I probably should’ve followed the recommended order of the Rusty Lake series, which involve the Cube Escape games, but I didn’t and therefore had no understanding of what was happening story-wise in Rusty Lake Hotel. All I know is that there were animal people and their ideas of fun were peculiar, to say the least.

Regardless of that, I really loved it—the artstyle, the puzzles that were in the same vein as escape rooms and the overall morbid themes. Having no prior knowledge I definitely didn't expect it to go in the direction it did. The difficulty was fair, but with any puzzle game some parts were trickier than others. The nice thing was the option to replay rooms, and I did just that several times due to missing items. I thoroughly enjoyed it and even consider it a highlight of the year.