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About The Guest
Team Gotham released The Guest back in March 2016 for PC and Mac users looking for a dark indie puzzle adventure. You play as an unnamed man trapped inside a depressing hotel room with no memory of how he got there. The game strips away traditional combat or complex systems to focus entirely on environmental exploration and logic puzzles. You must examine every corner of the space to find clues that explain your presence and the strange events occurring outside your window. It is a short, linear experience designed for players who enjoy solving riddles while piecing together a fragmented narrative in a gloomy setting.
Gameplay
You spend almost all your time interacting with objects in the room using standard point-and-click controls. A typical session involves moving furniture to reveal hidden drawers, reading notes scattered on desks, and manipulating items to solve logic puzzles. Progression is gated by finding specific keys or solving sequence-based riddles that unlock new areas of the room. There are no combat encounters or time limits to stress you out during these sessions. The core loop relies on observation and deduction as you test hypotheses about the locked door and the mysterious figure watching from across the street. Each solved puzzle reveals a piece of the story while opening up the next section of the investigation.
What Players Think
The PlayPile community data shows mixed feelings with a Metacritic score of 68 and an IGDB rating of 60.1 based on twelve reviews. Players report an average completion rate that aligns with the game's short nature, often finishing within two hours. Community moods lean toward "mysterious" and "atmospheric" rather than exciting or frustrating. Only 20.4% of players have unlocked the full set of twenty achievements, indicating many stop after hitting the main ending. The rarest achievement is Waiting for the dose at just 5.00%, suggesting specific actions are easily missed without a guide. Critics and players alike note the low price point of $0.56 makes it an easy buy despite the fragmented story delivery.
PlayPile's Take
This title works best for people who want a quick puzzle session under three hours at a bargain bin price. The 92% discount on Green Man Gaming brings the cost down to fifty-six cents, which is hard to justify if you expect a deep narrative or high replay value. You will likely unlock most achievements before finishing the story, but the low average unlock rate for the rarest one proves that some steps are genuinely obscure. It is not a masterpiece, but it serves its purpose as a cheap atmospheric puzzle game. Buy it only if you enjoy solving locked-room mysteries and do not mind short playtimes.
Game Modes
Single player
IGDB Rating
60.1
RAWG Rating
3.3
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