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Games Like First Steps in the NICU (Discovery edition)

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Welcome to “First NICU Experience”! Experience neonatal care in this serious game. As a nursing student, work with medical staff and families to care for infants and tackle post-discharge challenges. With interactive choices and story-driven gameplay, learn key skills in 1 hour.

Reviews: 6 user reviews — 100% — of 6 reviews
Released: 2025-02-06
Developer: エムテラス
Genres: Adventure, Free To Play
Platforms: Windows

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    97% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2025
    Dev: エムテラス
    Windows

    Yuuka, a nursing student, is doing a summer practicum at a Child Development Support Center. Explore the facility in a role-playing format and experience child support activities. Learn about medical care, therapeutic interventions, and home healthcare over three days.

    Why similar: Medical Sim 54.3%, Education 20.3%, Adventure 11.2%, Anime 9.1%, Choices Matter 4.4%

  2. #2 Kellogg's Gut Bacteria Reef
    96% matchPositive84% of 50 reviews2021
    Dev: NAKATOMIPub: KELLOGG
    Windows

    Explore the human gut like never before!

    Why similar: Medical Sim 56.6%, Education 28.7%, Adventure 13.8%, Singleplayer 0.8%

  3. #3 RoboDoc Jr
    95% matchNo user reviews2025
    Dev: Marion SurgicalPub: Sketchy Neurons
    Windows

    A fun space adventure game where kids become alien medics! Use cool futuristic tools to help friendly aliens across 12 exciting missions. Solve puzzles, fix alien tech, and save the day with steady hands and smart thinking!

    Why similar: Medical Sim 71.8%, Education 27.4%, Singleplayer 0.8%

  4. #4 S4Game
    94% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Viral Studios
    Windows

    S4Game aims to provide health professionals with an innovative approach to acquire soft skills to foster their professional development. Their main learning objective is the acquisition of soft skills required during work in an operating room, such as communication or teamwork.

    Why similar: Medical Sim 70%, Education 24%, Choices Matter 4.7%, Singleplayer 1.2%

  5. #5 疑義照会ウォーズ
    94% matchMostly Negative30% of 20 reviews2021
    Dev: 薬学ゲーム開発プロジェクト
    Windows

    This is a full-fledged adventure game (selectable type) based on the theme of the pharmacist's job, "checking prescription. Determine if the prescription is correct, and if it is, make a "Questionable Inquiry" to the doctor!

    Why similar: Medical Sim 73.9%, Education 25.2%, Singleplayer 0.9%

  6. #6 Pompiers Simulator
    93% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
    Dev: Vincent TartarPub: Oasis Video Games
    Windows

    You’re not a firefighter, but you dream of experiencing the intensity of a real emergency rescue operation? Pompiers Simulator puts you at the heart of first aid missions, in the shoes of a responder, within a simulation designed by real firefighters.

    Why similar: Medical Sim 69.5%, Education 24.8%, Choices Matter 5.1%, Singleplayer 0.6%

  7. #7 Medical Diagnostic Simulator
    90% matchMostly Negative25% of 16 reviews2024
    Dev: Arktos Cat
    Windows

    Play as a general practitioner in this text-based medical simulation game. Consult, examine, and diagnose your patients in your own medical practice.

    Why similar: Medical Sim 66.6%, Education 32.1%, Singleplayer 1.3%

  8. #8 Vital Signs: Emergency Department
    89% matchMixed56% of 73 reviews2020
    Dev: BreakAway Games
    Windows · Mac

    Play a doctor in Vital Signs: Emergency Department and challenge your medical knowledge to help treat a wide array of cases who come into the ER.

    Why similar: Medical Sim 67%, Education 25.7%, Choices Matter 5.9%, Singleplayer 1.3%

  9. #9 VR TKA Surgery Simulator
    89% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2024
    Dev: Kliniker
    Windows

    Get ready to learn all the subtleties of the surgery by practicing it in the applied VR TKA training by Prof. Dr. Ertugrul Aksahin, one of the world's leading orthopedic surgeons!

