Hot Springs Story
Step into the gaming world with Hot Springs Story, one of the top $5.99 games in the App Store! Crafted with creativity and innovation by Kairosoft Co.,Ltd, this captivating Strategy game is bound to grab your attention. With its content rating of 4+, it caters to a wide audience. Ever since its release on 28th February 2011, it has been constantly updated, with the latest version rolled out on 29th August 2022.
Whether you have a liking for Strategy, Simulation, or Entertainment games, Hot Springs Story is sure to keep you hooked!
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Dive into Hot Springs Story
Build your own resort and propel it to success with but a touch of the finger in this one-of-a-kind simulation!
Rooms, restaurants, arcades, and baths–position each facility to lull your guests into hot spring Nirvana and skyrocket your establishment to fame!
Craft the perfect Japanese garden from lanterns, pine trees, azaleas, and more–you’ll need it all if you want to attract VIPs like pop stars and novelists.
There can only be one #1! Do you have what it takes?
What’s Fresh in the Latest Update?
Discover what’s new in the recent update of Hot Springs Story on 29th August 2022:
Fixed minor issues.
Hear from the Players – Hot Springs Story Reviews
Find out what gamers are saying about Hot Springs Story:
THERE IS A SWITCH PORT COMING!!
Reviewed 1/7/19 on an iPhone 7 The flaws are too insignificant to warrant taking off one star. This is our first Kairosoft game. It can be played in both portrait and landscape mode, with automatic rotation (a setting can lock rotation). There is an option for a game pad, but its probably unneeded for modern phones. Controls are still smooth, despite the age. The mouse cursor is irritating and can not be removed, but its a small flaw and can be useful for selecting facilities that are hidden by other facilities. This game has aged well. Its flawed and hasnt been updated in two years, but it still runs smoothly (and a little warm, which is strange considering its 7 or 8 years old). The menus dont feel cramped either. The gameplay is fun and relaxing. One of our favorite aspects of the game is that you can play as casually as you want. You dont have to maximize profits or configure rooms using expo sheets, but you still can (and that would be a hefty amount of work, too). There is still no 360 rotation. There are only some facilities that can rotate at all, and even then, there are only two directions to rotate. Regardless, people can walk through some walls (but not others). So it becomes a matter of figuring out which rooms open where. Be careful when considering this, as some facilities have doorways that seem like walls. This game is complex but slow. We find that relaxing, as watching people happily filter in and out is interesting to us. However, while it can be a micromanagement game, the micromanagement isnt constant. You will have to wait for money to fill from time to time. If you need a continuous experience, consider getting another Kairosoft game. People undergo a variety of activities based on how many facilities you put down, so the animations are not uninteresting. You can tell theyre old, however, as they arent as fluid as modern pixel game animations, including the studios newer games. We have yet to find a bug in the game. It hasnt crashed yet either. Im assuming the glitches people are complaining about are how customers can walk through walls. Its not a bad bug, if its even a bug. Better that than have you constricted by one or two entrances when placing facilities. At least this bug somewhat makes up for the lack of rotation. The music is repetitive, but the sound effects arent annoying. You can lower the volume or mute both of them, if you want to listen to your own music. For an old title, the menu system is surprisingly user friendly. We find the double tap to confirm feature is a good feature and a necessary one, as placement can be inaccurate. The movement of new facilities is pretty simple and easy. People complain about the fact that you must destroy a facility (you cant simply move it). We dont find it annoying at all, as its still relatively quick to get rid of something. We guess redesigning can become a chore, in which case its easier to start over. Thats what some reviewers mean by replay value. If you find yourself uncomfortable with a design and you dont want to bother redesigning, its much easier to start over. We havent done this yet, but supposedly some stats and unlocks carry over into new game plus. A solid experience with minimal flaws, all considering. We were surprised and pleased that this game went beyond our expectations. Please dont be deterred by the age, lack of updates, or reviews; as the flaws may not be nearly as bad as they seem and the game still plays very smoothly. If we continue to be impressed, we will buy another Kairosoft game. (Its not optimized for iPhone X though. We know because the last update was from before the iPhone X came out.)
It’s a super cute game honestly and it’s supplied us with plenty of entertainment. The graphics are adorable and it’s so fun to build a hot springs from the ground up, it definitely keeps you entertained for five hours or so. We highly recommend if you like games where you build your own business.
We give four stars because we have yet to try everything it has to offer in game. Really fun and starting to be worth the buy its getting more challenging with the new features in a good way. Now unfortunately we want to buy another pocket app. Fun addicting nice app.
For some reason our game won’t work! We try to open the app and it shows us this long message in another language and then the screen goes black! We were really far in the game too! We don’t understand what happened we love this game!
Not worth $2 or your time. Ignore this shoddy game.
Thank you for making the Chinese version possible! Even enjoy it more now!
