Two Point Hospital
A spiritual successor to Theme Hospital with comical ailments.
Two Point Hospital is a 2018 business simulation game developed by Two Point Studios and published by Sega. It is a spiritual successor to Bullfrog Productions' 1997 game Theme Hospital, with players constructing and operating a hospital empire in the fictional Two Point County. The game was noted for its comical, fictitious ailments and emphasis on humour, designed by some of the original creators of Theme Hospital, including Mark Webley and Gary Carr.
Quick Facts
- Title
- Two Point Hospital
- Developer
- Two Point StudiosRed Kite Games and Sega Hardlight developed the console versions.
- Publisher
- Sega
- Producer
- Mark Webley
- Designer
- Ben Huskins · Gary Carr
- Artist
- Mark Smart
- Programmer
- Ben Hymers
- Composer
- Phil French / Tom Puttick / Jack Le Breton
- Engine
- Unity
- Platforms
- Linux · macOS · Windows · Nintendo Switch · PlayStation 4 · Xbox One · Full Health Collection · Nintendo Switch 2 · PlayStation 5 · Xbox Series X/S
- Release
- Linux, macOS, Windows · 30 August 2018 · Switch, PS4, Xbox One · 25 February 2020 · Amazon Luna · 19 November 2020 · Full Health Collection · Switch 2, PS5, XBX/S · 16 September 2026
- Genre
- Business simulation
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Lore & Background
Two Point Hospital was developed by Two Point Studios, founded in 2016 by Mark Webley and Gary Carr, who had previously worked on Theme Hospital at Bullfrog Productions. The game was built using the Unity engine. The developers had discussed a follow-up to Theme Hospital for years, with an earlier attempt called ER Tycoon cancelled due to lack of a publisher. The game's art style used claymation-like effects to remain visually timeless. Online features were designed as opt-in, asynchronous elements, including multiplayer challenges and leaderboards inspired by ghost data in racing games. The game was signed with Sega after the developers considered crowdfunding via Kickstarter.
Reader's Guide
Two Point Hospital was received positively by critics, praised for its style, humour, and faithfulness to Theme Hospital's aesthetics, though criticized for repetitiveness and room design. Within weeks of release, it became the second most downloaded game in sales charts for Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Australia. The game received seven major downloadable content updates and four item packs after release. Its successors include Two Point Campus (2022) and Two Point Museum (March 2025). A port titled Two Point Hospital: Full Health Collection, including all downloadable content, is scheduled for September 2026 on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S. The game's development was led by key figures from the original Theme Hospital team, and its design focused on fictional symptoms based on wordplay and their cures.
Did You Know?
- The game features comical illnesses such as 'Light-Headedness', 'Pandemic', 'Mock Star', and 'Animal Magnetism'.
- Patients who die sometimes become ghosts that disrupt the hospital; only janitors with the Ghost Capture skill can remove them.
- The game includes a 'Superbug Initiative' update that added co-operative community challenges with a progression system.
- Steam Workshop support was added in February 2019, allowing players to customise pictures, walls, and floors.
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