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Hotel Galactic is a cosy management game that aims to channel Spirited AwayKickstarter launching in July
Kickstarter launching in July
Image credit:Ancient Forge
Image credit:Ancient Forge
I try to avoid describing video games in mathematical terms, but I can hardly avoid it here. Treasure Planet’s flying galleons plus Spirited Away’s bath house plusSpiritfarer’s gentle building and management mechanics equalsHotel Galactic. Watch the trailer below and tell me I’m wrong.
Hotel Galactic - Reveal Trailer | PC Gaming Show 2024Hotel Galactic announcement trailer.Watch on YouTube
Hotel Galactic - Reveal Trailer | PC Gaming Show 2024
I’m not being reductive, right? Although it’s not like Spiritfarer wasn’t already channeling Ghibli.
There’s an implied villain at the end of the trailer above, although there’s no real mention of potential conflict on theHotel Galactic Steam page. The closest it gets is a reference to a “spooky underground complex”, in which you can discover “new materials, creatures and expand the construction space.” Otherwise it’s pitched as cosy from top to bottom.
Hotel Galactic has no release date yet, but I’m intrigued. It’ll apparently have aKickstarter in July, although whether that’s to fund its existence, or polish, or something else, I don’t know. In the meantime, let me do what YouTube did to me after I watched the trailer, and recommend Jenny Nicholson’s latest videoon a different kind of galactic hotel. I’ve watched all four hours of it twice.
