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The motel

85% positive of 121 Steam reviews

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Released
2025
Steam Deck
Not tested
Platforms
Steam

Made by Aura studios.

About the game

Work the late-night shift at The Motel, an old roadside stop near Oakhill Grove. Complete simple tasks until a news broadcast reveals a dangerous killer is nearby. Can you survive the night?

Tagged by players

  • Immersive
  • Lore-Rich
  • Crime
  • Multiple Endings
  • Cinematic
  • Interactive Fiction
  • Horror
  • Choose Your Own Adventure
  • Exploration
  • Action-Adventure
  • Atmospheric
  • Adventure

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What players say

  • Recommended
    The Motel is a short first-person horror experience that understands how effectively an ordinary workplace can become unsettling once the player knows something dangerous is lurking nearby. Developed and published by Aura studios, the game puts you in the role of an employee working the late-night shift at an aging roadside motel near Oakhill Grove. Rather than immediately surrounding you with supernatural creatures…

    9.4 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.

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  • Not recommended
    A very boring game This game had some good ideas, the soundtrack is nice, the voice acting is totally fine. The sequences before and after the game are well done, the atmosphere was definitely there at the beginning and I personally really like the graphics. (I love this style in horror games.) But unfortunately, the gameplay is really very boring. I feel like they could have done so much more with it,maybe adding…

    1.3 h played when written. 11 found it helpful.

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