Theme Hospital
Theme Hospital is a 1997 business simulation game developed by Bullfrog. Players design and run a hospital from the ground up, building diagnosis and treatment rooms, hiring and training doctors, nurses, and handymen, and treating patients afflicted with humorous fictional ailments while managing finances, staff fatigue, epidemics, and the constant flow of the sick.
Blending genuine management depth with a wickedly funny sense of humor, from deadpan tannoy announcements to absurd conditions like Bloaty Head and Slack Tongue, Theme Hospital delivered accessible, addictive gameplay full of personality. Balancing waiting-room congestion, cure rates, and cash across a campaign of increasingly demanding hospitals made it one of Bullfrog's best-loved titles and a benchmark for the genre.
Its spirit lives on in modern spiritual successors that revived the hospital-management formula, while the original remains a charming and eminently playable classic for fans of the genre.
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Modern alternatives to Theme Hospital, with the devices they run on and their price. Ordered editorially by how well each one stands in for the original, with community votes weighted in as they accumulate.
Prices, platform availability and Steam Deck compatibility can change at any time. Always check the store page before buying.
| Alternative | Price | Steam Deck | Runs on |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Pharma Indie | € 24,50 | Steam Deck Playable | PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch |
| Two Point Hospital | € 34,99 | Steam Deck Verified | PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch |
| CorsixTH | Free | Not on Steam | PC, Mac, Linux, Android phone, Android tablet |
| Two Point Museum | € 29,99 | Steam Deck Verified | PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox |
| Project Hospital Indie | € 24,99 | Steam Deck Playable | PC, Mac, Linux |
Big Pharma Indie
€ 24,50Design and manufacture medicines on a factory line, then price them, from the same era of British management sims.
Big Pharma runs on PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch. Not available on iPhone, iPad, Android phone, Android tablet.
Two Point Hospital
€ 34,99The official spiritual successor by ex-Bullfrog staff, on every major platform.
Two Point Hospital runs on PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch. Not available on iPhone, iPad, Android phone, Android tablet.
CorsixTH
FreeA free, open-source reimplementation of Theme Hospital (game files required).
CorsixTH runs on PC, Mac, Linux, Android phone, Android tablet. Not available on iPhone, iPad, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch.
Two Point Museum
€ 29,99The same team's newest management sim, swapping wards for exhibits but keeping the humour and staff juggling.
Two Point Museum runs on PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox. Not available on iPhone, iPad, Android phone, Android tablet, Switch.
Project Hospital Indie
€ 24,99A deep indie hospital-management sim in the Theme Hospital lineage.
Project Hospital runs on PC, Mac, Linux. Not available on iPhone, iPad, Android phone, Android tablet, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch.
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