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Hotel Mélancolie

You wake up alone in a quiet hotel. The corridors loop. The rooms change. Somewhere between the walls and the noise on the radio, a memory is trying to surface. A short, PS1-style psychological horror about guilt, repetition, and the weight of consequences.

98%
of 46 reviews
$3.99
Released: Nov 28, 2025  •  Developer: Fireball Games  •  Publisher: Fireball Games

The Developer Says...

A short, first-person psychological horror experience set inside a forgotten hotel where time, guilt, and memory all bleed together.

You wake up in Room 9.
The corridor outside loops back on itself.
Every time you step through the door, something has changed; the walls, the lights, the voice on the radio.

You explore, you listen, you notice the details; notes left behind, radios whispering half-truths, and the sound of someone pacing a floor above you that doesn’t exist.

As you move deeper into the building, fragments start to surface: distorted broadcasts, old notes, the sound of someone who shouldn’t be there. What begins as a quiet mystery becomes something darker.

Sometimes the hotel speaks. Sometimes it listens. You’ll know the difference.

Features

  • 30-60 minutes of atmospheric psychological horror.

  • Lo-fi PS1-style visuals.

  • A complete psychological horror story told without cutscenes or text prompts.

  • Puzzles.

  • Subtle changes every loop; watch for the details.

  • There’s no combat. No instructions. Just a hotel that remembers you better than you remember yourself.

  • A secret for those who keep returning.

What you notice, and what you ignore, both matter.

Back of the Box Details

Steam Deck

Unknown

DLC

None

DRM/EULA Notices

None

Achievements

None

Ratings

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Demo

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Metacritic

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Content Notices

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Controller Support

Xbox

Reviews

98%

Overwhelmingly Positive

Based on 46 reviews


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