The Golden Retreat

Descend through loops and spot very hard anomalies to survive and uncover a hidden truth while risking resets from a deadly basement encounter. You take on the role of a bartender working in a modest bar on the ninth floor of a high-end hotel. But your profession quickly becomes irrelevant, as the game’s real focus is in surviving a repetitive elevator ride. The game gives your character a voice through internal commentary, but right from the beginning, it’s clear that something is off. Room doors are left open, the hallways are deserted, and each lower floor is an uncanny copy of the last, save for the room numbers. Your goal is to reach the lobby, floor by floor, by identifying anomalies. The rules are simple: each floor contains exactly one anomaly. After surveying the area, you must choose between two elevators: the normal one if everything looks correct, or the broken one if something feels wrong. Choose incorrectly, and you’re sent back to the ninth floor with a strike. Accumulate three strikes, and you're dropped into the basement. This is where it gets dangerous, but it’s also very easy to complete. The basement is a short sequence, requiring you to dodge an entity that’…

Detailed and lovingly designed anomaly game. Finding the later anomalies is very hard but the collection feature helps a lot. Playing time also definitely longer than stated. Music from the jukebox is an absolute banger! You can't go wrong at this price. Tipp: Watch the credits, twist ahead ;)

If you like walking anomaly finder games like The Exit 8, this game is for you. Some anomalies are pretty tough to find. Don't miss the hint after the credits for bonus content!

The anomalies is too hard for me to find but there's work around it. There's also more to this game than just the loop https://youtu.be/uUteIkutjeg

Had lots of fun with this game.... wait after credits... https://youtu.be/EnT8KJuaxks

I could listen to the radio for days but that BASEMENT