Games Like Habbo Hotel in 2026: 12 Places to Hang Out With Friends

The closest games to Habbo Hotel in 2026 are Habbo itself, Habbo Hotel: Origins (Habbo as it was in 2005, for adults), Hotel Hideaway (a 3D hotel from the people who made Habbo), Highrise and IMVU for avatar chat rooms, and Pony Town for the pixel-art, chat-bubble feeling. If what you miss is a room of your own that friends drop into, cozier picks like Glint and Animal Crossing fit too. Here are 12, with what each one is best for.

Full disclosure: I make Glint, one of the picks below. Glint grew out of the same thing people loved about Habbo, a room you make yours and friends you meet in it, so I’ll be clear about where it fits and where the others are better.

What made Habbo Hotel special?

Habbo was never really about the game. It was a place. You had your own room, you decorated it with furniture you’d collected, and you went to other people’s rooms to talk in little chat bubbles over everyone’s heads. Three things made it work:

• A room of your own. Somewhere you decorated, that stayed how you left it.
• People in the same space. Avatars walking around, talking over each other, not a chat window.
• Something to collect. Rare furniture gave everyone a reason to come back and show off.

The games below each get some of that right. Very few get all three.

Which games are most like Habbo Hotel at a glance?

Game	Why it’s like Habbo	Platforms	Price	Age
Habbo	It is Habbo, still running	Browser, iOS, Android	Free, with paid extras	13+
Habbo Hotel: Origins	Habbo as it was in 2005	Windows, Mac	Free, with paid extras	18+
Hotel Hideaway	A 3D hotel from Habbo’s makers	iOS, Android, Steam	Free, with paid extras	18+ on Steam
Highrise	Avatar rooms with voice chat	Mobile, PC, web	Free, with paid extras	13+
IMVU	3D avatar chat rooms	PC, Mac, mobile, browser	Free, with paid extras	13+
Pony Town	Pixel art, chat bubbles, houses	Browser, Android	Free	Not stated
Woozworld	A cartoon avatar world	Browser, Android	Free, with paid extras	16+
Avakin Life	Apartments and avatars in 3D	iOS, Android, Steam	Free, with paid extras	Not stated
Glint	Rooms you build and decorate with friends	Browser, iOS coming	Free	16+
Second Life	A whole world built by its players	PC, Mac, mobile	Free, with paid extras	16+
Palia	A cozy online world with a house to decorate	PC, Switch, PlayStation, Xbox	Free, with paid extras	Not stated
Animal Crossing: New Horizons	Decorate your island, visit friends	Nintendo Switch	Paid	All ages

Is Habbo Hotel still around?

Yes. Sulake launched Habbo in 2000, and it’s now owned by Azerion, which bought Sulake outright in 2021. The main hotel still runs in browsers and on phones. In June 2024 Sulake also launched Habbo Hotel: Origins, a rebuild of the hotel as it was in 2005, for players 18 and over, and it came to Steam in October 2025. So if what you miss is Habbo itself, the first stop is still Habbo.

What are the best games like Habbo Hotel?

1. Habbo Hotel: Origins

Origins is the closest thing to going back in time: the 2005 hotel, its furniture and its rooms, for adults only. It’s free to play on Windows and Mac, with paid extras. It’s the pick for nostalgia. It’s much quieter than the hotel in its heyday, and recent Steam reviews are mostly negative, so go in expecting a small, devoted crowd.

2. Habbo

The original hotel never closed. It’s on browsers, iOS and Android, free with paid credits and a Habbo Club membership. It has moved on from the 2005 version, so it feels familiar but not identical.

3. Hotel Hideaway

Hotel Hideaway is the hotel Habbo’s makers built next: 3D avatars and rooms to decorate. It runs on iOS and Android and came to Steam in 2025, where it’s rated 18+. Pocket Worlds, the company behind Highrise, bought it in September 2026. If you liked Habbo’s social side and don’t mind 3D, this is the most direct successor.

4. Highrise

Highrise is a busy avatar world with rooms you decorate and voice chat. It’s on phones, PC and the web, and it’s updated every week. It leans toward fashion and meeting new people more than hanging out with your own friends.

5. IMVU

IMVU is the long-running 3D chat room world: dress your avatar, decorate rooms, and chat in them. It’s free with optional VIP memberships, and there’s a separate adults-only area. Like Highrise, it’s strongest for meeting new people.

6. Pony Town

Pony Town is the one that feels most like old Habbo in its bones: pixel-art characters, chat bubbles over everyone’s heads, houses and lots of people just hanging out. It’s free in the browser and on Android, fan-made and running since 2016.

7. Woozworld

Woozworld is a cartoon avatar world with rooms, events and a busy social side. It’s free with paid extras, and it changed to 16 and over in 2025.

8. Avakin Life

Avakin Life is a 3D life sim on phones (and Steam since May 2026) where you decorate apartments, dress up and visit other players. It’s more about looks and fashion than rooms full of friends.

9. Glint

Glint is for people who mostly miss the room part: a place of your own that you build and decorate, where your friends come and hang out. You build a room tile by tile, decorate it with stickers from an album (sofas, lamps, plants, sleeping cats, whole room styles), and talk over voice, video and chat, with messages popping up as bubbles over your heads like in Habbo. You can walk your avatar around with W A S D, watch videos in sync and leave notes on the wall.

The difference from Habbo is that Glint isn’t a big public hotel full of strangers. Rooms are for you and the people you invite. It’s free, runs in a browser tab, and you can try a room without making an account.

10. Second Life

Second Life is the grown-up, everything-goes version: a huge 3D world built by its players, with homes, clubs and communities. It’s free to start, with a paid Premium membership, and it takes more time to learn than anything else here.

11. Palia

Palia is a cozy online world on PC and consoles where you farm, decorate a house and run into other players. It’s free to play. It scratches the “my own place in a shared world” itch, with more to do and less chatting.

12. Animal Crossing: New Horizons

If you have a Nintendo Switch, Animal Crossing is the coziest way to decorate a place and have friends visit. It’s a paid game with no open public world, so it’s for your own friends only, much like Glint.

Is there a Habbo Hotel for adults?

Yes. Habbo Hotel: Origins is for players 18 and over, and Hotel Hideaway is rated 18+ on Steam. Woozworld is 16 and over. If you’d rather hang out with friends you already know than meet strangers, Glint and Animal Crossing work well for adults too.

Which game is best for hanging out with your own friends?

The big hotels are made for meeting new people. If you want a place for your existing friends, pick something where the room is yours and only the people you invite come in: Glint in the browser, or Animal Crossing on the Switch. Send a link, decorate together, and the room is still there next time.

Frequently asked questions

Is Habbo Hotel still online in 2026? Yes. Habbo runs in browsers and on iOS and Android, and Habbo Hotel: Origins, the 2005 version for adults, is on Windows and Mac.

What is the closest game to old Habbo? Habbo Hotel: Origins, which rebuilds the 2005 hotel. Hotel Hideaway, made by the same company, is the closest new game.

Are there free games like Habbo in the browser? Yes. Habbo itself, Pony Town, Woozworld and Glint all run in a browser for free.

What happened to Rec Room? Rec Room shut down in June 2026, so it’s no longer an option for hanging out.

Is there something like Habbo but just for friends? Glint gives you a room you build and decorate, where only the people you invite come in. Animal Crossing works the same way on the Switch.