Hotel Infinity bends space, logic and your expectations in the most brilliant ways, even if it is short and not perfectly optimized
Hotel Infinity is one of those VR experiences that you struggle to explain without sounding like you have lost your mind. It is strange, playful, surprising and honestly brilliant. From the moment you step into the hotel lobby, the game starts bending reality in ways that feel impossible, yet somehow make perfect sense while you are inside the headset. It is the kind of thing that flat screen videos cannot capture and the kind of thing that makes you remember why VR is exciting in the first place.
The basic setup is simple. You are checking into a hotel that does not follow any rules of space, architecture, or common sense. Hallways loop into themselves, rooms exist inside other rooms and stairs lead you up, down, sideways and sometimes all at once. It has this dreamlike quality where you understand what you are seeing, but your brain keeps whispering something feels off. That tension is what keeps the entire experience interesting.
The real genius here is the 2x2 playspace design. The game expects you to have a tiny area to move in, and instead of fighting that limitation, it uses it as its superpower. Every step you take is smartly routed into some new twist of space. You take two steps to the right and suddenly you have crossed the entire room. You turn a corner and without noticing, the game has moved you to the second floor. You spin around and now you are back in the lobby, even though you swear you never walked back there.
It takes a few minutes to adjust, because it feels wrong at first, but once it clicks, it becomes completely natural. You stop thinking about the physical space around you and start trusting the hotel. It is a bizarre feeling, but a great one. The best example of this is your hotel room. You open the door, you see the bed, the table, the whole layout. On the right side of the door, however, is a door to the bathroom. When you open it, you walk into a full size bathroom. This makes no sense because the bathroom would have to exist inside the hotel room, but in VR it just works. Your eyes see one thing, your body feels something else, and your brain tries to catch up.
Outside of the reality bending, the main thing you do in the hotel is solve puzzles. These puzzles are simple but satisfying. Most of them involve interacting with levers, buttons or switches, and the joy comes less from difficulty and more from the moment the environment shifts around you. You push something and a hallway folds into a new shape or a door appears where a wall used to be. That transformation always hits in a very cool way.
The biggest downside is the length. I finished the entire thing in about an hour and a half. For the price they are asking, that is short. Sure, you get a series of incredible moments, no question, but there just are not many of them. When the credits rolled, I genuinely wished there was more.
Performance on the Quest 3 is another sticking point. The game drops frames often and the frame pacing can get messy in some of the more complex rooms. When you are dealing with a game built entirely around perception and spatial stability, those stutters take you out of the moment. It feels like the Quest is right at its limit. The visual tricks probably require heavy computation, and the headset simply struggles to keep up. I hope the developers can find a way to optimize things, but as it stands, it is rough.
The art direction is great though. Every room has its own identity, the lighting is clean, and the hotel feels believable, even when it completely breaks the laws of physics. Walking through its shifting halls is fun simply because you want to see what the hotel will pull off next.
Hotel Infinity is a short but unforgettable ride. It offers a type of spatial magic that only VR can deliver and for about 90 minutes, it constantly keeps you guessing. I absolutely loved it. At the same time, it is a tough recommendation at full price. If you are curious about clever VR design and you enjoy experimental experiences, it is a must play. If you want something long or polished all the way through, maybe wait for a discount. But if you jump in, prepare to have your perception flipped inside out in the coolest ways possible.
The game was reviewed on a Meta Quest 3 via a promo copy provided by the developer. Hotel Infinity is available on Meta Quest and PSVR2.