    Why similar: Medical Sim 66.9%, Education 32.1%, Singleplayer 1%

  10. #10 中医模拟传承人
    88% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2024
    Dev: guizhi0011
    Windows

    A game where everyone can learn traditional Chinese medicine.

    Why similar: Medical Sim 70.3%, Education 28.8%, Singleplayer 0.9%

  11. #11 Dr. Cares - Amy's Pet Clinic
    87% matchMostly Positive79% of 75 reviews2018
    Dev: NitrealPub: GameHouse
    Windows · Mac

    Get ready to test your vet skills in Dr. Cares - Amy's Pet Clinic!

    Why similar: Medical Sim 86.3%, Adventure 13.7%

  12. #12 小邦迪的奇妙冒险
    86% matchPositive88% of 17 reviews2021
    Dev: Puyuan YePub: Band-Aid
    Windows · Mac

    在《小邦迪的奇妙冒险》中与小邦迪一同学习急救知识,拯救吴家于各种急症之中。

    Why similar: Medical Sim 73.6%, Education 25.4%, Singleplayer 1%

  13. #13 Valley General Hospital: NiVR
    86% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2021
    Dev: Valley General
    Windows

    An exciting new approach to training and simulation in Healthcare.

    Why similar: Medical Sim 71.1%, Education 23.9%, Choices Matter 4.4%, Singleplayer 0.6%

  14. #14 Heart's Medicine - Hospital Heat
    85% matchVery Positive96% of 364 reviews2017
    Dev: Blue GiraffePub: GameHouse
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    The long awaited sequel to "Heart's Medicine - Time to Heal". An intense, but also funny, medical drama that deals with a lot of life-changing decisions. Become an aspiring doctor at Little Creek Hospital!

    Why similar: Medical Sim 87.6%, Adventure 12.4%

  15. #15 My Universe - Doctors & Nurses
    84% matchMostly Negative29% of 14 reviews2022
    Dev: It Matters GamesPub: Microids
    Windows · Mac

    Take turns to play either a doctor or nurse. Diagnose illnesses and infections so as to treat and help your many patients. Set out on an adventure in a buzzing hospital environment. Meet all sorts of different characters and discover a story full of surprises.

    Why similar: Medical Sim 75.8%, Education 22.9%, Singleplayer 1.3%

  16. #16 Bacterium / 生命之旅
    82% matchPositive84% of 49 reviews2018
    Dev: Dragon Whisper GamePub: Zodiac Interactive
    Windows

    In the coming decades, a huge breakthrough in nano-medical technology will bring a new light to cure terminally ill patients. As a nano-robot operator, you will be involved in a battle between nanobots and diseases!

    Why similar: Medical Sim 86.7%, Adventure 13.3%

  17. #17 Surgeon Simulator VR: Meet The Medic
    82% matchMostly Positive77% of 580 reviews2016
    Dev: Bossa Studios
    Windows
    Median: 18 minMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 14%

    Surgeon Simulator VR: Meet the Medic – be the Medic and operate on the Heavy in this free and exclusive teaser for the HTC Vive!

    Why similar: Medical Sim 100%

  18. #18 Heart's Medicine - Time to Heal
    81% matchVery Positive94% of 878 reviews2016
    Dev: Blue GiraffePub: GameHouse
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    An intense, but also funny, medical drama that deals with a lot of life-changing decisions. Become an aspiring surgeon at Little Creek Hospital!

    Why similar: Medical Sim 91%, Adventure 8.1%, Singleplayer 0.9%

  19. #19 Marion Surgical Robot Game
    80% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2023
    Dev: Marion Surgical IncPub: Sketchy Neurons
    Windows

    A Compact Surgical Experience: Designed to be completed in under an hour, this game provides a focused, high-intensity introduction to robotic surgery in a sci-fi setting.

    Why similar: Medical Sim 62.4%, Education 22.8%, Modern 13.3%, Singleplayer 1.4%

  20. #20 Medical verdict
    81% matchMixed57% of 53 reviews2018
    Dev: Volokitin Andrey
    Windows

    Here is a fun simulator of passing a medical examination in the Chelyabinsk clinic with realistic graphics and interesting gameplay! Take the coronavirus test! Collect as many virtual health points as you can, but remember ... this is just a game!

