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HOTELISH

The classic hotel board game – free in your browser

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Free Offline-ready Multiplayer No Download

What is Hotelish?

Hotelish is a digital tribute to the legendary Hotel board game by MB Games. Buy properties, build luxury hotels, and collect overnight fees from your opponents – all directly in the browser, no installation required.

The game runs fully offline thanks to Service Worker caching and is installable as a Progressive Web App. Play solo against AI opponents of varying difficulty, locally with up to 4 players on one device, or online with friends via a private room code.

What Hotelish Offers

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Classic Gameplay

Roll, buy, build and collect – faithful to the beloved original.

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3 AI Levels

Easy, Medium or Hard – the AI adapts to your skill level.

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Online Multiplayer

Create a private room and invite friends with a 6-digit code.

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Mobile-First

Touch-optimised design, perfectly playable on phones and tablets.

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Offline-Ready

Once loaded, the game works without an internet connection.

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Web Audio

Procedurally generated sounds with no external audio files – compact and fast.

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Save Progress

Interrupted games are automatically saved in the browser's local storage.

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Bilingual

Full localisation in German and English, switchable at any time.

Getting Started

Choose Players & Mode

Set the number of players (1–4), choose names and colours, then pick a mode: Single Player, Local, or Online.

Roll & Move

Tap "Roll". Your token moves automatically around the board. Doubles let you roll again – three doubles in a row sends you to jail.

Buy Properties

Landing on an unowned space lets you purchase it. Own every space in a colour group to unlock hotel construction.

Build Hotels

Use the Build menu to erect hotels on your complete colour groups. Each upgrade level dramatically raises the rent.

Drive Opponents Bankrupt

A player unable to pay rent is eliminated. The last player with assets wins.

Difficulty Levels

Easy

Buys randomly and rarely builds. Perfect for beginners and children.

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Medium

Buys everything, prioritises complete groups, builds strategically.

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Hard

Strategic building, auction valuation and cash flow management.

How Would You Like to Play?

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Single Player (vs AI)

Play alone against 1–3 AI opponents. Choose the difficulty individually per opponent. No internet required.

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Local (Hot-Seat)

Up to 4 human players on one device. Great for game nights – just pass the phone around.

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Online (Private Room)

Create a room and share the 6-digit code with friends. Up to 4 players, host-authoritative. Everyone plays on their own device.

Under the Hood

Hotelish is written entirely in Vanilla JavaScript – no frameworks, no external runtime dependencies. It loads fast, runs in every modern browser, and is installable as a PWA.

Vanilla JS (ES6+) Web Audio API Service Worker Progressive Web App Socket.io Node.js CSS Custom Properties Playfair Display Canvas API localStorage