We are so happy we can finally get the Chinese version, we can’t wait to buy all your games in Chinese.
Thanks Kairo!! Korean support Nice!!
First kairosoft game– got us hooked.
Another hit by Kairosoft. We love this company, we love their games. You can play them over and over, learn how to play them better every time.
Bad game we ever play!! Waste of money!!!!! We hate japan!!
Nice to see Kairosoft updating their apps to work with newer models! You wouldn’t know it based off their app updates which usually only say bug fixes, but they have been going back and updating older games.
By far one of our more favorite Kairosoft games.
Yay :) one of our favorite games ever – now it doesn’t have to restart when you switch apps. Thanks Kairosoft!
This game is incredible! We hope more games that turn out this successful will be in the future!
Retina, iPhone 5 friendly and fixed the issue with leaving the app making your game exit.
They did it again with this game, an sweet game that’ll consume all your days.
But could you plz make a amusement park one that would rock.
This game is so much fun!!!! We love games like it and it’s one of the best ones we’ve played in a long time!!!!
We have bought other "stories" in the past, and saw this on sale; it was a must buy. Kairosoft delivers a charming throw back to the retro ages. With it’s unique design, traits, bonus items, it’s well worth it. Great Game, A must have for iPhone.
Great game, need more like it.
It seems kinda hard and boring at the beginning but it get so addicting and fun!!!!!! We woke up early one day so we could play it before school. So FUN!!!!!!
We really enjoyed this game, wish there were more items though…
The game is great and a good buy. Anyone who likes to waste time or waiting for something to get done, this or game dev. Story.
This game is awesome! We can play it all day! Very addictive. Worth every penny. A must buy!
Every game that this company releases is awesome! Stoked that we waited on this ge because now it is a dollar! Worth five though for sure, but we’re broke so a dollar is perfect!
Game is very ideal for students.
We waited for an English release after playing the Japanese Lite Version. The anticipation factor makes it even more enjoyable! :P.
Nice little strategy game, we hope more games like this make their way to iPhone/iPad!!!
We really LOVE this game it’s super addicting!
We simply love this game. We can’t stop playing it. Literally. There is so much to unlock and improve it’s so fun and addicting and placement and rebuilding an everything.
Just recently, we’ve seen a ton of modern "tycoon" type apps in the app store, and to be honest, they’re a pain to play. Most of those games revolve around you waiting in real life time for simple things to actually happen. They also make you pay real money just to actually enjoy the cool stuff. This game is the holy grail of Hotel Tycoon games. In Springs Story, there’s never spending real life money on things, construction of rooms and entertainment take seconds, and the gameplay speed is balanced enough that you’ll enjoy it for hours on end. Pros: -Likable Nintendoish graphics -Never loads, gameplay is smooth -Difficulty factor is actually challenging -Very Addicting Gameplay Cons: -Just starting the game provides very little customization options -Rotation of items is only provided for the hot springs -Music can be a little monotonous Overall, Hot Springs Story is definitely an awesome app. It’s not exactly the same formula as Game Dev Story, but it’s definitely worth a try if you’re a fan of Tycoon type games! Highly reccomended!!
A perfect sim game that allows you to play at your own pace.
Another very good game by the developers. We highly recommend getting this game . May we suggest next game u manage a store or cafe like a coffe shop. Good job.
We have never played on a app for this long!!!!! And most apps get boring after a few days or minutes. But this well talk weeks or a week for us to stop. We love it so much. Almost better then game deb story. Which we played for about 2 weeks. Can’t wait for another app!!!! Epic. Thats all.
Its a really good game, lol iv waisted all day playing, but sometimes you get frustrated when you can’t remodle and move the purchesed idems araound. :)
Great game but put more features into the game and longer Still overall great games you guys have.
We’re truly amazed at Kairosoft’s success and hope they’ll will continue to make these great sims, no other game on our iPhone has ever been this addicting, we played Game Dev Story and put atleast 100+ hours into it then getting on our PS3, that takes a lot. We hope atleast if it’s possible you’ll put these games on the iPad, can’t wait to see what you all release next!!
We have all the kairosoft games they’re awesome.
This game is very well made, gameplay element. If you liked game dev story then you will like this as well. Difference is you can build up your area like sim city, and watch it. Rather than constantly having to change/produce new things. Fun overall.
It’s worth the money. And it will get u playin for hours. It’s addicting.
:P you wont stop til you pass out.
Excellent in all respects. Does a great job sucking your life away in addictiveness!
Hot Springs Story is a great follow up to Kairosoft’s last game, Game Dev Story. We highly recommend you pick up this and Game Dev Story if you enjoy playing business simulations. Great job guys!!
Great game but can you add achievements? That would be great and possibly more room types.
Addicting!! Can you add Grand Prix Story to the app store? And iPad versions too?