    Why similar: Medical Sim 100%

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    79% match7 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2025
    Dev: Pablo Kessler SaizPub: Pablo Kessler
    Windows · Mac

    SimShock2025 is a free, bilingual (EN/ES) hemodynamic shock simulator. Treat cardiogenic, hemorrhagic, and septic shock using real drugs and interventions. Written in PureBasic, available for Mac and Windows. Apple-signed and notarized.

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    79% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2020
    Dev: Exxit
    Windows

    Human Constructor VR is a virtual reality application designed for detailed study of the human structure and individual organs, bones, and muscles. This application contains only the anatomy of the male human body.

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    78% matchVery Positive84% of 129 reviews2019
    Dev: Dmitrii Lomakin
    Windows

    Reanimation inc is a completely realistic simulation - real urgent conditions and diseases, real protocols of care used in an ambulance, realistic simulation of the body! Do you like realistic games about medicine and simulators, games you need to think about? You 'll be happy!

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    77% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Spirit Games Studio
    Windows

    Animal Rescue is a unique game in which you play the role of a field rescuer-vet. Face the elements of nature and save innocent animals! Their life depends entirely on you! Someone has to save them! Will it be you?

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    77% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
    Dev: Resilient Games Studio, LLC
    Windows

    Caduceus Quest is a single-player RPG in which players use the scientific process to solve a medical mystery that poses a growing threat to your small town. You must learn from and enlist the help of local science professionals and complete strategic mini-games to identify and resolve the threat.

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    78% matchVery Positive82% of 78 reviews2014
    Dev: Redwood GamesPub: Apogee Entertainment
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 12 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 22%

    A bone-chilling crisis has struck the world! Reports are pouring in from all corners of the globe: Missing numbers! Drivers on streets are in dangerous peril because the speed limit signs have gone blank! On Wall Street, stockbrokers are throwing up their hands in despair. The Dow Jones isn't down, and it isn't up - it's gone!

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  27. #27 Full English City
    76% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Second Motivation
    Windows

    This game combines English Practice with the gameplay of a “Card Battler”. Collect cards by freely creating English sentences and win battles while building unique decks.

    Why similar: Education 45.8%, Modern 27%, Anime 13.8%, Adventure 12%, Singleplayer 1.3%

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    75% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: GamesUP StudioPub: T-Bull
    Windows

    Become a one-man renovation company and take care of the reconstruction of a ruined hospital! Save a neglected facility and create a fully functional emergency complex. The entire process of cleaning, planning, repairing, and arranging is on your side. Build a dream clinic in the Hospital Renovator!

    Why similar: Medical Sim 70.8%, Education 21.8%, Adventure 6.1%, Singleplayer 1.3%

  29. #29 Psycho Simulator
    75% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: FreeMind S.A.Pub: PlayWay S.A.
    Windows

    30% of our society suffers from psychological problems. Many famous people throughout the history and pop culture were troubled this way and required professional help.

    Why similar: Medical Sim 59%, Education 25.8%, Adventure 7.1%, Choices Matter 6.8%, Singleplayer 1.3%

  30. #30 PSY in Apocalypse
    74% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Quantum Strawberry
    Windows

    PSY in Apocalypse는 사실적인 2D 정신과 어드벤처 게임입니다. 여러분은 게임 속에서 정신과 의사가 되어 환자들을 직접 치료하게 됩니다. 포스트 아포칼립스 세계를 의사의 관점이라는 다소 새로운 시각으로 이야기를 풀어나가게 됩니다.

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  31. #31 MediSim: Emergency Response
    74% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Mehmet Hilmi Değirmenci
    Windows

    As a young doctor, save lives in emergencies, advance from a health center to a major hospital, and manage your own facility. Perform first aid, and diagnostics, take on ambulance and helicopter missions, and build your medical team. A realistic medical simulation where every decision matters!

