Games like The Hotel
Below are 16 hand-picked alternatives to The Hotel for fans of action, indie, adventure, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in The Hotel also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions, cheaper alternatives. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
About The Hotel: The Hotel is an "old style" survival horror game!! Fight zombies and solve puzzles to try to escape!!
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Ranked by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries plus content overlap on genres, tags, and developers.
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Elise
Top pick for The Hotel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Hotel.
Awakened in a bunker amidst a zombie outbreak after a car crash, guide Elise through harrowing challenges, solve puzzles, and face relentless undead hordes and uncovering the bunker's dark secrets
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Daymare: 1998
Second-strongest match for The Hotel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Hotel.
DAYMARE: 1998 is a third-person survival horror game that recreates the mood of iconic titles from the '90s, with a fresh storyline. An incident that turns a small town into a deadly zone, three characters to play with and little time to find the truth, before its mutated citizens abruptly end your mission.
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The Evil Within 2
Third-strongest match for The Hotel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with The Hotel.
Detective Sebastian Castellanos has lost everything, including his daughter, Lily. To save her, he must descend into the nightmarish world of STEM. Horrifying threats emerge from every corner, and he must rely on his wits to survive. For his one chance at redemption, the only way out is in.
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EBOLA VILLAGE
Ranked #4 for The Hotel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Hotel.
EBOLA VILLAGE - this is a classic survival horror game from the 90s with a focus on atmosphere and player immersion. Solve puzzles, follow the story carefully and use various weapons in a brutal fight for survival. Danger lurks at every turn.
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Rabbit Hole
Ranked #5 for The Hotel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Hotel.
An ancient evil has descended upon the rural town of Rabbit Hole. Now Shaun Turner not only has to untangle a twisted web of supernatural events and mysteries to save his family but also escape from the hellish remains of his hometown.
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Nightmare of Decay
Ranked #6 for The Hotel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Hotel.
A first-person action horror game set in a nightmarish manor infested with zombies, psychotic cultists, and a horde of other horrors. Utilize an assortment of different weapons in a brutal fight for survival as you try to escape from the Nightmare of Decay.
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Follia - Dear father
Ranked #7 for The Hotel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Hotel.
Follia – Dear Father is a stealth survival horror that captures the genre’s essence in the halls and rooms of a university campus. Marcus goes in search of his parents, but instead finds himself struggling for his life against deadly horrors that creep around every corner.
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THE MUTE HOUSE
Ranked #8 for The Hotel fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Hotel.
Inspired by old and classic survival horror games, THE MUTE HOUSE combines exploration, management, puzzles and a touch of action. As Emily investigates about her sister's vanishing, she finds herself trapped in a mysterious mansion.
Reviewers mention these as similar to The Hotel
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Resident Evil
Reviewers of The Hotel cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with The Hotel.
The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.
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SIGNALIS
Reviewers of The Hotel cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with The Hotel.
A classic survival horror experience set in a dystopian future where humanity has uncovered a dark secret. Unravel a cosmic mystery, escape terrifying creatures, and scavenge an off-world government facility as Elster, a technician Replika searching for her lost dreams.
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Tormented Souls
Reviewers of The Hotel cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with The Hotel.
Classic survival horror is back! Inspired by the original Resident Evil and Alone in the Dark series, Tormented Souls modernises with a fresh twist on the fixed perspective adventure - as Caroline Walker investigates the mysterious disappearance of twin girls in a terrifying mansion-turned-hospital.
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Crow Country
Reviewers of The Hotel cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with The Hotel.
The year is 1990. It’s been two years since the mysterious disappearance of Edward Crow and the abrupt closure of his theme park, Crow Country. But your arrival has broken the silence, Mara Forest. If you want answers, you’ll have to venture deep into the darkness of Crow Country to find them…
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Hotel at current Steam store prices.
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Elise
Priced ~65% under The Hotel on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Hotel.
Awakened in a bunker amidst a zombie outbreak after a car crash, guide Elise through harrowing challenges, solve puzzles, and face relentless undead hordes and uncovering the bunker's dark secrets
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Rabbit Hole
Priced ~60% under The Hotel on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Hotel.
An ancient evil has descended upon the rural town of Rabbit Hole. Now Shaun Turner not only has to untangle a twisted web of supernatural events and mysteries to save his family but also escape from the hellish remains of his hometown.
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Nightmare of Decay
Priced ~75% under The Hotel on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Hotel.
A first-person action horror game set in a nightmarish manor infested with zombies, psychotic cultists, and a horde of other horrors. Utilize an assortment of different weapons in a brutal fight for survival as you try to escape from the Nightmare of Decay.
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Frequently asked about The Hotel
- How much does The Hotel cost?
- The 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 Hotel?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Hotel are Elise, Daymare: 1998, The Evil Within 2.
- Who developed The Hotel?
- The Hotel was developed by IL PALA.
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 Hotel.
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