Hotel Barcelona, a roguelike action platformer developed by White Owls Inc. featuring creators Hidetaka 'Swery65' Suehiro and Goichi 'Suda51' Suda, launched to mixed reviews between 2023 and 2025 [1, 2].
In March 2026, the developers released the 'Under New Management' update, which revamped combat, player controls, enemy and stage balance, multiplayer invasion mechanics, quality-of-life features, UI, and localization fixes, significantly polishing the game [1].
This update drove the Steam user review status up from Mixed to Mostly Positive and more recently to Very Positive for recent reviews [1, 2]. On June 8, 2026, Swery65 celebrated the milestone on Twitter, saying, "Since Under New Management in March, every player, review, and bit of support helped us get here. The curse of MIXED is broken." [1, 2]
Alongside gameplay improvements, the developers removed generative AI voices from the game’s VHS segments and scrubbed AI-generated audio-visual assets, responding to controversy surrounding AI content [1, 2].
Hotel Barcelona is currently available on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S. Nintendo Switch ports are in development [1].
The next major update or platform release date has not been announced.