    Why similar: Medical Sim 80.2%, Education 19%, Singleplayer 0.8%

  32. #32 Dr Greenstuff
    73% matchVery Positive87% of 148 reviews2018
    Dev: Black DiskettePub: Black Diskette Studio
    Windows

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    Why similar: Medical Sim 100%

  33. #33 Dentist Simulator 2
    72% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
    Dev: Code Lab
    Windows

    Screams, panic, and fear of the dentist’s chair — now YOU hold the drill! Master anesthesia, gum surgery, extractions, and bleeding control with precision. Go beyond basics: apply braces, craft gold & silver teeth, implants, and use inhalation sedation. Keep patients calm or hear their screams!

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  34. #34 Lang Ops: Modern Greek (intro to learn language)
    72% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2025
    Dev: Strange Volume Project
    Windows

    The road to efficiency leads through repetition. Lang Ops allows you to get accustomed to Greek language at your own pace! Features a lot of different tests to guarantee success!

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    73% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: 戏宫科技
    Windows

    全球首款医美手术模拟与视觉小说相结合的游戏!你将通过神奇的医美技术改变命运,体验30场精密手术,揭开时间与美丽背后的秘密。你的每一次操作,都在重塑他人的人生。

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  36. #36 Hospital Manager
    73% matchMixed46% of 254 reviews2015
    Dev: CCCPPub: Microids Indie
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 56%

    Experience something novel, bursting with extraordinary phenomena and strange situations in your hospital! Only you have the power to make the best decisions and to make your hospital the most popular one! But beware: Several events will add some spice to your life! Embark on the career of your life!

    Why similar: Medical Sim 100%

  37. #37 Traditional Chinese Medicine Simulator
    71% matchVery Positive96% of 309 reviews2021
    Dev: 曲波
    Windows · Mac

    《中医模拟器》是一款独特的个人制作游戏,风格和市面绝大多游戏不同,定位是帮助中医爱好者或学生更有兴趣和效率学习中医,并且帮助中医0基础玩家入门。 可以加群 494811550(学习群),697138589(已满),302219333(第2群已满),欢迎参加讨论。

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  38. #38 Love Hospital
    71% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: KXMstudio
    Windows

    "Love Hospital" is a comedy romance simulation game where you can enjoy sweet relationships with beautiful nurses. Experience the fun and laughter-filled romance unfolding in the hospital!"

    Why similar: Medical Sim 72.1%, Choices Matter 10%, Anime 9.9%, Adventure 6.7%, Singleplayer 1.2%

  39. #39 Lang Ops: Lost in Woods
    71% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Strange Volume Project
    Windows

    You've got lost in the forest in the original series? This time you might get even more lost! In this spin-off, you encounter one of thirty three European languages. You need to pick appropriate words to find the correct path. The woods won't let you get out this easily.

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    70% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: FreeMind S.A.
    Windows

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  41. #41 Opawration!
    70% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: chinchingames
    Windows

    A 2D, veterinarian horror game. In this game, select the appropriate treatment and treat patients with topical products injections, surgeries. Treat patients over the course of 7 days, using the in-game computer to research the best treatment option. Playtime is 30 minutes.

    Why similar: Medical Sim 89%, Choices Matter 9.8%, Singleplayer 1.3%

  42. #42 Neo Harbor Rescue Squad
    69% matchMostly Positive77% of 13 reviews2024
    Dev: BancyCo
    Windows

    Live the life of a rookie paramedic through frantic minigame action and a wild, funny story. Juggle waves of patients with a battle-like triage system; master dozens of treatment minigames; and win the city's recognition from the rival fire department!

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  43. #43 Be My Mom - maternity simulator, take care of your child
    70% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: FreeMind S.A.Pub: PlayWay S.A.
    Windows

    Become a mother and experience the best of maternity. The game is for future mothers, so they know what to expect, and also for their partners, so they can experience things their women do. The adventure begins just as you see the pregnancy test is positive.

