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Motel Manager Simulator is a single player and multiplayer casual management game with a economy theme. It was developed by Denzone Games and was released on August 26, 2024. It received positive reviews from players.

Be the manager of a motel alongside a shop and a gas station. Build, renovate, expand and grow your business to attract more customers. Clean, design and furnish your rooms. Choose styles, color schemes, equipments and decorations to create a unique atmosphere and get the maximum revenue possible. Keep your shop shelves full of products that travellers might need. Design your rooms (floor, walls…

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84%Audience ScoreBased on 925 reviews
gameplay9 positive mentions
stability20 negative mentions

  • Addictive and engaging gameplay that combines managing a motel, gas station, and store, offering a lot to do with continuous progression and customization.
  • The game has a satisfying and fun management loop with a variety of tasks such as decorating rooms, stocking shelves, cleaning, and running the gas station, keeping players busy and entertained.
  • Developer responsiveness with frequent updates initially, and quality of life features such as the ability to control vehicles, staff automation, and an intuitive interface for tasks like ordering stock.
  • The game suffers from numerous bugs and glitches, including NPCs and vehicles getting stuck, crashes, lost inventory, and housekeeping inefficiencies, which can seriously impact playability.
  • It is poorly optimized leading to lag and performance issues especially in late game or on lower-end PCs; additionally, controls are often confusing, with no keybinding or controller support.
  • The game appears abandoned with no recent updates or communication from developers; progression becomes repetitive and grindy after unlocking all content, with little endgame content or variety in maps and customization options.
  • gameplay

    42 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The gameplay offers a fun and satisfying management experience with intuitive mechanics and a mix of strategy and creativity, though certain features like theft and body disposal feel underdeveloped. Despite some bugs, repetitive elements, and limited post-completion content, many find it addictive and engaging for around 20-30 hours. However, lack of deeper progression and multiplayer limits its long-term appeal.

    • “The gameplay loop is fun, satisfying, and full of personality — and the fact that they incorporated YouTubers as staff is such a clever touch.”
    • “The gameplay is engaging and offers a delightful mix of strategy and creativity as you manage your own motel.”
    • “The gameplay is very fun, well thought out and incredibly addictive.”
    • “There’s always something to do, and the game introduces some genuinely interesting hooks like defending your property from thieves with a shotgun or disposing of bodies, but these mechanics ultimately feel shallow and go nowhere as you realize they don't evolve into anything deeper.”
    • “So the value... I value this game at 5 bucks. That is the amount of gameplay you are going to get out of it. From what I'm told, it is a complete game, finished. Don't even get your hopes up for multiplayer, because it's not coming anytime soon.”
    • “Once you upgraded everything, you basically destroy the gameplay of your game, as the influx of folks is as if you're managing Disney World – you need to sit at the check-in counter all the time.”
  • graphics

    42 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game's graphics are generally considered decent but not exceptional, with some users praising the visuals while others find certain character models uncanny or unpolished. Performance issues such as lag and stuttering are frequently reported, even on mid- to high-end hardware, requiring players to lower settings for smoother gameplay. Overall, the graphics are adequate to support an engaging experience but leave room for improvement.

    • “I'm playing on a 4070ti super with the graphics all the way up and the game looks really good.”
    • “This game is so good and the graphics are very good; best game.”
    • “What a great game this is, everything rolled into one. I've played this for nearly 7 hours without crashing, no hiccups, and it runs smoothly as well. For the price, you can't go wrong. The graphics are good, the sounds are good; I can't fault it.”
    • “Good game but very bad graphics and it lags a lot even with 1080p resolution in lowest graphics settings.”
    • “Fun and ok to play but I had to change a ton of graphics settings because of how laggy it was.”
    • “Unfortunately, despite my graphics settings all being lowered as much as possible, I still experience lagging and stuttering on an infrequent basis.”
  • stability

    22 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The stability of the game is mixed, with frequent bugs and glitches such as AI glitches, item placement issues, and freezing that can hinder progress and cause frustration. While some users find these problems manageable or even charming with built-in reset options, others encounter game-breaking or repetitive issues that require regular restarts. The developers appear to be actively working on improvements, suggesting stability will improve over time.

    • “For me, the game ran relatively bug-free.”
    • “This would not be a big deal, if it were not for the glitches that legit stop you from progressing!!”
    • “The cashier often bugs out and just freezes, resulting in an ever-growing queue of increasingly furious customers.”
    • “The game is buggy, needs restarting on a regular basis if the reset road button doesn't do it.”
  • optimization

    20 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game suffers from significant optimization issues, especially in the late stages, leading to severe performance drops, lag, and stuttering even on high settings. While early gameplay is smooth, upgrading and progressing cause frame rates to plummet, negatively impacting the overall experience. Improvements in stability and technical performance are urgently needed.

