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Games like Nine Lives Hospital

If Nine Lives Hospital is your kind of game, the closest matches are Rash Decision, Barbecue and VIP Scandal Patrol — picked from the ranked list below. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About Nine Lives Hospital: You are clumsy cat doctors in a chaotic co-op hospital - a vet clinic in reverse, where the patients are human. Grab and haul ragdoll patients, X-ray, transplant and stitch against the clock, drive the claw-machine bed. For 1-4 online. Your patients don't have nine lives. meow!

2027ActionSimulationCasualWindowsby AstraInteractiveGames
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  1. Rash Decision

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Nine Lives Hospital fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Nine Lives Hospital.

    Co-op medical for 1-2 players. The Nurse examines a very unwell patient and SHOUTS the symptoms through a hatch. The Biochemist brews a cure from a deeply unreliable grimoire. Get it wrong and the patient mutates. Then mutates again.

    2026IndieSimulationCasualSteam ↗
  2. Barbecue

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Nine Lives Hospital fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Simulation with Nine Lives Hospital.

    Barbecue is a co-op party game where 1 to 4 players manage a backyard BBQ that spirals into total chaos. Light the fire, grill the meat, serve the guests — and try not to burn everything down.

    2026ActionIndieSimulation3.46 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. VIP Scandal Patrol

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Nine Lives Hospital fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Casual with Nine Lives Hospital.

    VIP Scandal is a chaotic 2–4 player co-op party security sim. Check who gets in, handle ridiculous incidents, and keep each party at just the right level of wild. Keep the VIPs happy, improvise when things go wrong, and stop the night from becoming a scandal.

    ActionCasualSteam ↗
  4. Crappy Corp

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Nine Lives Hospital fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Simulation with Nine Lives Hospital.

    A 1-4 player third-person co-op physics comedy. Take the contracts no reputable firm would touch, then haul it, bolt it, smash it and drop it. Every crate you break comes off the payout. The company bills for damages. The company always bills.

    ActionIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  5. Panic Hospital

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Nine Lives Hospital fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Simulation with Nine Lives Hospital.

    Panic Hospital is a 1-4 player co-op party game. Carry, toss and treat patients in a mad rush, and work together to survive the most chaotic shift of your career.

    2027ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  6. Matadors

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Nine Lives Hospital fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Casual with Nine Lives Hospital.

    Matadors is a multiplayer bullfighting game. Players can choose to play as either the bull or a matador. No matter what you are, the only thing that doesn't change is chaos.

    ActionIndieCasualSteam ↗
  7. Night Shift Hospital

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Nine Lives Hospital fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Nine Lives Hospital.

    A chaotic co-op job sim for up to 4 players about night-shift doctors. Handle a bizarre stream of patients, diagnose illnesses, and assign people to the correct treatment zones. Work as a team, get through nightly crises, and try your best not to get fired!

    IndieSimulationCasualSteam ↗
  8. Worst Airline Ever

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Nine Lives Hospital fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Simulation with Nine Lives Hospital.

    Build an airline from scratch in this multiplayer co-op airline management game. Fly airplanes inspired by real aircraft, design and upgrade your plane, serve passengers, and grow your airline from a small regional carrier into a world-class airline.

    2026ActionAdventureSimulationSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Nine Lives Hospital.

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation and Casual with Nine Lives Hospital.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Nine Lives Hospital.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Nine Lives Hospital.

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Nine Lives Hospital.

    Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Virtual Cottage

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation and Casual with Nine Lives Hospital.

    Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.

    2020IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Nine Lives Hospital

Does Nine Lives Hospital have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Nine Lives Hospital supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
What games are most similar to Nine Lives Hospital?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Nine Lives Hospital are Rash Decision, Barbecue, VIP Scandal Patrol.
Who developed Nine Lives Hospital?
Nine Lives Hospital was developed by AstraInteractiveGames.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Nine Lives Hospital.

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