    Why similar: Medical Sim 63.7%, Education 29.5%, Adventure 5%, Singleplayer 1.8%

  44. #44 Welcome To Your Immune System
    69% matchVery Positive94% of 52 reviews2021
    Dev: The VALIDATE Network
    Windows · Mac

    Welcome to Your Immune System is an addictive retro arcade-style video game where you defend human cells from invading bacteria. Use all the weapons in your arsenal from macrophages, killer T cells, to cytokines and learn how these work in real life.

    Why similar: Medical Sim 64.8%, Education 30%, Adventure 3.9%, Singleplayer 1.3%

  45. #45 Psyhonds
    67% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2026
    Dev: Meriteri GamesPub: Terrabyte Games
    Windows

    A satirical mental hospital survival simulator: control four unstable characters, craft from junk, forge dubious alliances, communicate with patients and staff, and choose between a quiet life in a ward, a riot, or a risky escape to freedom.

    Why similar: Medical Sim 92.9%, Choices Matter 6.4%, Singleplayer 0.6%

  46. #46 Physician Simulator
    69% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Pavel Shishkin
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A district physician simulator. See patients, review lab results, make diagnoses and write prescriptions. Real doctors say they recognize themselves. Every decision has consequences.

    Why similar: Medical Sim 60.6%, Education 34.8%, Choices Matter 4.1%, Singleplayer 0.6%

  47. #47 Мне только спросить!
    68% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Каракули
    Windows

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    Why similar: Medical Sim 92%, Choices Matter 7.3%, Singleplayer 0.8%

  48. #48 Paramedics! - EMS Simulator
    68% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Takendsim
    Windows

    First of its kind emergency medicine simulator, bringing the option for players around the world to try, learn, and experience what it takes to be in emergency medical services, featuring in-depth and real-life systems, and a responsive human body. You choose what protocols to follow.

    Why similar: Medical Sim 69.1%, Education 24.2%, Choices Matter 6.7%

  49. #49 Alisa’s Incident Report
    68% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Nagi Kurokawa
    Windows

    Nursing student Alisa takes on a part-time job ghosts to pay for tuition. By glimpsing the ghost’s past memories and providing compassionate nursing care, help them rest in peace! A medical and occult RPG made by a REAL NURSE!

    Why similar: Medical Sim 76.4%, Modern 14.6%, Anime 7.8%, Singleplayer 1.2%

  50. #50 First Steps in Learning about Pregnancy
    66% matchPositive95% of 22 reviews2025
    Dev: エムテラス
    Windows

    Play as a pregnant woman experiencing daily life from early pregnancy to childbirth prep. Learn about local medical and support systems through interactive choices. Features 1-hour playtime and save/load. Great for those interested in healthcare, education, or social welfare

    Why similar: Education 42%, Adventure 26.5%, Anime 19%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Singleplayer 1.7%

  51. #51 Cells of Immunity
    67% matchMostly Positive72% of 25 reviews2022
    Dev: Nova Empyrean
    Windows

    Become a young white blood cell in training and learn how they mature and fight against invading pathogens. Team up with other types of cells, with unique strengths and weaknesses, and overcome disease for good. To serve and protect the human body at all costs.

    Why similar: Medical Sim 58.3%, Education 23.6%, Anime 11.7%, Adventure 6.4%

  52. #52 Self Reliance 自我性赖
    66% matchVery Positive87% of 699 reviews2019
    Dev: Eroducate
    Windows · Mac

    Self-Reliance is a live-action interactive adventure game. As the player follows the steps of the protagonist, live-action provides a vicarious thrill. The players are also able to learn accurate sexual knowledge, establishing correct attitudes and values.

    Why similar: Education 80.6%, Adventure 19.4%

  53. #53 MiM: Meditation Interactive Matrix
    67% matchNo user reviews2025
    Dev: In Stereo Games
    Windows · Linux

    A sci-fi wellness playground that invites you to balance mind and body through guided chakra sessions, zero-G arcade mini-games, dynamic rain & thunder simulations, and customizable color-noise soundscapes.

    Why similar: Medical Sim 64.1%, Education 35.4%, Singleplayer 0.5%

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