About 宿の掟 / Rules of the Inn
宿の掟 / Rules of the Inn is a game tagged Horror, Mystery and Psychological Horror by Pekomaro, launching on Steam on Nov 5, 2026. That is a busy week for games like it, with 132 similar games launching the same week. The quietest week ahead for games like it starts Nov 23. The Steam games most like it include MIND CORRIDORS: Paroniria, Confabulation and The Hotel.
Japanese anomaly-horror mystery at an inn on the afterlife's border. Obey each night's new rule as something creeps in; stare to note earlier guests' traces as it comes. By morning, write in the Register who they were, how they died. The rules never lie; a thing may pose as what the rules name.
Launch window
Open in Launch Week CheckerBusiest weeks for games like this one in the next 12 weeks:
- Week of Oct 26, 2026 — Packed, 259 similar games
- Week of Nov 2, 2026 — Busy, 132 similar games
- Week of Nov 9, 2026 — Mild, 92 similar games
Quietest: Nov 23, Dec 7, Jan 11.
Also launching the week of Nov 2
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Steam data
Everything Steam lists for 宿の掟 / Rules of the Inn · record updated 2 days ago
Overview
App info
- App type
- Game
- Developer
- Pekomaro
- Publisher
- Pekomaro
Platforms
- Controller
- Partial support
Features
4Patches
Patch notes
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Aug 30, 2026 You can now see how long you still have to endure
When you shut your eyes and endure, the only thing telling you it was over was a sound. If you played with the sound off, it was a pitch-black screen and a guess. The length changes every time, so without a cue there was nothing to read. A…
News
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Oct 23, 2026 · Community Announcements Demo updated: the first night is easier to survive
The demo for Rules of the Inn (Nights 1–3) is updated. Steam Next Fest is on (it opened October 19 at 10:00 AM PDT). During it, I made the first night easier to get into. The first time you play, whe…
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Oct 17, 2026 · Community Announcements Demo updated: the Register reworked, and the sticking points fixed (Next Fest opens Oct 19 PDT)
The Rules of the Inn demo (Nights 1–3) is updated. Steam Next Fest opens October 19, 10:00 AM PDT (October 20, 2:00 AM JST). Ahead of it, I fixed the spots where playtesters got stuck. Clearer cues a…
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Oct 11, 2026 · Community Announcements The rules on the wall may not be right tonight — Steam Next Fest demo (Oct 19–26)
Rules of the Inn is taking part in Steam Next Fest, October 19-26, with a playable demo. Seven nights in one tatami room. Only the rules keep you alive. The rules are posted on the wall, but they may…
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Sep 23, 2026 · Community Announcements Demo updated - how the rules break, controls spelled out, the ledger centred
The demo (nights one to three) has been updated. This is the first update since the build published on 15 August. On the third night, the rules on the wall always break One rule is rewritten upside d…
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Sep 22, 2026 · Community Announcements The rules on the wall do not stay the same
Up to seven rules are posted on the wall of this inn. Follow them and you will see the morning — that was the idea. But the rules change from night to night. The ink wears away. An unreadable line si…
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Sep 21, 2026 · Community Announcements Guess Right, and the Inn Reveals One Thing
During each night at the inn, you read the scrawls on the walls and the scraped-out names in the ledger, then fill the Book of Truth one line at a time. When your reading is correct, the inn reveals …
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Sep 19, 2026 · Community Announcements The Book of Truth now reads like paper under a single lantern
Before dawn, you sit down with the Book of Truth. What you saw and heard in the inn becomes a card, and the cards go into the blanks. Nothing haunts you here. The only thing that turns up is the fact…
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Sep 18, 2026 · Community Announcements The exceptions to the rules are re-drawn every run
This inn has seven nights' worth of rules, one revealed each night. Those rules have exceptions: among the hauntings, some kill the ones who obey. Until now, which haunting was an exception never cha…
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Sep 14, 2026 · Community Announcements New shapes on the paper screen
Correction, 2026-09-16 — I announced twelve silhouettes. Of the six new ones, four have been cut. Laid out side by side, they did not reach the bar for fear. Cut: the one with both hands pressed to t…
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Sep 12, 2026 · Community Announcements The demo is getting the inn search and the Book of Truth
What the demo was missing The demo you can play right now is three nights. You notice something is wrong in the room, you follow the rules on the wall, and you get through the night. That was only ha…
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