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Hotel Architect

Step into the chaotic 24/7 lifestyle of a hotel owner as you design and build grand hotels across the globe. Juggle the increasingly elaborate demands of disorderly guests, logistical nightmares and unexpected…

80 14 May 2026

Hotel Architect is an indie developed by Pathos Interactive, released 14 May 2026 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Hotel Architect is

Hotel Architect is an indie game developed by Pathos Interactive and released in 2026. It was published by Wired Productions. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Unreal Engine 5.

The premise, in the publisher's words

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.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are business, comedy and sandbox. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 37 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Hotel Architect holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 65% of the 5,098 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2026 averaged 78, so it scored 2 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i5-7500, AMD Ryzen 5 1600, 8 GB RAM and Intel Iris Xe Graphics, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050, AMD Radeon R9 280. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 5GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Hotel Architect launched on 14 May 2026, within three weeks of 007 First Light, Forza Horizon 6, LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight and Directive 8020. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.

Released around the same time: 007 First Light, Forza Horizon 6, LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight, Directive 8020.

Cheats and codes

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Quick answers

Hotel Architect — frequently asked questions

When did Hotel Architect come out?
Hotel Architect was released on 14 May 2026 for PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Hotel Architect?
At minimum, Hotel Architect needs Intel Core i5-7500, AMD Ryzen 5 1600, 8 GB RAM, Intel Iris Xe Graphics, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050, AMD Radeon R9 280 graphics, 5 GB available space of storage.
How many GB is Hotel Architect?
The PC version needs about 5 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("5 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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