Two Point Hospital is gaining some popularity for its zany and often hilarious take on managing a hospital. Players are tasked with attending to a variety of patients’ needs while building and maintaining a hospital from the ground up.
While it isn’t a particularly difficult game, it can get overwhelming, and players will occasionally be at a loss on what to do. Knowing some key tricks and tips can be what it takes to transform a floundering clinic into a well-oiled machine of medical care.
Updated on February 11th, 2022 by Ritwik Mitra: Simulation games are a blast to play, with their addictive management gameplay loops being quite engaging. One such game made by veterans in this genre is Two Point Hospital. The act of controlling a hospital should be the most boring thing ever, but Two Point Hospital manages to integrate a string of riveting tasks and objectives to keep the gameplay fresh and interesting. Beginners who want to get into this game should keep the following tips in mind to improve their experience with the game.
15 Use Decorations To Improve Prestige
Contrary to what the game says, players should not make rooms big arbitrarily to increase Prestige. Why do that when decorations can carry the weight instead?
Hospital spaces are pretty limited, so players should try and judiciously use these spaces with a litany of rooms that take up the minimum space required. Unlocking high level decorations and using them to improve Prestige is a way better idea instead.
14 Restart Levels To Get Different Staff Options
The staff that players start out with in every new hospital may get the job done, but players will ultimately want better people for these jobs later on. However, this initial staff selection can be quite frustrating if there are barely any good additions.
This is where players can game the system and just restart the level instead. Staff is randomized at the start of each level, so players can keep on rolling the dice until they get a staff of good quality.
13 Don't Shy Away From Taking Loans
Money becomes a non-issue in the early goings of Two Point Hospital, but that doesn't mean that players shouldn't worry about it. However, being frugal also has its downsides, and players should try taking a loan whenever they want to expand.
Getting the opportunity to improve earnings from the get-go will have a major impact on the game. With sufficient utilization of these loans, players will have a massive hospital and the revenue to pay off their debt in no time!
12 It's Not Necessary To 3-Star Hospitals From The Get-Go
A completionist would hate the idea of not 3-starring each hospital in the game, but there's a reason for this advice. Early on, players haven't really unlocked all the things required to max out their hospital's efficiency.
This isn't the case later on, with certain unlockables being complete game-changers in Two Point Hospital. Going back to early hospitals and using these new items will lead to players earning a 3-star rating in absolutely no time!
11 Increase Prices From The Very Start Of A Level
This is a piece of advice that perfectly resonates with the nature of America's medical system. Since customers have no choice other than to go to your hospital, why not charge high prices from the get-go to maximize sales.
A minor increase in price won't really deter most patients, increasing the total revenue of the hospital considerably. As long as patients have other things they can do to bide their time, they won't really mind this hiked-up price anyway!
10 Build As Needed
One crucial tip to keep in mind throughout the game is that the building should only be as big as it needs to be. Expansion, if done too early, can lead to problems and place a financial burden on the player. In the interest of keeping costs down, it’s better to keep things small and simple.
As the player progresses, they’ll start noticing certain issues keep cropping up or discover better ways of handling things. This is the point when expansion should occur, and players should build more. Once the issue is resolved, the player should stop building and wait for new issues to arise.
9 Minimize Travel Time
When building out the hospital, it’s important to consider the flow of traffic and how queues will affect things. Having patients bump into each other leads to delays, which leads to more patients and further delays. Minimizing travel time should be a high priority.
The best way to do this is to build things in succession based on the patients' needs so they’re funneled away from the entrance and reception. A good example is to keep treatment rooms near diagnostic rooms. Once the patient has been diagnosed, they can progress on to the treatment room and away from any congestion.
8 Keep Cure Rooms Separate
Cure rooms should always be kept separate from other rooms. Once the patient enters this room, their next step is to leave, so having these rooms near the edge of the building ensures they’ll exit without crowding anywhere else.
It may be a good idea to keep cure rooms in an entirely separate building. That way, when they leave, they’re nowhere near the queues, foot traffic, or other patients. Don’t keep them too far from everywhere else, but make sure there’s nothing between them and the door when they’re cured.
7 Advance Your Career
While playing, it’s important to work on completing the various career goals. This is the primary way to unlock various content in this simulation game to improve and expand the hospital. They can also provide cash rewards and valuable Kudosh points.
Obviously, the priority should be to put out both literal and figurative fires. Once all issues are resolved, the player should immediately look to completing the next goal.
6 Complete Challenges
Challenges are also important to complete as they offer many of the same rewards Career Goals do. It’s a great source of cash and often aligns with expansions and progress the player should be doing anyway.
If a challenge lines up with a career goal, or said goal is going to take a bit, then a challenge is a great thing to do. The player should have set aside some cash for a challenge as they often require having a certain amount of staff, level of training, or facilities. It’s almost always worth completing and will typically recoup any losses.
5 Assign Staff
Staff are vital to keeping the hospital running, and they know it. If a particular need is going unmet, and they’re aware of it, they’ll often step in to help. It’s not uncommon to see nurses doing a bit of janitorial work, for instance.
It’s important to set the parameters of what staff are allowed and not allowed to do. Taking a few seconds to adjust their settings ensures that no one gets distracted. It also ensures everyone stays where they’re supposed to throughout the day.
4 Keep Staff Happy
While it’s important to attend to patients’ needs, it’s arguably more important to ensure staff are kept happy. Unhappy staff can result in negative debuffs that affect their abilities, which can make things worse and result in greater unhappiness.
Players should take some time to adjust pay levels, make sure the staff take breaks, and meet the personal needs of each employee. There are times where staff will have to take the requisite pay hit or go a bit longer before taking a break. The more this can be minimized, the better things will be over the long run.
3 More Staff Than Rooms
One good way to keep staff happy is to ensure there are more staff than there are rooms. This overlap ensures there’s always someone to take over when a particular staff member needs a break. It also guarantees that patients are always being attended to and keeping lines down.
There are other net positives that occur from having just a bit more staff. A surplus of janitors ensures the building stays clean. Obviously, don’t go overboard and double up on staff, but having a few extra nurses and janitors is never a bad thing.
2 Maintain Equipment
Another reason to keep a surplus of janitors is to make sure all equipment is properly maintained. Things like the Fluid Analysis will break down and start to wear out after repeated use. If this goes for too long, they run the risk of breaking entirely and exploding, which can cause fires.
To prevent the damage and delays of replacing a broken machine, it’s important to ensure things are properly maintained. While most janitors are running around cleaning things, have a few assigned to check up on equipment. It also pays to scan over things to see if anything needs some attention.
1 Stamina & Speed
The most important upgrade for staff is Stamina. Tired staff results in unhappy staff and deterioration of performance. Having a high level of stamina allows them to work longer and harder before getting tired.
The one possible exception to boosting stamina first is with Janitors. These individuals are constantly zipping around the hospital fixing and cleaning things. For them, it might be more beneficial to have their Speed boosted so they can get to things sooner. This is especially important for larger, more spread-out hospitals.
Two Point Hospital was released on February 20th, 2018 and is available for PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC.