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Hotel Architect

Pathos Interactive · Wired Productions · 2026-05-14

SteamGOG

CasualIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 20, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Step into the shoes of a hotel owner as you design, build, and manage grand hotels around the world. Juggle demanding guests, frantic logistics, and plenty of unexpected surprises in Hotel Architect; the ultimate hotel construction and tycoon management game!

Hotel Architect is a Casual, Indie, Simulation, and Strategy game released in 2026, priced at $23.39, with a Very Positive sentiment (94% of 2184 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 20,000 .. 50,000.

709
playing now
94%
positive of 2.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$23.39
steam price (US)

709 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Hotel Architect is a construction and management simulation video game developed by Pathos Interactive and published by Wired Productions. The early access version was available via Steam for Microsoft Windows on 20 May 2025, with the full version was released on 14 May 2026.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 709 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 286 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~36/week).
  • · Review velocity down 27% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 13% of 9,617 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 44k–98k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,184 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $8.49 at Fanatical (2026-02-09)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 37 of 46 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
13513520252026Week of 2025-05-20: 135 positiveWeek of 2025-05-20: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-05-27: 83 positiveWeek of 2025-05-27: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-06-03: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-06-10: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-06-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-17: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-06-24: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-06-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-08: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-07-08: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-15: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-07-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-22: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-07-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-29: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-05: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-08-12: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-08-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-19: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-08-19: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-26: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-09-02: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-09-02: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-09: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-09-09: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-16: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-23: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-30: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-07: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-07: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-14: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-21: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-28: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-04: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-11: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-18: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-11-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-25: 72 positiveWeek of 2025-12-02: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-12-09: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-16: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-23: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-12-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-30: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-12-30: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-06: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-01-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-13: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-01-13: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-20: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-27: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-01-27: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-03: 63 positiveWeek of 2026-02-03: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-10: 45 positiveWeek of 2026-02-10: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-17: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-02-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-24: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-02-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-03: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-03-03: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-10: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-03-10: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-17: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-03-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-24: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-03-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-31: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-03-31: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-07: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-04-07: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-14: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-04-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-21: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-28: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-05-05: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-05-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-12: 95 positiveWeek of 2026-05-12: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-05-19: 99 positiveWeek of 2026-05-19: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-05-26: 70 positiveWeek of 2026-05-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-02: 45 positiveWeek of 2026-06-02: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-09: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-06-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-16: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-06-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-23: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-06-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-30: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-06-30: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-07: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-07-07: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-14: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-07-14: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-21: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-07-21: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-28: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-07-28: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-04: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-08-04: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.1k2362026-08-12 00:00 — 382 players2026-08-12 15:00 — 925 players2026-08-13 07:00 — 539 players2026-08-13 23:00 — 368 players2026-08-14 15:00 — 969 players2026-08-15 07:00 — 689 players2026-08-15 22:00 — 493 players2026-08-16 14:00 — 1,055 players2026-08-17 06:00 — 428 players2026-08-17 22:00 — 402 players2026-08-18 14:00 — 778 players2026-08-19 06:00 — 344 players2026-08-19 21:00 — 429 players2026-08-20 13:00 — 686 players2026-08-21 05:00 — 345 players2026-08-21 21:00 — 473 players2026-08-22 12:00 — 745 players2026-08-23 04:00 — 406 players2026-08-23 20:00 — 575 players2026-08-24 12:00 — 580 players2026-08-25 04:00 — 236 players2026-08-25 19:00 — 487 players2026-08-26 12:00 — 546 players2026-08-27 04:00 — 272 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 444 players2026-08-28 11:00 — 501 players2026-08-29 03:00 — 316 players2026-08-29 19:00 — 577 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 709 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$8.492025-05-202026-08-132025-05-20 — best price $15.992025-06-03 — best price $11.992025-06-18 — best price $14.392025-06-27 — best price $15.992025-07-11 — best price $19.992025-08-04 — best price $14.392025-09-09 — best price $19.992025-09-11 — best price $19.992025-09-15 — best price $13.092025-10-06 — best price $19.992025-11-17 — best price $14.992025-11-21 — best price $12.492025-11-25 — best price $19.992025-12-11 — best price $12.792026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-01-19 — best price $13.092026-01-30 — best price $9.992026-02-06 — best price $9.992026-02-12 — best price $19.992026-02-24 — best price $17.882026-03-19 — best price $15.392026-04-02 — best price $29.992026-04-04 — best price $17.992026-04-14 — best price $29.992026-05-14 — best price $23.392026-05-27 — best price $23.392026-05-29 — best price $29.992026-07-09 — best price $29.992026-08-13 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

12782026-05-13 — 42 pageviews2026-05-16 — 66 pageviews2026-05-19 — 51 pageviews2026-05-22 — 34 pageviews2026-05-25 — 29 pageviews2026-05-28 — 31 pageviews2026-05-31 — 34 pageviews2026-06-03 — 33 pageviews2026-06-06 — 29 pageviews2026-06-09 — 23 pageviews2026-06-12 — 15 pageviews2026-06-15 — 14 pageviews2026-06-18 — 17 pageviews2026-06-21 — 19 pageviews2026-06-24 — 15 pageviews2026-06-27 — 10 pageviews2026-06-30 — 12 pageviews2026-07-03 — 10 pageviews2026-07-06 — 16 pageviews2026-07-09 — 28 pageviews2026-07-12 — 19 pageviews2026-07-15 — 14 pageviews2026-07-18 — 19 pageviews2026-07-21 — 12 pageviews2026-07-24 — 8 pageviews2026-07-27 — 14 pageviews2026-07-30 — 21 pageviews2026-08-02 — 21 pageviews2026-08-05 — 9 pageviews2026-08-08 — 13 pageviews2026-08-11 — 9 pageviews2026-08-14 — 11 pageviews2026-08-17 — 10 pageviews2026-08-20 — 18 pageviews2026-08-23 — 21 pageviews2026-08-24 — 19 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

2502026-08-26 22:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 02:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-27 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 09:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-28 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 18:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 21:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 12:35 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 10:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-30 13:34 — 25 viewers2026-08-30 16:35 — 9 viewers2026-08-30 17:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

37
achievements tracked
68.6%
earned "Gothenburg"
18.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsCamera ComfortColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsMouse Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputSave AnytimeSteam Cloud

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)9163%37

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

3DFunnyIndieComedyEconomySandboxBuildingColorfulLife SimRelaxing

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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