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The Murder Hotel

Wegenbartho Games · 2025-09-17

Steam

Adventure

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 17, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 15, 2026 (Nintendo Switch)

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.

The Murder Hotel is an Adventure game released in 2025, priced at $19.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (93% of 73 reviews).

93%
positive of 73 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 46% of 29,201 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.5k–3.3k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 73 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $8.99 at Steam (2026-07-20)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 8 of 16 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
171720252026Week of 2025-09-17: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-09-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-24: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-08: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-22: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-29: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-10: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-28: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-20: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-22: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-29: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-12: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$8.992025-09-172026-07-272025-09-17 — best price $16.992025-09-24 — best price $19.992025-10-29 — best price $15.992025-11-02 — best price $19.992025-12-08 — best price $14.992025-12-13 — best price $19.992025-12-18 — best price $13.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-01-12 — best price $12.992026-01-19 — best price $19.992026-03-19 — best price $11.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-05-18 — best price $13.992026-05-25 — best price $19.992026-06-25 — best price $9.992026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-07-20 — best price $8.992026-07-27 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, German, Japanese, Korean

Census log

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

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