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Rusty Lake Hotel cover art

Rusty Lake Hotel

Rusty Lake · 2016-01-29

SteamGOG

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Jan 29, 2016 (Mac), Dec 14, 2015 (Android), Dec 14, 2015 (iOS), Jan 29, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Are you ready to serve the guests in the Rusty Lake Hotel? Solve all mysteries in this dark and eerie puzzle game. Rusty Lake Hotel is a point-and-click adventure by the creators of the Rusty Lake & Cube Escape series.

Rusty Lake Hotel is an Adventure, Indie game released in 2016, priced at $1.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive (96% of 10612 reviews) sentiment.

42
playing now
96%
positive of 11k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
62/100
IGDB user rating (109 ratings)
2.2h
to beat · rushed 1h · completionist 4.7h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$1.99
steam price (US)

42 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Rusty Lake Hotel is a 2015 point-and-click puzzle video game developed by Dutch Studio Rusty Lake in which players attempt to solve surreal puzzles in a hotel filled with guests. It was released on December 14, 2015 on Android and on January 29, 2016 on Steam.

Trailer

Rusty Lake Hotel trailer thumbnail

Rusty Lake Hotel Official Trailer

≈370,297 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 42 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 708 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~89/week).
  • · Review velocity down 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 29,427 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 265k–637k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 10,612 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.67 at Steam (2019-11-26) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $1.99 · on sale 54 of 87 observed days · $1.32 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
22122120182026Week of 2018-01-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 221 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

170232026-09-16 05:00 — 57 players2026-09-17 12:00 — 98 players2026-09-18 20:00 — 51 players2026-09-20 03:00 — 62 players2026-09-21 11:00 — 85 players2026-09-22 19:00 — 46 players2026-09-24 02:00 — 44 players2026-09-25 10:00 — 83 players2026-09-26 17:00 — 62 players2026-09-28 01:00 — 31 players2026-09-29 08:00 — 67 players2026-09-30 16:00 — 81 players2026-10-01 23:00 — 23 players2026-10-03 07:00 — 99 players2026-10-04 15:00 — 152 players2026-10-05 22:00 — 26 players2026-10-07 06:00 — 109 players2026-10-08 13:00 — 155 players2026-10-09 21:00 — 30 players2026-10-11 04:00 — 92 players2026-10-12 12:00 — 80 players2026-10-13 20:00 — 41 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 40 players2026-10-15 19:00 — 42 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2244Jan 2016Aug 2026Jan 2016 — avg 9 · peak 45May 2016 — avg 7 · peak 18Sep 2016 — avg 4 · peak 12Jan 2017 — avg 8 · peak 34May 2017 — avg 8 · peak 21Sep 2017 — avg 6 · peak 16Jan 2018 — avg 36 · peak 116May 2018 — avg 13 · peak 44Sep 2018 — avg 25 · peak 110Jan 2019 — avg 24 · peak 117May 2019 — avg 11 · peak 72Sep 2019 — avg 12 · peak 33Jan 2020 — avg 28 · peak 77May 2020 — avg 34 · peak 106Sep 2020 — avg 15 · peak 31Jan 2021 — avg 31 · peak 164May 2021 — avg 224 · peak 1,880Sep 2021 — avg 39 · peak 120Jan 2022 — avg 42 · peak 104May 2022 — avg 42 · peak 170Sep 2022 — avg 25 · peak 65Jan 2023 — avg 50 · peak 131May 2023 — avg 49 · peak 240Sep 2023 — avg 42 · peak 156Jan 2024 — avg 54 · peak 148May 2024 — avg 60 · peak 210Sep 2024 — avg 41 · peak 127Jan 2025 — avg 51 · peak 112May 2025 — avg 155 · peak 639Sep 2025 — avg 43 · peak 124Jan 2026 — avg 62 · peak 169May 2026 — avg 77 · peak 271Aug 2026 — avg 129 · peak 487
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$1.99$0.672016-01-302026-10-152016-01-30 — best price $1.992016-07-04 — best price $1.992017-01-02 — best price $1.992017-07-05 — best price $1.992017-12-21 — best price $0.992018-05-10 — best price $1.392018-10-30 — best price $1.492019-02-11 — best price $1.992019-07-05 — best price $0.992019-11-01 — best price $1.992019-12-11 — best price $0.992020-02-08 — best price $1.992020-07-09 — best price $1.992020-12-16 — best price $0.992021-04-26 — best price $1.332021-09-13 — best price $1.992021-12-01 — best price $1.992022-05-02 — best price $1.992022-11-07 — best price $1.992023-01-26 — best price $1.992023-06-09 — best price $1.992023-09-25 — best price $1.992024-01-23 — best price $1.992024-05-08 — best price $1.192024-10-28 — best price $0.992025-01-03 — best price $1.992025-03-20 — best price $1.992025-09-01 — best price $1.992025-11-03 — best price $1.992026-01-03 — best price $1.992026-03-14 — best price $1.992026-05-14 — best price $1.992026-08-01 — best price $1.992026-09-02 — best price $1.292026-09-10 — best price $1.992026-09-18 — best price $1.292026-09-26 — best price $1.292026-10-04 — best price $1.292026-10-12 — best price $1.992026-10-15 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

7272026-06-01 — 21 pageviews2026-06-05 — 33 pageviews2026-06-09 — 22 pageviews2026-06-13 — 14 pageviews2026-06-17 — 7 pageviews2026-06-21 — 15 pageviews2026-06-25 — 44 pageviews2026-06-29 — 48 pageviews2026-07-03 — 43 pageviews2026-07-07 — 29 pageviews2026-07-11 — 23 pageviews2026-07-15 — 25 pageviews2026-07-19 — 20 pageviews2026-07-23 — 24 pageviews2026-07-27 — 28 pageviews2026-07-31 — 12 pageviews2026-08-04 — 21 pageviews2026-08-08 — 21 pageviews2026-08-12 — 21 pageviews2026-08-16 — 72 pageviews2026-08-20 — 63 pageviews2026-08-24 — 31 pageviews2026-08-28 — 22 pageviews2026-09-01 — 23 pageviews2026-09-05 — 21 pageviews2026-09-09 — 23 pageviews2026-09-13 — 37 pageviews2026-09-17 — 11 pageviews2026-09-21 — 23 pageviews2026-09-25 — 23 pageviews2026-09-29 — 20 pageviews2026-10-03 — 26 pageviews2026-10-07 — 19 pageviews2026-10-10 — 25 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

23
achievements tracked
71.4%
earned "Mushrooms"
58.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

19 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)8,49453%23

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

2DDarkIndieHorrorPuzzleMysterySurrealAdventureHand-drawnStory Rich

Census log

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

Recent updates

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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