Exciting News: Hotel Barcelona Set to Launch in September 2025

Hidetaka "Swery65" Suehiro recently shared some thrilling updates about his upcoming game, Hotel Barcelona. Announced via his X (formerly Twitter) account on Thursday, the game is a collaboration with Goichi "Suda51" Suda and is scheduled to debut in September 2025.

Game Details and Preview

• Demo Availability: The demo will be playable at BitSummit 13 in Kyoto from July 18 to July 20.
• Platforms: The game will be available on:
  • PlayStation 5
  • Xbox Series X|S
  • PC via Steam

What to Expect

Hotel Barcelona is a side-scrolling horror game set in an American summer camp. Players will face serial killers within a gripping timeloop storyline. The game's aesthetic combines influences from anime and classic American horror and slasher movies from the 80s and 90s.

Image courtesy of Stride PR

Publisher and Background

The game is published by CULT Games.

Suda51's studio, Grasshopper Manufacture, previously released No More Heroes III for Nintendo Switch in August 2021, which later launched on PS5, PS4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam in October 2022.

About Swery65

Swery65, a founding member of Access Games, has a rich history in game development. He started with titles like Spy Fiction and went on to create acclaimed games such as Deadly Premonition, Lord of Arcana, Lord of Apocalypse, and D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die. After leaving Access Games in 2016, he founded White Owls Studio and released The Good Life in October 2021 across multiple platforms.

Source: Swery65's Twitter account via Gematsu