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CURE - A Hospital Simulator is a single player and multiplayer survival shooter game with a economy theme. It was developed by Sentinel Games and was released on November 20, 2025. It received positive reviews from players.

2026 Roadmap for Early Access About the GameThe nightshift is yours! CURE is a co-op simulator that allows you and your friends to manage an overnight Emergency Room during the beginning stages of the apocalypse. Order supplies and manage your hospital’s budget - once patients (and other things) start arriving, things get hectic! Diagnose your patients with a variety of interactive …

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87%Audience ScoreBased on 765 reviews
gameplay23 positive mentions
stability29 negative mentions

  • Fun and addictive gameplay loop with a unique mix of hospital simulation and zombie chaos.
  • Great co-op experience; significantly better and more enjoyable with friends or multiplayer.
  • Developers are active and responsive to community feedback, regularly updating and improving the game.
  • Solo play is difficult and overwhelming due to late and limited hireable staff/assistants.
  • Some bugs and glitches persist, including inventory management issues, NPC pathfinding problems, and occasional crashes.
  • Gameplay can feel repetitive and grindy over time, with limited diagnostic tools and lack of content variety.
  • gameplay

    80 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    29% positive mentions, 60% neutral mentions, 11% negative mentions

    The gameplay of Cure offers a fun, addictive, and engaging core loop centered on patient management and chaotic hospital scenarios, especially enjoyable with friends due to its balance of hectic triage and quirky mechanics. However, it can become repetitive and somewhat shallow over time, with certain mechanics feeling clunky or underdeveloped, and solo play occasionally hindered by lack of pause and limited automation. Many reviewers appreciate the solid foundation and promise shown in early access, looking forward to deeper updates, improved balance, and expanded features to enhance complexity and replayability.

    • “Between the funny reasons people are coming in to get treated and the straight-up mechanics of treating people, this game will have you hooked like a fish in water.”
    • “Cure is a great game to dive into with friends, starting off nice and calm as you ease into its quirky mechanics before suddenly erupting into absolute chaos in the best possible way; what begins as a simple cooperative experience quickly spirals into frantic, hilarious moments where teamwork, panic, and pure madness collide, making it a wildly entertaining pick for groups who love games that shift from peaceful to crazy in seconds.”
    • “The core gameplay is engaging, and it does a great job of making you feel responsible for managing patients & keeping everything running smoothly.”
    • “Gameplay loop is fun but gets repetitive and boring.”
    • “Holding down the mouse button to do 85% of the game mechanics is also uncomfortable and annoying after a while.”
    • “The different classes of treatments all do the same thing and the gameplay gets really repetitive without any clear goal or point.”
  • stability

    29 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The game is currently quite buggy, with frequent glitches, crashes, and occasional freezes that sometimes interfere with gameplay, especially in multiplayer and co-op modes. However, users acknowledge it is still in early access, with regular updates aimed at improving stability, and many remain hopeful due to the game’s fun and engaging foundation.

    • “Now for some reason it's a buggy mess.”
    • “Frankly, I am sick of having to reload my saves when I run into bugs and glitches (every other night).”
    • “Crashes a lot, don't buy it just yet. Since the new update the game is so buggy I can't get over the fact that when I last played it before the update it would crash on me.”
  • humor

    27 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The humor in the game blends quirky, dark, and absurd elements—like zombie patients and chaotic medical scenarios—to create a hilariously frantic and entertaining experience, especially when playing with friends. While some bugs add unintended comedy, the mix of funny diagnostics and unpredictable chaos keeps the gameplay lighthearted without being overly silly or unrealistic. Overall, the humor enhances the cooperative chaos, making it a standout, laugh-filled management simulator.

    • “Between the funny reasons people are coming in to get treated and the straight up mechanics of treating people, this game will have you hooked like a fish in water.”
    • “There's just something hilarious about watching a patient suddenly turn into a zombie and chase your friend while you're standing at a safe distance.”
    • “Cure is a great game to dive into with friends, starting off nice and calm as you ease into its quirky mechanics before suddenly erupting into absolute chaos in the best possible way; what begins as a simple cooperative experience quickly spirals into frantic, hilarious moments where teamwork, panic, and pure madness collide, making it a wildly entertaining pick for groups who love games that shift from peaceful to crazy in seconds.”
  • grinding

    18 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    6% positive mentions, 5% neutral mentions, 89% negative mentions

    Grinding in the game is often described as tedious and repetitive, especially involving tasks like carrying items one by one or repetitive gameplay loops. While some find it fun and rewarding with paced progression and potential for improvement, many feel the grind becomes more pronounced and boring at higher levels or after extended playtime. Suggestions for smoother mechanics and tools to reduce tedious chores are common among players.

