Motel Nightmares
Trapped in an eerie, forgotten motel, you must uncover dark secrets and escape the nightmares that haunt every room. Motel Nightmares is a first-person psychological horror experience filled with mystery, tension, and atmospheric dread.
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25 itemsAbout the Game
Important: The game does not include a save system. It must be completed in one sitting.
The total playtime is approximately 1–1.5 hours.
About This Game – Motel Nightmares
Motel Nightmares is a first-person psychological horror experience that sends you deep into a supernatural mystery.
Unusual phenomena surrounding an abandoned roadside motel catch your attention. You set out to investigate the rumors firsthand — but what you find goes far beyond anything you imagined. The story begins with a car journey, but quickly descends into a disturbing, twisted reality.
Explore the motel and uncover its dark past. Solve ominous puzzles, discover hidden clues, and try to escape the forces that now surround you.
Will you uncover the truth — or become the motel’s next lost soul?
Features:
First-person psychological horror experience
Story begins with vehicle exploration and unfolds gradually
Paranormal investigation and atmosphere-driven gameplay
Environmental puzzles and immersive exploration
Minimal UI for total immersion
Headphones strongly recommended
Details:
9 languages
5 stages
- trip to the motel stage (prolog)
- motel stage with a lot of rooms
- labyrinth nightmare stage
- run nightmare stage
- ending stage (epilog)
5+ type of enemies
- zombies
- deamon
- spiders
- creepy creatures
20+ rooms, like
- gravity room with platformer elements
- water room with enemies, platformer elements
- frozen rooms with puzzle, enemies, platformer elements
- fire room with enemy
- music room with puzzle
- code room with puzzle
- mirror system room with puzzle
and others..
What you can do in this game:
- platformer elements (sprint, jump, etc)
- puzzles
- collectibles
- throwables
- inspectables
- readables
- interactable items
- computer interaction
- auto checkpoints at some points
- achivements
