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Press release:
Watford, United Kingdom – 14 May 2026 – Independent publisher Wired Productions and developer Pathos Interactive are fired up to share that after a standout year in Early Access shaped alongside its community, Hotel Architect, is officially out now.

Hotel Architect is a modern take on the tycoon genre, giving pure sim depth mixed with chaotic fun and complete creative freedom! Players design, build, and manage fully reactive hotels where every decision impact staff, guests, finances, and the wider operation. Whether creating a smooth five-star luxury experience or watching everything spiral into chaos, the game’s systems naturally create memorable stories through play.

“The industry is panicking about launching a game on the same day as Subnautica 2. I say embrace it.” said Leo Zullo, Managing Director at Wired Productions. -“Hotel Architect didn’t quietly pass through Early Access, it earned its place as one of the highest-rated hotel management games on Steam through constant evolution, community feedback, and a team willing to keep pushing bigger with every update. What Pathos Interactive has built is smart, chaotic, creative, and endlessly entertaining. Leaving Early Access isn’t the finish line; it’s a Grand Opening for everyone.”

Accel Sjöström, CEO &Co Founder at Pathos Interactive said: “After an incredible year in Early Access, we are thrilled to finally welcome players to the Hotel Architect. From day one, the community has played a huge role in shaping the game – through feedback, ideas, bug reports, and countless passionate discussions. Many of the features and improvements in the launch version are a direct result of that collaboration. We can’t thank our players enough for their support, patience, and creativity throughout this journey.”

The definitive release builds on the games strong Early Access foundations, with a wide range of features, including:

Eight Locations to check-in to: Each complete with their own scenario and free play modes, offering a variety of map sizes and climates.
Custom Sandbox Modes: Offering players greater creative freedom to design, build, and manage their own hotels, including the ability to customise the buildable area size, maximum floor limits, difficulty settings and climate.
Difficulty Settings: Available across the scenarios, free play mode and custom sandbox mode.
Multiple Different Guest Types: Who may check-in alone, or as a couple. Each guest type has their own unique set of needs when it comes to staying in your hotel.
Impress Critics: Every detail in your hotel matters. Hospitality reviewers will scrutinise every aspect of their stay, from each zone to the food quality, to the amenities available. Earn glowing ratings to attract wealthier guests and grow your hotel business.
Deep Staff Management Systems: Hire, fire and train the right staff to meet the needs of your business. Each staff member arrives with their own personality traits that may have positive, or negative, consequences.
Dynamic Building Meets Careful Planning: Design your layouts, hire constructors, and watch as your vision comes to life. But be careful not to wake up, annoy or disturb guests with noisy construction workers.
Numerous Zones to place, build and design. Including hotel staples such as receptions and bedrooms, as well as more luxurious amenities such as Spas and Casinos!
Gardens, Balconies and Outdoor Spaces: Because exterior decoration is just as important as interior decoration when you’re trying to impress your guests and critics.

Hotel Architect offers a deep and flexible management experience. With the addition of two brand-new locations in 1.0, players can now build across eight unique destinations, including London, the Black Forest, Las Vegas, New York, Gothenburg, Santorini, Paris, and St. Anton. Across these locations, players unlock rewards by completing objectives, cater to diverse guest types with unique requirements, and manage staff with individual strengths and weaknesses that directly impact hotel operations.

With countless ways to design, decorate, optimise, or completely mismanage a hotel across multiple floors and systems, Hotel Architect delivers a deep, flexible, and highly creative simulation from the ground up.

Hotel Architect is out now on Steam. To celebrate the full launch, the game is available with a 22% launch discount off its full price of £24.99 / $29.99 / €29.99. Join the Hotel Architect community to keep up to date with the latest news and updates via Discord, BlueSky, and TikTok.

About Wired Productions

Wired Productions is a true Indie Publisher proudly presenting a diverse range of specially curated games from some of the greatest storytellers and independent developers. Named as “Indie Publisher of the Year” at the MCV / Develop Awards. Wired is also home to Black Razor Records, its own music label dedicated to original game soundtracks and rhythm-driven experiences – with titles like DIG VR and Arcade Paradise.

Wired has an award-winning collection of titles including Hotel Architect, Task Time, KARMA: The Dark World, Gori: Cuddly Carnage, Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles, and Martha Is Dead. Announced upcoming titles are When Sirens Fall Silent and BrokenLore: DON’T LIE.

Find @WiredP on YouTube, Discord, and X or search Wired Productions on Google.

About Pathos Interactive

Pathos Interactive is a game studio founded in 2015, headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden. The company is driven with a deep passion by gamers with an ambition to make the best games, striving for excellence and releasing one quality game at a time. Having released the real-time strategy game, Bannermen, on Steam, Pathos are currently working on Hotel Architect, a management and simulation game.

https://pathosinteractive.net/