What is Hospital Stories: Doctor Rugby?
Hospital Stories: Doctor Rugby is a medical simulation game developed by WeDoYouPlay in 2022. You take on the role of a team physician providing emergency care to injured rugby athletes through a sequence of humorous clinic tasks. Each patient presents an eccentric physical issue that requires hands-on treatment, from dressing lacerations to extracting foreign objects. The game runs directly in your web browser with no download or setup required.
Key features
- Sideline medical cases: Tend to banged-up rugby athletes suffering from goofy sports injuries.
- Varied clinic mini-games: Clean cuts, extract stuck items, treat pimples, and perform bizarre treatments like tapping scars with sausages.
- Specialized medical instruments: Select and manipulate distinct surgical tools across every stage of treatment.
- Flexible display orientation: Play comfortably across both landscape and portrait screen setups.
- Straightforward click and tap handling: Operate every tool smoothly with simple pointer or touchscreen gestures.
How to play
- Examine the rugby player on the examination table to identify their injuries.
- Pick the required medical tool from the tray using your cursor or touchscreen.
- Apply the instrument directly to the affected wound or area on the athlete.
- Perform the required motion, such as wiping cuts, popping blemishes, or clearing debris.
- Finish each treatment step until the patient is fully patched up and ready to leave.
Controls
| Action | Mouse | Touch |
|---|---|---|
| Select and operate medical tools | Click and drag | Tap and drag |
| Treat injuries and interact with patient | Click and drag | Tap and drag |
Medical treatment procedures
Every clinic scenario functions as a standalone puzzle mini-game. Players must figure out which instrument corresponds to each injury and complete the associated manual action. Certain procedures require careful extraction of embedded items, while others involve hygiene tasks like squeezing blemishes or soothing irritation. Success relies on executing the correct motion for each bizarre medical situation presented by the team.
Tips and strategy
- Observe visual cues: Look closely at the patient before picking an instrument because each injury indicates the required treatment.
- Follow tool motions accurately: Move the mouse cursor or finger along the full path of the wound to ensure the game registers the treatment.
- Test unexpected remedies: Some bizarre challenges call for unusual items, so do not hesitate to experiment with unorthodox supplies on scars.
- Maintain a steady pace: Quick, measured swipes prevent accidental misclicks when manipulating sensitive surgical instruments.
Similar games
- Hospital Stories Doctor Soccer: The companion clinic game from the same developer, shifting the comedic emergency treatment to injured soccer players.
- Doctor Teeth: A casual dental care simulation focusing on cleaning, scraping, and restoring patient teeth with specialized instruments.
- Doc Darling Bone Surgery: A step-by-step orthopedic medical game where you clean injuries and mend broken bones through guided surgery.
Developer and history
Hospital Stories: Doctor Rugby was created by WeDoYouPlay, a studio known for lighthearted web simulations and puzzle titles. The game was released in November 2022 as part of the studio’s athletic medicine series, expanding on the quirky physical comedy established in their earlier sports hospital games.
