Project Hospital

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Project Hospital
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Developer(s) Oxymoron Games
Publisher(s)
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Engine Unity [1]
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows, MacOS, Linux
Release30 October 2018
Genre(s) Business simulation

Project Hospital is a 2018 business simulation game developed and published by Czech studio Oxymoron Games for Microsoft Windows, MacOS, and Linux. Players are tasked with building and operating a hospital and treating patients' illnesses. [2]

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Gameplay

The game has three tutorials, teaching the player the fundamentals of the game. Tasks include managing and hiring staff, and building. Building consists of laying down foundation, building walls, adding floor tiles, doors, and windows. Players also need to have to look over the patients heading in and out off their hospital. [3]

Expansions and DLCs

On 26 November 2019, Oxymoron released the first DLC for Project Hospital, the free Doctor Mode add-on. With the Doctor Mode DLC, you may take over doctors and oversee their patients. [4] On 24 April 2020, the Hospital Services DLC was released and introduced new features, such as cafeterias, a pathology department, pharmacies, and staff training. [5] On 18 August 2020, the Department of Infectious Diseases DLC released, and added many infectious diseases, and an Epidemiology department along with an alternative stretcher model and a more contemporary waiting chair. [6] On 20 October 2020, the Traumatology DLC was released and introduced new challenging events which let you deal with the consequences of different disasters, accidents or crime. This also included the Traumatology department. The DLC adds multiple objects such as the wheelchair, hi-tech hospital bed, an alternative more modern bedside table, a wall mounted heart monitor, a new equipment cabinet, and the helicopter. [7]

Reception

Project Hospital has received "generally favourable" reviews, according to review aggregator Metacritic. [8]

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References

  1. "Project Hospital 1.2.20669 - Patch 29". Steam. 16 July 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2022. Rolled back Unity version for Mac and Linux back to 2018.2.7f1 to hopefully fix a regression with text rendered in bold for certain languages, Windows version needs to stay on 2018.2.17f1 because of Citrix
  2. "Oxymoron Games". Oxymoron Games. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  3. "Project Hospital Guide — gamepressure.com". Game Guides. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  4. "Project Hospital – Doctor Mode on Steam". store.steampowered.com. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  5. "Project Hospital – Hospital Services on Steam". store.steampowered.com. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  6. "Project Hospital – Department of Infectious Diseases on Steam". store.steampowered.com. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  7. "Project Hospital - Traumatology Department on Steam". store.steampowered.com. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  8. 1 2 "Project Hospital". Metacritic. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  9. "Project Hospital (PC) – Release, News, Systemanforderungen". www.gamestar.de (in German). Retrieved 30 August 2020.