Hotel Tales was released on Steam on July 31, 2026, and many players are now trying to unlock every scene, relationship path, collectible and ending available in the game. The game is designed around choices, so completing the story once will not automatically open everything. Different decisions can unlock new scenes while blocking another character’s route.
There is currently no clearly documented official “unlock everything” button in the game. Players have even asked the developers whether an option could be added to unlock all gallery content after completing the story once, which suggests that normal progression still require multiple playthroughs.
Why Is “Unlock Everything in Hotel Tales” Trending?
The question started getting searched because Hotel Tales is a newly released game. Players who completed their first run are noticing locked gallery spaces, missing relationship scenes and endings which did not appear during their original playthrough.
The game also contains several choice-based relationships and different outcomes. Supporting one character can reduce the trust of another character, while some evening and night events are mutually exclusive. Because of this, players cannot simply select every positive dialogue option and expect everything to unlock in one save.
Another reason for the trend is confusion between content earned through gameplay and content included in the Deluxe Edition or separate add-ons. The Steam page lists a Deluxe Edition bundle containing additional items, meaning some bonus content may not be unlockable through the standard game alone.
Complete One Normal Playthrough First
The best method is to complete the first playthrough without worrying too much about unlocking every single thing.
A normal first run helps you understand the daily schedule, hotel locations, mini-games and which characters appear during different time periods. You will also learn which decisions are important and where the game gives you opportunities to save.
Trying to unlock everything during the first run can actually create more confusion. Some relationship choices conflict with each other, and the full ending depends on a combination of job performance, character affinity, key phrases and night events rather than one final decision.
Create Separate Save Files
Manual saving is one of the most useful things for unlocking everything in Hotel Tales.
Create a different save before:
- Important evening activities
- Relationship conversations
- Night events
- Guest decisions
- Major story choices
- The final section of the game
Do not keep overwriting the same save file. Keeping several saves allows you to return and choose the opposite option without replaying the full game from beginning.
A practical setup is to maintain one main save for each in-game day and additional saves before major character choices. The ending guide also recommends separate files because conflicting romance and night-event flags make single-save completion unlikely.
Focus on One Relationship Route at a Time
Trying to romance or support every character together may block some routes.
Choose one main character during each playthrough and regularly visit the locations connected with that person. Speak with them whenever new dialogue is available and avoid making choices which damage their trust.
Relationship progress can be affected by:
- Supportive or flirt dialogue choices
- Performance in character-related mini-games
- Spending the correct key phrases
- Evening activities
- Night events
- Jealousy or rival relationship choices
The game has limited evening opportunities, so there may not be enough time to fully develop every relationship during one run. Supporting one character can also lower another character’s trust.
Complete the Mini-Games Properly
Mini-games are not only side activities. Your performance can influence relationships and unlock different versions of scenes.
For example, Pasithea’s route is connected with rhythm activities, while Laveau’s path involves cocktails and defensive challenges. Higher performance may improve affinity or open a better scene variation, while failure can lead towards another outcome.
Players trying for full completion should replay mini-games with both successful and failed results. Some content may be connected with doing the activity perfectly, while another scene can appear only after making a mistake.
Save before starting the mini-game so you can test both results without repeating the full day.
Collect and Use Key Phrases
Key phrases work like special dialogue keys. They can be collected by listening to conversations, investigating locations or attending optional events.
A key phrase may unlock a new response during a later conversation. Depending on where it is used, it can help a relationship, reveal information about a guest or create a darker outcome.
Do not immediately spend every phrase when the first option appears. Save before using it because the same phrase may become useful during another interaction.
Players searching for all scenes should complete one run using mostly supportive phrases and another run using provocative or threatening choices. These opposite decisions can produce different relationship and ending flags.
Explore the Night Events
Some important content appears during optional night activities.
Going to sleep immediately may skip an event, key phrase or hidden conversation. During one playthrough, investigate as many night events as possible. During another run, ignore or reject them to check whether the story changes.
Night choices can influence hotel mysteries, character trust and secret endings. However, attending every event may also create conflicts with the relationship route you are following, so separate saves are very important.
Complete Every Guest Quest
Guest quests may unlock character cards, story fragments and additional information about the hotel.
Do not complete only the mandatory objective. Speak with guests again after finishing their main request, return to their rooms when possible and check whether another task became available.
Collectible character cards have been described as story fragments connected with guest quests rather than random rewards. Some may depend on dialogue or quest decisions, so a different response can be required during another playthrough.
Unlock the Good and Bad Endings
Getting the happiest outcome alone will not complete the full gallery.
After finishing a successful run, start another playthrough and intentionally make opposite choices. This can include poor job performance, rejecting important characters, failing defensive activities, ignoring rituals or damaging relationships.
The game appears to include different families of outcomes connected with romance, career performance, hotel mysteries and disastrous decisions. There is no confirmed single choice which selects an ending. Several hidden flags build together across the playthrough.
A useful completion order is:
- Complete a natural first playthrough.
- Finish one focused relationship route.
- Complete another character’s route.
- Collect the missing key phrases.
- Explore optional night events.
- Intentionally search for bad endings.
- Clean up remaining achievements and gallery spaces.
Check the Achievements
Steam achievements can give clues about missing content.
After completing a run, compare the achievements you earned with the locked ones. Their names or descriptions may point towards a character, mini-game result, guest quest or ending which you have not completed.
Some achievements may be missable because they depend on choices made much earlier in the story. This is another reason why keeping saves from different days is better than saving only before the ending.
The Demo Cannot Unlock Everything
The free demo contains only a small portion of Hotel Tales. It covers roughly two in-game days and does not contain the complete endings or every relationship route.
The demo reportedly includes only partial route content and stops with a continuation message. Full endings and the remaining relationship paths are available in the retail release. Demo progress is also not something players should depend on for completing the full-game gallery.
Some Content May Require the Deluxe Edition
Not every locked-looking item is necessarily earned through gameplay.
The Steam listing offers a Deluxe Edition bundle containing additional content. Certain comics, bonus scenes, skins or other extras may belong to that package instead of the standard edition.
Before replaying the full story many times for one missing item, check the Steam description and installed downloadable content. It may be a Deluxe Edition reward, crossover cosmetic or future downloadable content rather than a normal story unlock.
For normal gameplay content, the safest completion method is using multiple saves, focusing on one relationship during each run, testing both success and failure in mini-games and making opposite choices during later playthroughs. There is no verified official shortcut which instantly opens every scene and ending at present.