    • “Each day is different and the upgrade system is paced quickly enough that you're not grinding like crazy.”
    • “Wish you could have a trolley or similar to transport several boxes at once to the dumpster outdoors, because that thing becomes a tedious grind.”
    • “Kinda half-baked, played for about 12 hours but was getting more and more grindy, repetitive, and boring.”
    • “The only things I dislike are the tedious walking back and forth to the garbage/loading pad one item at a time.”
  • graphics

    16 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    19% positive mentions, 62% neutral mentions, 19% negative mentions

    The game's graphics are generally decent and customizable, offering smooth performance with no heavy demands, though some issues like graininess, ghosting, and occasional crashes at lower settings were reported. While not AAA-level, the visuals support enjoyable gameplay and room for future optimization and updates. Overall, the graphics provide a satisfactory experience but could benefit from improvements and fixes.

    • “Graphics are good and the game runs smoothly, I'll go into depth of the good and bad and improvements below.”
    • “Graphics are decent and you can customize/upgrade your hospital.”
    • “It's giving Unreal Engine 5, so great graphics.”
    • “I hope in the near future we can see optimization, new features, and updated graphics.”
    • “I know it is still in the works but so far it is fun; could use a little fix on some of the graphics and some of the buttons seem useless to many you need to push.”
    • “The graphics are grainy and you get plenty of ghosting when stuff moves.”
  • optimization

    10 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    30% positive mentions, 40% neutral mentions, 30% negative mentions

    The game’s optimization is mixed, running smoothly on some setups and benefiting from features like GeForce Now support, but still requiring significant performance improvements, especially on medium-quality presets and specific elements like the pistol. Users acknowledge its early access status and expect ongoing updates to enhance performance and overall balance.

    • “I think the game's performance is okay for an early access game, but improvement might still be needed as running the game on preset medium quality causes my laptop to heat up a lot.”
    • “I do understand that the game is still in early access stage, so there will be a lot of updates, performance fixes, and more.”
    • “Geforce Now support is a huge plus for cloud gamers; it runs smoothly right out of the gate.”
    • “Game definitely needs optimization.”
    • “As it stands right now, the game shows initial promises but lacks intentional design balance, progression, and optimization.”
    • “I think the game's performance is okay for an early access game, but improvement is needed as it causes the laptop to heat up a lot on medium preset.”
  • story

    8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    38% positive mentions, 24% neutral mentions, 38% negative mentions

    The story aspect is minimal, with no traditional narrative, focusing instead on emergent stories created through gameplay and teamwork. Players desire more structured story elements, such as goals, broadcast updates, and character interactions, to enhance engagement and replayability.

    • “I'm enjoying it; I hope the final release will have more story elements like news broadcasts, warnings, a radio, staff roles such as checkout or cleaning, upgrades for timed tasks, building options for walls and doors, and perhaps grants for zombies killed!”
    • “The need to coordinate under pressure gives the hospital a lived-in, improvisational energy; every shift becomes a story of triumph or disaster crafted through teamwork.”
    • “However (no spoilers) after it happened, the story kind of ended.”
    • “Needs a little tweaking to make players want to come back and play, such as goals or a story.”
    • “However (no spoilers) after it happened the story kind of ended.”
    • “☑ no story”
  • music

    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    50% positive mentions, -25% neutral mentions, 75% negative mentions

    Users note the game currently lacks in-game music, expressing a desire for background music to enhance atmosphere and scariness. They suggest adding dynamic audio elements like electricity outages and more immersive sound effects to improve the experience.

    • “Background music would greatly improve the game.”
    • “I wish it was more scary with music or electricity going out.”
    • “There's no in-game music.”
    • “I wish there was more scary music or sound effects like electricity going out.”
    • “I would love to have more songs on the jukebox.”
  • atmosphere

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The atmosphere is intense and immersive, combining first-person triage and survival elements to create a strong sense of urgency. Small mistakes have significant, life-or-death consequences, setting it apart from typical top-down hospital sims.

    • “The developer created this atmosphere only to divide.”
    • “This first-person blend of triage and survival gives the atmosphere a sense of immediacy that top-down hospital sims don’t attempt, and it also makes small mistakes — forgetting to restock bandages, misdiagnosing a symptom, overlooking a faulty generator — spiral into life-or-death consequences.”
  • replayability

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game offers excellent replayability with a smooth gameplay experience and an intuitive progression system that keeps players engaged endlessly. Users consistently rate its replay value very highly.

    • “Replayability 10/10, fairly intuitive progression/leveling system for unlocks, smooth gameplay.”
    • “Endless replayability.”
  • emotional

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game's emotional impact is notably positive, with players appreciating its surprisingly wholesome and supportive community despite the zombie-themed setting.

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Play Times

7h Median play time
7h Average play time
7-10h Spent by most gamers
*Based on 7 analyzed playthroughs
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CURE - A Hospital Simulator is a survival shooter game with economy theme. Common tags for CURE - A Hospital Simulator include first-person, life sim, early access, resource management, outbreak sim and others.

CURE - A Hospital Simulator is available on PC and Windows.

On average players spend around 7 hours playing CURE - A Hospital Simulator.

CURE - A Hospital Simulator was released on November 20, 2025.

CURE - A Hospital Simulator was developed by Sentinel Games.

CURE - A Hospital Simulator has received positive reviews from players. Most players liked CURE - A Hospital Simulator for its gameplay but disliked it for its stability.

CURE - A Hospital Simulator is a single player game with multiplayer and local co-op support.

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