Hotel Galactic tasks you with managing a cozy intergalactic lodging on a floating island, where you'll build rooms, cook meals, decorate spaces, and uncover the backstories of alien visitors. The game combines light management mechanics with narrative discovery in a hand-drawn world styled after classic anime. Though the launch was marred by stability issues, players interested in relaxed hospitality sims with character-driven storytelling may want to revisit it after patches.
About this game
Welcome to Imoshima - an island floating in the clouds! Run a cozy intergalactic hotel where everyone wants to return. Build, decorate, cook, and discover the stories of your cosmic guests. It's a game about friendship set in a hand-drawn world inspired by iconic Japanese animation.
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What players are saying
▼ Not recommended3 hrs
This game has such a beautiful cozy world you want to sink HOURS into! The management has a fun premise and the game is full of whimsy and wonder. The story mode seems pretty enticing.
Unfortunately, at it's current state I cannot recommend the game.
This game launched riddled with bugs. Game freezing, crashing bugs. I played for about an hour before encountering my first bug that literally killed my entire game (story mode.) I thought, "okay no biggie. I'll send my report and play the sandbox mode while I wait for story mode to get fixed." Yeah, no. I made it about 15 minutes into sandbox mode when all my employees decided to strike and freeze. Yet another game ending bug. I decided at this time it was not worth it to attempt another save file and waste more time.
Another thing is the quests are pretty confusing and there's not a lot of clear direction. Especially when it comes to the research tree.
It is such a shame to down vote this game because I know I WILL LOVE IT! But at this time until it has its first update when all of the bugs are squashed, I don't want anyone else paying close to $40 for a game that you can only play an hour for before it dies. :(
Note: I am veryyy aware this is an early access game however, to charge $35 for an early access game and it can only last about an hour before crashing and burning seems pretty unacceptable. I will not be returning the game because I really have my fingers crossed that they will work swiftly to fix bugs and allow it to become playable and I want to really love the game.
I've been looking forward to the release of this game for a long time. In order to have a better gameplay experience, I held off on playing the demo. Yesterday, I bought the game as soon as it was released. However, I have to say I'm extremely disappointed—not because the game itself is bad, but because it's plagued with way too many bugs! (And I really don't think it's an issue with my computer.)
First, the character gets stuck for no apparent reason, and I can't make them move. Since I'm stuck on Day 1 and don't want to waste more time replaying the tutorial I've already completed, I now can't progress in the game at all. Second, I'm not sure if this is by design, but the service counter in my restaurant is extremely small and disconnected from the kitchen. (I'm playing the Chinese version, so I’m not sure if this was a translation issue.) Third, there are many instances where foreign languages are mixed into the translations. While this doesn’t directly affect gameplay, I don’t think it's acceptable for a game at this price point to have such careless errors.
All in all, I don't think this game is ready for an official release. I'm still considering whether to request a refund and wait until the game is more polished to purchase it again. I'm really, really, really disappointed.
It's no huge revelation that this game had a, to put it mildly, rough start. The devs themselves admitted they never should have released it so early. That being said, I held off on doing a review and gave them a month or so to see the fixes and changes they would implement. I didn't need to add to the already massive sea of bad reviews that will probably scar this game for it's entire existence.
So how is the game now? (End of Sept 2025)
Just fine actually. I joined the games discord channel and watched in real time as they helped people with their issues live, rolled out a plethora of updates, bug fixes, and suggestions and most importantly genuinely rewarded and thanked the people who did stick it through with them.
So I restarted a new save, and I can happily say I ran into almost no bugs or issues, and the small 1-2 bugs I did run into fixed themselves when I logged out and back in. The game isn't just playable, its actually as fun as we had hoped from release. I have about 43 hours in right now, and I plan to put many more in as time goes on.
Hotel Galactic is for anyone who is enchanted by similar art styles of Miyazaki's 'Spirited Away'. It's for those who enjoy the 2d management genre, it's for people who want a nice cozy game that allows for real customization. As you go through the story line the game asks you to make choices, and depending on the personality type of your choices (maybe your a more passive person or a loner for instance) the hotels aesthetic will change along with what you've decided. The very first example being the game asking you a question that changes the color and theme of the hotel lobby (you can go back if you don't like your decision ofc). Which I thought was very unique and interesting.
At this point in time I do recommend giving the game an hour of your time to decide if you like it or not. I do understand how mixed reviews can easily allow people to overlook a game, but this is one of those rare instances where the games reviews at release do not reflect the condition the game is in now. I do hope that Hotel Galactic can come back from it's horrible start, but even if it doesn't, it's a cautionary tale to all developers to make sure your game is ready, playable, and up to par in quality when being released.
