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Hotel Sowls

Hotel Sowls is an eerie mystery adventure. You are a pharmacist who, after a long and grueling journey, finally acquires a rare and enigmatic stone; only to have it stolen overnight at Hotel Sowls. Can you recover the stone and uncover the secrets hidden within this strange and unsettling hotel?

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Developer
Studio SOTT
Publisher
PsychoFlux Entertainment
Release
December 31, 2019
6 years and 216 days ago
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Overwhelmingly Positive583 reviews96.2%

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About the Game

Hotel Sowls is a mystery adventure game presented in a distinctive 2D visual style.

After a grueling journey, you finally succeed in obtaining a rare and enigmatic "stone". With dreams of achieving fame through groundbreaking research, you decide to rest for a night at Hotel Sowls. But the next morning, your precious stone is gone.

Who in the hotel took it -- and for what purpose? Can you uncover the secrets hidden within the hotel, recover the stone, and continue your research safely? And if not...?

Multiple endings await you.

Features

  • A strange and unsettling atmosphere filled with peculiar items
  • An intriguing story revealed through collectible journal entries
  • Multiple endings shaped by your choices
  • Hidden areas unlocked as the story progresses
  • A rich and varied original soundtrack
  • Available on Windows and Mac
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