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Project Hospital

Project Hospital

Oxymoron Games · released Oct 29, 2018

IndieSimulationStrategyPC

Become an ace doctor, an aspiring architect and a successful manager at the same time. Design your very own hospital, tweak every detail or choose one of the prebuilt scenarios and just jump to the doctor’s duty.

Steam page ↗Metacritic 75 · users 8.3 ↗
84
VGC Score
■Stablehigh confidence▲ +8 since launch

launched at 76, updates lifted it to 84

anchored at patch: “Would you like to help us test the next update?” (8mo ago)

76%
At launch
89%
Steam all-time
75%
Press
72%
Player sentiment
93%
Recent sentiment

Screenshots & trailers

Review sentiment over time

Weekly positive-review rate (green) and review volume (bars). Dashed lines mark significant patches; the amber line is the start of the current scoring window. Hover the dots to see what drove a dip or a jump.

How this score was computed

The VGC Score is a weighted blend on a press-comparable 0-100 quality scale. Steam approval rates are first calibrated (95% positive on Steam ≈ 89.5 quality, since Steam approval skews high). Press and tracked creator reviews each count ~2x a player review and share one cap against player evidence (creator buy/skip calls pool into an approval rate, calibrated like Steam approval); all-time sentiment is capped and halved (it's context, not verdict); reviews of the current build carry the most weight when a fresh patch anchors the window; and a 'typical game' prior keeps small samples from pegging the scale. Because press reviews and Metacritic user aggregates describe the launch build, their weight decays as the game ages (3-year half-life after a 1-year grace). That's how a game that launched rough can outgrow its old reception once updates win players over. Reviews under 2h playtime (the refund window), non-Steam activations, and free copies are downweighted.

ComponentPositiveQuality (0-100)Weight (pseudo-reviews)
Press reviews (Metacritic)–758
All-time Steam reviews89%831000
Metacritic user ratings–875
Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted)93%88575
Calibration prior (typical game)–7250

Scoring window: since the last significant patch (Dec 18, 2025) · 299 reviews sampled · 575 total reviews in window · weighted 224.5 up / 16.3 down · computed 12h ago · full methodology →

Press & Creators reviews (4)

Individual verdicts from outlets we track: scored reviews first, most trusted outlets first among them. The small badge is each outlet's trust score: how well its scoring history aligns with players.

  • 70
    GameGrinGameGrin
    trust 65Jan 28, 2019

    “For a first release, this game is very detail oriented. The sandbox is fun to play with, to relax and design with no pressure, and the campaigns have tutorials to go along with them. The campaigns can be a little intense, so be prepared!”

    read full review ↗
  • 70
    GameStar
    trust 59Dec 16, 2018

    “Complex, serious hospital simulation with building, management and diagnostic part. The fun hides behind a bumpy start.”

    read full review ↗
  • 80
    SpaziogamesSpaziogames
    trust 52Nov 9, 2018

    “Project Hospital is the right missing half of Two Point Hospital.”

    read full review ↗
  • 87
    Multiplayer.itMultiplayer.it
    trust 41Nov 22, 2018

    “Project Hospital is the best hospital sim on the market, better than Two Point Hospital. It is the real heir of Theme Hospital.”

    read full review ↗

Patch history

  1. Project Hospital 1.2.23726 - Patch 43
    Feb 9, 2026
  2. Would you like to help us test the next update?
    Dec 18, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  3. Project Hospital 1.2.23584 - Patch 42
    Apr 10, 2025
  4. Updated patch 42 - one last round of testing
    Apr 7, 2025
  5. Would you like to help us test patch 42?
    Oct 31, 2024
  6. Project Hospital 1.2.23315 - Patch 41
    Apr 3, 2024
  7. A new patch is coming! Would you like to help us test it?
    Feb 21, 2024
  8. Project Hospital 1.2.22856 - Patch 40
    Dec 15, 2022
  9. Would you like to help us test the last update of 2022?
    Nov 21, 2022
  10. Project Hospital 1.2.22660 - Patch 39
    Mar 30, 2022
  11. Would you like to help us test the next update?
    Mar 3, 2022
  12. Project Hospital 1.2.22517 - Patch 38
    Dec 16, 2021
  13. Would you like to help us test patch 38?
    Dec 8, 2021
  14. Project Hospital 1.2.22360 - Patch 37
    Jul 14, 2021significant · resets scoring window
  15. Would you like to help us test patch 37?
    Jun 30, 2021significant · resets scoring window
  16. Project Hospital (hotfix) 1.2.22149 - Patch 36, re-release
    Mar 10, 2021
  17. Project Hospital 1.2.22149 - Patch 36
    Mar 4, 2021
  18. Project Hospital 1.2.22045 - Patch 35
    Jan 7, 2021
  19. Project Hospital 1.2.21996 - Patch 34
    Dec 9, 2020significant · resets scoring window
  20. Project Hospital 1.2.21849 - Patch 33
    Nov 11, 2020
  21. DLC Traumatology Department is out!
    Oct 20, 2020
  22. Project Hospital 1.2.21550 - Patch 32
    Oct 12, 2020
  23. Project Hospital 1.2.21186 - Patch 31
    Aug 27, 2020
  24. Project Hospital 1.2.21034 - Patch 30
    Aug 14, 2020
  25. Project Hospital 1.2.20669 - Patch 29
    Jul 16, 2020
  26. Project Hospital 1.2.20333 - Patch 28
    Jun 12, 2020
  27. Project Hospital 1.2.20147 - Patch 27
    Jun 4, 2020significant · resets scoring window
  28. Project Hospital 1.2 - Patch 26
    May 6, 2020
  29. Project Hospital 1.2 - Patch 25
    Apr 27, 2020significant · resets scoring window
  30. Project Hospital 1.2 - Patch 24
    Apr 22, 2020significant · resets scoring window
  31. Project Hospital 1.1 - Patch 23
    Mar 10, 2020significant · resets scoring window
  32. Project Hospital 1.1 - Patch 22
    Jan 14, 2020
  33. Project Hospital 1.1 - Patch 21
    Dec 3, 2019
  34. Doctor Mode DLC is out!
    Nov 26, 2019significant · resets scoring window
  35. Project Hospital 1.1.19 - The Halloween patch
    Oct 30, 2019significant · resets scoring window
  36. Project Hospital 1.1 - Patch 18
    Sep 12, 2019significant · resets scoring window
  37. Announcing the first DLC for Project Hospital!
    Sep 5, 2019
  38. Project Hospital 1.1 - Patch 17 - The camera rotation patch
    Jul 31, 2019significant · resets scoring window
  39. Project Hospital 1.1 - Patch 16
    Jun 20, 2019significant · resets scoring window
  40. Project Hospital 1.1 - Patch 15
    Jun 5, 2019

…and 15 earlier patch announcements.