Hello everyone! As you might know we've focused all our efforts and continue to work on full release of Hotel Galactic. In this devlog, we want to tease some of the things that are currently being prepared by our team and that will be there for you when the full release of the game drops. We'll also have more info for you regarding your savestates and what will happen to them when Early Access transitions into full version of the game. We've gathered all of the information for you below! Let’s take a look at some of the things coming in the full version! Several big additions and changes, that we hope will excite you and make your lives as hotel managers even more fun and engaging, are coming to full version of Hotel Galactic. Below you'll find more information about some of them - this is just part of the content that we're planning to add to the game and we're already in the middle of development of even more features. In the meantime we are also making sure to patch any and all issues reported to us by our fantastic community. Shoutout to you, everyone, you're amazingly helpful and the reports we've received from you help us make this game so much better!Farming island is getting a revamp! Some of the new features we're planning to introduce require some additional space. We have also always wanted to redesign parts of the island to better fulfill the fantasy of having your very own crop-bearing part of the world, especially after Tukyuk, Maklo and Sparn went through all that trouble of grabbing it!Some things might require your helping hand before fully coming to life!Just with the new farming plots the island is going to look quite different but what's even more eyecatching are the easy to spot new buildings of yet unknown function. They might be currently in disarray but we're sure you'll be able to restore them to their former glory. You've already got the experience doing that with the hotel itself, right? Gustav's past is back to haunt him!In the full versi...
Hello everyone! Let us start by telling you a big thank you for your support and all the love we received recently.You might have noticed but Hotel Galactic has crossed into the area of Mostly Positive reviews here on Steam. It's a really big deal for us as it's always great to see our players have more fun. This has always been the goal and that's not changing now - we want to bring you a game that's really exciting while being super cozy! That also means that we want to keep on improving. As we've already started working on the content that will arrive with full release of the game, we'll make sure that our work results in the full game being an absolute treat of an experience. We've been also sharing some extra sneakpeeks of what we're working on from time to time via our Discord - which of course we invite you all to join! 😊Today's patch (which we are calling a coldfix, as we deliberately took our time to work on it and squash as many bugs as possible) is a direct response to the reports we've been receiving recently. We've been identifying and fixing the issues that were both reported to us by community and also by our internal testers. This should result in a better and smoother experience for all our players!But before we go into the detailed patch notes, we've got some information for you that we hope you'll enjoy! Enjoy 25% off Hotel Galactic for a limited time starting 24th August!If you're still on the fence and wondering whether to get Hotel Galactic - this might be a good chance to dive into the world of galactic hospitality and discover the story hidden within the walls of this establishment. This discount will be active up until August, 31st! Make sure to take advantage of it and if you're still unsure - try out the freely available demo that might sway your opinion and will let you experience the early moments of the game.See you on Imoshima Island!Hotel Galactic is now available in Italian! We're proud to say that starting from now on you can play H...
Hello everyone! Let's start by saying thank you for playing Hotel Galactic! It's not an overstatement to say that we've been blown away by your reception of the newest Digging Deeper update. No point in hiding it - it always feels great to see that our players are enjoying themselves with the game we've been working so hard on! It melts our hearts to see how many of you have checked out the new update or perhaps played the game for the first time! That being said, we've received a lot of feedback from you about the things we've recently introduced to the game - some of you pointed out issues regarding the translation of certain items and objects in game (we've exposed you to the magical and chaotic nature of Polish language, hope you're doing okay after witnessing that!), some of you talked about the possible future additions to the game and some of you suggested adjustements that you would like to see added to the game. We're also aware that there are more to be fixed - the usual section of Known Issues is also covered in these patch notes and we'll be looking into resolving this problems as well. Thank you for your patience in this regard!We're thankful for all your feedback, no matter whether you praised the effects of our work or criticized parts that we need to fix or change. Thank you so much and make sure to check the patch notes below! 🙏We're now Steam Deck Verified!One additional piece of very important news that we're super happy to share with you - our game is now fully Steam Deck Verified! You might have noticed that we've been busy recently making sure that everything on Steam Deck works as great as possible - we've received some important reports from our community and players, that we treated very seriously, we've worked on the stability of the game on Steam Deck and various performance issues to ensure that you will have as much fun as we're physically able to pack into Steam Deck. The result is here and we hope that you'll enjoy the game a lot, no m...
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