CURE - A Hospital Simulator Steam news

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• Release dateNov 20, 2025
• DeveloperSentinel Games
• PublisherSentinel Games

Genres: Simulation, Early Access

Company pages: Developer: Sentinel GamesPublisher: Sentinel Games

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CURE - A Hospital Simulator Steam news

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Latest Steam announcements

• Major Update - Call A Nurse - Ver. 0.5.5 - Now on sale $6.80 - 16 September 2026

  Hey there Doctors! and so, summer is over, autumn is slowly creeping in, and we have another massive update to help you better run the ER. The highlight of this major update is the addition of a new category of employees to your Med-Hire catalog: Nurses.3 nurses are available for you to hire in the town of Mercy: The bubbly Kelly Bandage, the rugged Victor Pulse, and the dry witted, incredibly professional Martha Graves.Nurses unlock at ER level 7, so make sure you upgrade to get the help you deserve.The other major improvements in this version adds a much bigger variety to your Doctor Customization: Hair colors & styles, Eye colors and a bunch of apparel options are now available either from the main game menu or by tapping on the closet near the body freezer.Here are the full details for this major update:➕ Added:A new Hired Help type -- Nurses! Hire Kelly Bandage, Victor Pulse, and M…

• Hotfix Roundup - Custodians & Urine Tests - 14 August 2026

  Happy Friday, Doctors!Another weekend is upon us, and its time to review what we have been doing since the launch of version 0.5. Here's a quick recap of all the hotfixes we released since the new version launched:📣 Hotfix 0.5.1.38Fixed double use on multiple-use itemsFixed custodians stalling while looking for mopFixed Custodian stalling when trying to reach unreachable suppliesFixed items falling on top of roofFixed the following issues when firing NPCs:Fired NPC's getting stuck when running into zombieFired Custodians getting a job after being fired due to timers being triggered after they were firedNPC's getting downed when they are firedFired NPC's navigation retriggering causing them to suddenly vanish (instead of getting to exit point)Fixed custodian getting stuck staring at bed or washer due to sheet issueFixed custodian throwing away half-filled bagsImproved stability on custo…

• Major Update - Cleaners & Urine Tests - Ver. 0.5 - Now on sale $6.89 - 30 July 2026

  Dear Doctors, Today we are launching our biggest update yet. It's been 3 months since we launched our "Hired Help" major update, and with this release we are finally adding the most requested feature our community has been asking for - Cleaners! The new Custodian category is now available in the Med-Hire app inside your ER. You can now play as single doctors without needing to run after every little piece of trash. The second major feature of this release is Urinalysis (Urine Test Diagnostics). You can add restrooms to your ER, and by placing empty urine cups on the restroom shelf your patients can provide you with urine samples. Then, use these urine samples to either perform a Urine Dipstick Test or just deposit the sample in a Urine Analyzer.Here are the full details for this release:➕ Added:Custodian Hired NPC's that will replace bedsheets, clean floors, remove debris and bag bodies…

• "Make Some Rooms" Game Update - Ver. 0.4.8 - 9 July 2026

  Good news, doctors: the town of Mercy discovered architecture!Update 0.4.8 is live, and it brings a big new way to organize your hospital: walls, doors, rooms, signs, and just enough construction work to make everyone deeply concerned.Now you can finally stop running a medical facility that looks like someone emptied a hospital supply truck into a gymnasium.➕ AddedWalls and doors so players can customize and organize their hospital space. Make rooms, add doors, build walls or half walls (if you want that open space feel) and customize them with your favorite wallpapers and flooring.Signs so players can label where things are, because apparently “that bloody corner over there” was not a sustainable navigation system when playing with friends. If you're a creator we recommend naming some rooms after your favorite community members, like "The DefaultUser X-Ray Room".New bullet hole decal e…

• Decoration Contest Winners Have Been Decided! - 2 July 2026

  Congratulations to the following winners of our ⁠🎨 decoration-contest! Thank you to everyone who submitted their hospitals to the contest, everyone has such creative ways of playing (and lots of ways I would have never thought to lay out a hospital so it was really cool to see)! Our winners are as follows: 1. 🦋ʝɛʂʂıɛʝ🦋 2. Sauerbraten 3. Paris 🍒 Thanks so much to everyone who participated in our contest! We really loved looking at all the creative ways people have laid out their hospitals, and we can't wait to see what you guys do with the coming updates! If you missed this contest, no worries, you'll have more opportunities to win merch in the future! Pay attention to our steam announcements and discord for future contest opportunities!

• Ver. 0.4.6 - Summer Splash Game Update and Steam Sale - 25 June 2026

  Dear Doctors,Summer is upon us, and to celebrate the Steam Summer Sale we have a cool little update to your favorite ER Simulator.This update brings a new category of healing items, that is accompanied with new conditions for patients, and also a bunch of summer themed decorations.➕ AddedNew category of healing items - SkincarePatients will now appear in the ER with mild and severe sunburns, and also an occasional sunstroke.A new set of beach themed waiting chairs.You can finally throw away that old shabby couch and get a gorgeous beach bean bag to sleep on when your shift is over.Play with the new beach ball. Throw it around and lose it over the fence.New posters and decorations for your ER - Summer Themed.🔀 ChangedSome minor tweaks to sound FX in the game.Hired help is slightly buffed so that they will be a bit more useful (This is mostly about Barnie, our incompetent guard)🔨 FixedA…

