Sidescroller and Slasher Hotel Barcelona Launches Worldwide
A 2.5D action sidescroller and slasher featuring roguelite elements, Hotel Barcelona launched worldwide on Sept. 26, 2025.
Developed by White Owls and published by Cult Games, the title landed on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Windows PC via Steam and Xbox on PC app.
The game follows the story of a young federal marshal, Justine, who shares her mind with a murderer known as Dr. Carnival, as she finds herself trapped in a mysterious hotel located in a remote area on the border between Pennsylvania and West Virginia, along with America’s most dangerous serial killers.
The protagonist’s major goal is to kill seven Slash Killers and survive long enough to escape.
Every time Justine dies, a memory of her past self is born as a Slasher Phantom, which repeats her exact movements from the previous run, deals real damage to enemies, and can be used as a shield, an ally, or a decoy.
Hotel Barcelona features seven different areas, each inspired by a different subgenre of horror and ending with a boss fight against one of the Slash Killers.
The game also brings a co-op mode where up to three players can join forces to complete missions. On top of that, Hotel Barcelona features PvP invasions, allowing players to step into someone else’s run and become adversarial doppelgängers, locked in mortal combat until one player falls. The winner of a PvP fight scores a weapon tier upgrade and the Bloody Marshal Badge.
The game is created by joint efforts of Hidetaka ‘Swery’ Suehiro (creator of Deadly Premonition and The Good Life), and Goichi ‘Suda51’ Suda (creator of Shadows of the Damned and Lollipop Chainsaw).