Next Patient

Next Patient

Mad Turtle Studios · 2026 · Indie, Simulation, Political, Point & Click, Singleplayer

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Mostly Positive77% · 13
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About Next Patient

January 1st, 1981 - The Republic of Valdoria

As anti-government protests tear through every corner of President Harlan's regime, the Morven Pandemic erupts without warning claiming 200,000 lives in its first 21 days.Dirty Ledgers
After six years of unemployment, you've finally landed a government post: checkpoint officer at the nation's first and only safe zone. Your only escape from your stepfather's house is to survive 26 days on the job. But playing by the book isn't always enough. To stay alive, will you stand against corruption or become another cog in its machine?Your Morals, Your Story
No matter how well you do your job, the moral choices will find you. Will you pull strings for a bureaucrat's nephew while an innocent woman is sent back to the husband who'll kill her? Or will you do the opposite? How your story ends is up to you.The Harlan Regime, the Protesters, Your Family, and the Morven Pandemic
To make sense of it all, listen to the conspiracy theories whispered by the citizens at your window. You'll never know which ones are true. What you believe shapes your choices and your choices shape your fate.Small Choices, Seismic Consequences
Every action is yours to make. But every choice costs something. Play it safe or go radical. A single nuance can topple a government or land you behind bars.

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Recommended May 1, 2026
I had been wondering when it would be released, and in the end it met my expectations. It was also important to me that the developer listened to feedback and made updates accordingly. I don’t recall encountering any bugs—nothing that interfered with the gameplay happened to me. Clara… you talk a bit too much and take up time; shorter lines would have been better. The presence of multiple endings makes it worth replaying, and to the question “should I buy it?”, my answer is yes. I also think the game length is sufficient—it didn’t feel boring—and I really liked the end-of-day music.
6 found this helpful
Recommended Apr 29, 2026
The oppressive political environment makes you feel the dystopia every day. After every decision, I'm tense, waiting for that voice to come out, wondering if I've made a mistake. I think the story is well-structured. I just wish that after finishing the game once, I could skip the tutorial when starting again to see different endings.
4 found this helpful
Not recommended Jun 27, 2026
It's an okay game, especially for the low price (especially since I got it on sale), but I still wouldn't really recommend it. I wish there was a neutral rating... I had to double-check if this was still in early access or not. It ended very abruptly after 28 days or so (I didn't really pay attention to the exact day, but it was somewhere around one month), without reason, I didn't run out of money, lose my job or anything. Maybe I just reached the end of the playable story. Instead of finishing to tell the story via newspaper, letters and people visitng, it just ended in some pictures + text explaining the remaining story. What I found weird as well, was that some criteria kept being there, but were never a problem except the first few days after they appeared. At some point I was tempted to just not check anymore, but probably that would have been the point when it actually failed, so I kept checking... Would also have been nice to see more easily which criteria changed day by day, instead of having to go through the whole list again every time and then maybe finding out nothing changed.
1 found this helpful
Recommended May 11, 2026
I had the opportunity to try the game from the development stage onwards. During the testing process, I observed that the developer took feedback very seriously and made many adjustments and improvements. Since I enjoy games of this genre, I thoroughly enjoyed the experience. I think it has a very interesting and intriguing story.
1 found this helpful
Recommended Jun 24, 2026
This is such a good game; it is very similar to Paper Please, but you're at a medical checkpoint. Very relaxing and entertaining game. What I would like to point out is how the dev wants and listens to feedback; this person cares about their game and audience. I will definitely be buying games from this dev again. Thank you and keep up the good work.
Recommended May 25, 2026
My girlfriend recommended this game to me, but since I’m currently in exam season I sadly couldn’t play it as much as I wanted. Even so, I already became really curious about seeing the longterm consequences of my decisions and how each person you let through can completely change the atmosphere of the story. I also like how the game mixes tension, mystery, and emotional moments without overdoing it. It has that “just one more day” feeling where you keep wanting to see what happens next and whether you made the right choices.

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