    • “Starting when we install this game the game runs smoothly but later after we upgrade our houses, the game starts very lagging.”
    • “Performance issues arise when you're nearly fully upgraded (I was running ultra).”
    • “Performance slowly declines over time until you're left running a business in an unstable 20-30 fps with nothing to remedy it.”
    • “The performance, mainly during end-game again, is just terrible.”
    • “Unfortunately, despite my graphics settings all being lowered as much as possible, I still experience lagging and stuttering on an infrequent basis.”
  • grinding

    10 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Reviews on grinding in the game are mixed: some find it tedious, slow, and unbalanced, especially in managing pricing and making money, while others appreciate that careful staff management can alleviate grindy tasks. Though certain mechanics reduce repetitive actions, overall progression can still feel grind-heavy and time-consuming.

    • “The game is too grindy and slow to be fun.”
    • “It takes too much grinding to make any real money to build the motel, and that's with running the store and gas station with the motel.”
    • “Staff are generally reliable but slow; you can almost always do any task yourself more effectively and efficiently, but if you pay close attention to what they're doing and actively manage switching them on and off and from one task to another, you can get them to do the really grindy bits for you, even from the very early stages of the game.”
  • story

    10 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game's story is minimal or nearly nonexistent, with only brief early quests that quickly stop, leaving players with little narrative motivation or progression. This lack of a developed storyline results in a less engaging experience for those seeking a meaningful plot.

    • “At the beginning of the game you get these little quests like 'add an additional room', 'fuel 20 cars', 'sell 20 items', 'rent 10 rooms', etc., but these stop very early in the game.”
    • “There is no story; you just roll up to your motel and start making changes.”
    • “Story would give me more incentive to keep going.”
    • “Would benefit from more story - is grandad dead?”
  • monetization

    7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The monetization system revolves around managing advertisements that generate passive income, allowing players to increase daily revenue as they progress. While employees initially cost more than they earn, ads provide a reliable income stream, eventually reducing financial concerns. However, the ad mechanic could benefit from reworking for better balance and engagement.

    • “Later on, when I started getting employees, they didn't sell enough to outweigh their cost, so I went back to working myself until I gained passive income through ads and discovered things like payphones.”
    • “Ads in this game (which you pay for and get a poster that generates some income) could be totally reworked.”
    • “And then there are the ads!”
  • humor

    6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game's humor is appreciated for its goofy, janky simulator style, featuring quirky interactions and amusing elements like NPCs and comedic vehicles. Players enjoy the lighthearted and hectic pace, with inventive touches such as a humorous "loser" button adding to the game's charm. Overall, it offers a fun and entertaining experience for fans of offbeat comedy in games.

    • “I love goofy and funny simulator games like this.”
    • “There's a lot of fun interaction with NPCs, funny cars, etc. A Cybertruck paying you $100 for gas, why not!”
    • “The game is actually pretty funny while having a hectic pace.”
  • music

    5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Users find the game's lack of background music makes the experience feel lonely, with only looping ambient sounds that become repetitive, especially in certain areas like the store. They suggest adding a more continuous and varied soundtrack to enhance immersion.

    • “Ambient noise and soundtrack looping create an immersive atmosphere.”
    • “The looping of the short ambient noise and soundtrack is very noticeable, especially in the store.”
    • “No background music, which can make the game feel lonely compared to other simulator games.”
    • “No background music, making the game feel very lonely compared to other simulator games like Gas Station Simulator.”
    • “No music at all.”
    • “The short ambient noise/soundtrack loops very noticeably, especially in the store area.”
  • replayability

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game offers strong replayability by allowing players to choose and manage different locations at their own pace, providing varied challenges and long-term engagement uncommon in many simulators. This flexibility and gradual progression keep the experience fresh and enjoyable over multiple playthroughs.

    • “I like that (after the tutorial) you can run whichever parts you want: motel, shop, gas station, etc. Eventually, you'll have all of them running just because of employees and such (unless you've decided to play it as a challenge without them), but it's one of those simulators that takes longer to complete and allows enough variation as to be replayable, which is my #1 issue with simulator games.”
    • “It's fun and definitely replayable.”
  • atmosphere

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game's atmosphere is praised for its gorgeous retro style, detailed rooms, and atmospheric lighting, creating an engaging and immersive experience. Some users note it shares a similar vibe to Chilla games, balancing fun gameplay with a distinct mood. However, a few feel the atmosphere or attitude could be more pronounced.

    • “The retro style is gorgeous, with detailed rooms and atmospheric lighting.”
    • “The game was really fun and has an atmosphere similar to Chilla's Games.”
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Motel Manager Simulator is a casual management game with economy theme.

Motel Manager Simulator is available on PC and Windows.

On average players spend around 19 hours playing Motel Manager Simulator.

Motel Manager Simulator was released on August 26, 2024.

Motel Manager Simulator was developed by Denzone Games.

Motel Manager Simulator has received positive reviews from players. Most players liked Motel Manager Simulator for its gameplay but disliked it for its stability.

Motel Manager Simulator is a single player game with multiplayer support.

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