game that involves reasoning and decryption. He Zhou has 7 different personalities, which alternate seven days a week. Players will play as a detective and deduce the truth behind the horrifying cases surrounding He Zhou through the diary he left behind.

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation0.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Kamiya Detective Agency: High School Girl Vanished in The Summer

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for The Murder Hotel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Murder Hotel.

    A mystery set in Fukuoka, Japan. Former cop Kengo Kamiya and assistant Hikaru tackle a high school girl's disappearance. A "Photoreal Novel" fully utilizing actual photos and AI. Enjoy snappy banter and unexpected twists in this simple, choice-driven mystery visual novel.

    IndieAdventureSteam ↗
  5. Scene Investigators

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Murder Hotel.

    Ranked #5 for The Murder Hotel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Murder Hotel.

    Scene Investigators is a hardcore deductive reasoning game for fans of the "true crime" genre. Step into re-created crime scenes, observe closely for pieces of evidence, analyze possible motives behind the crimes, and uncover what truly happened.

    2023IndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Rainswept

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with The Murder Hotel.

    Ranked #6 for The Murder Hotel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Murder Hotel.

    Rainswept takes you on an emotional adventure in a small town shaken by a double shooting. Join Detective Stone and unravel a tangled web of love, relationships, and unresolved trauma in this character-driven murder mystery game.

    2019IndieAdventure11.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Trials of Innocence

    WHY THIS

    Shares evidence collection, point and click, mystery and an atmospheric mood with The Murder Hotel.

    Ranked #7 for The Murder Hotel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Murder Hotel.

    Trials of Innocence is an indie courtroom detective game. Step into the shoes of the main character, rookie lawyer Luna Ray, and navigate her journey through the legal world. Unravel a shocking conspiracy that changes the fate of many, including herself, and confront her inner choices.

    2025IndieAdventureSimulation14.44 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Uncover the Smoking Gun

    WHY THIS

    Shares evidence collection, branching narrative, mystery and an atmospheric mood with The Murder Hotel.

    Ranked #8 for The Murder Hotel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with The Murder Hotel.

    A Battle of Wits with AI: Solve the case by conversing with a suspect robot using GPT to gather evidence. What single truth emerges from countless dialogues and pieces of information?

    2024StrategyIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Murder Hotel on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Murder Hotel.

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

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Murder Hotel on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Murder Hotel.

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

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Murder Hotel on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Murder Hotel.

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

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. PEAK

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  5. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

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

    Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Noita

    WHY THIS

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

    Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~95% under The Murder Hotel on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Murder Hotel.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Papers, Please

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Murder Hotel on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with The Murder Hotel.

    Congratulations. The October labor lottery is complete. Your name was pulled. For immediate placement, report to the Ministry of Admission at Grestin Border Checkpoint. An apartment will be provided for you and your family in East Grestin. Expect a Class-8 dwelling.

    2013IndieAdventure9.99 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.

    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 The Murder Hotel.

    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. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

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

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  7. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  8. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

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

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about The Murder Hotel

Does The Murder Hotel run on Steam Deck?
The Murder Hotel 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 The Murder Hotel cost?
The Murder Hotel is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to The Murder Hotel?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Murder Hotel are Dark Trip, GENBA no Kizuna, 我的一个多重人格朋友.
Who developed The Murder Hotel?
The Murder Hotel was developed by Wegenbartho Games and published by Wegenbartho Games, Red Blocks.

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 The Murder Hotel.

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