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The motel

Aura studios · 2025-01-24

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Jan 24, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Work the late-night shift at The Motel, an old roadside stop near Oakhill Grove. Complete simple tasks until a news broadcast reveals a dangerous killer is nearby. Can you survive the night?

86%
positive of 132 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$1.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (36 reviews).
  • · Top 35% of 29,537 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.6k–5.9k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 132 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.09 at Steam (2025-03-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
313120252026Week of 2025-01-24: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-01-24: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-31: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-07: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-14: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-21: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-28: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-07: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-14: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-21: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-28: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-04: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-04: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-25: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-16: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-04: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-18: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-12: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-28: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-27: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-07: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

Player tags

3DCrimeHorrorAdventureCinematicImmersiveLore-RichAtmosphericExplorationFirst-Person

Census log

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

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