• Hospital Decoration Contest - 16 June 2026

  🎨Makeover Edition Decoration Contest! 🎀 🏥 🖌️ Hello Doctors! With the release of Version 0.4.5.21 and the addition of floors and wallpapers, we've decided to hold a small decorating contest! Give your hospital a makeover that matches your vibes and vision, and earn some prizes along the way! Use the Decoration Contest channel in our discord to post a picture (or a few!) of your decorated hospital! **NOTE:** try to post one image at a time, otherwise our automated spam bot may accidentally flag you. ⏰ This contest will run until June 26th, 2026 10:00pm Central 🏆 We'll be giving away merch from the Sentinel Games Store - First Place: Up to $125 in merch - Second Place: Up to $75 in merch - Third Place: Up to $50 in merch Grab those floor tiles and get to papering those walls! We can't wait to see what you all do! 🎉

• Major Update - Makeover Edition - Ver. 0.4.5 - Now on sale 30% off - 10 June 2026

  Dear Doctors,The Makeover Edition is here! 🏥✨ Most of these features have been quietly recovering in clinical trials, but they’re now cleared for public release.This update brings new customization options, better performance, improved patients, lighting upgrades, and fewer situations where your hospital looks like it was decorated during a power outage. ➕ AddedNew computer app/shop: DesignifyNew customization system in the shop: buy floor tiles and wallpapersNew lighting options: choose between Dynamic Lighting (Lumen) or Static Lighting (Baked)TV screens are now moveable — finally, interior design with medical consequencesMore variety in patient clothingAmbient lighting outside hospital wallsMore patient hair options and colorsNew lighting options: choose between Dynamic Lighting (Lumen) or Static Lighting (Baked)For creators: your audience can now !join or "!join m" or "!join f" (jo…

• Weekend Update - June 5th - Makeover Edition coming this Wednesday - 5 June 2026

  Happy Friday Doctors!Our next major update will be released this upcoming Wednesday (June 10th) and we are incredibly excited about this upcoming release. Our upcoming major update to CURE (Ver 0.4.5) is called Makeover Edition because it focuses on some key areas of the way the game looks and performs:Massive Performance OverhaulOur team spent the past month improving the performance of the game (or as our devs call it “make it run on a toaster”). This means we re-built the entire hospital map and re-worked every light source and every street lamp. The result is that we managed to improve game performance by more than 50% if you are running LUMEN and significantly more if you are not running LUMEN.The game’s minimum system requirements also dropped significantly due to this effort. If you already own CURE, expect to see a massive improvement in the FPS you’re getting, and the smoothnes…

• Major Update - Hire Help, Rename Beds - Ver. 0.4 - 7 May 2026

  Dear Doctors, a new major update is now live, and what an amazing update we have for you. Let’s dive right in.➕ Added:Doctors can now hire employees in the ER:A new app named “Med-Hire” is now added to your in-ER desktop computer.Starting at hospital level 4, you will be able to hire guards and assistants.Assistants can be assigned to reception and checkout desks.Guards can be assigned to door locations and will attack zombies when they try to attack your ER.Employees can be given a money boost that will increase their performance for a short time.Finally, at the request of the community, you can now rename beds and treatment chairs in your ER - Just hit F when looking at the headboard and rename your beds (You can use this to commemorate long lost friends, family members or favorite pets!)🛠️ Fixed:Fixed a problem that messed up vein visibility while taking a blood test.Fixed a problem…

• Weekend Update - May 1st - Clinical Trials, Hired Help, New Key Art & Logo - 1 May 2026

  Happy Friday Doctors!We are just one week away from the launch of our next major milestone, ver. 0.4:What's coming?The biggest upgrade this update will bring is the introduction of Hired Help. The office computer will include a new app called “Med-Hire”, in which you will be able to hire 2 categories of employees:Assistants - Can be assigned to reception or checkout desksGuards - Can be assigned to each of the main doors of your ERWe also managed to upgrade the app icons for Med-Supply and Med-Manage.If you want to try out the new version a week before everyone else, head over to our Discord server and join the CLINICAL TRIALS team, where doctors are guinea pigs for new features in CURE.New Key Art & Logo coming next weekThe new version we’re releasing next week will introduce a new logo and key art for CURE. In the past month we worked with the incomparable Maor Tzadoc and Noa Bar-Noy…

• Weekend Update - April 24 - 24 April 2026

  Happy Friday Doctors!Another week has gone by, and its a good time to update y’all on our progress. As we shared last week, we are working hard on our next major update that will add the ability to HIRE HELP in your ER. When launched, a new app will be added to the desktop computer, named Med-Hire. In it, you will find multiple categories of employees. At launch, you will only be able to hire two categories of employees: Assistants - Can be assigned to reception desks or checkout desksGuards - Can be assigned to any of the main doors.There are going to be 3 assistants and 3 guards on our initial launch, and they are going to be level locked. So if you already have a Level 10 certification, you may be able to hire all of them at launch!Creator RecapAs many of you know, since we launched we saw MANY creators stream and create content with our game. We want to take a moment to recognize so…

• Weekend Update - April 17 - 17 April 2026

  Happy Friday, Doctors!Our team is currently deep in development on the next major procedure for CURE, scheduled for release in the first half of May (Exact date TBD)! This update addresses one of your most frequent requests: the ability to hire help. Running an ER solo is a recipe for burnout (or rage-quitting), so we are thrilled to introduce the Med-Hire Staffing System.Med-Hire Arriving in May:We are launching with two critical roles to keep your department operating smoothly:Administrative Assistant: An essential hire capable of managing either the Reception or Checkout desks, drastically reducing administrative bottlenecks and patient wait times.Security Guard: Stationed at the entry, this specialist is mandatory for handling CODE WHITE alerts. When things get a little... undead... you’ll be glad they’re on the payroll.Q2 Roadmap: The Path AheadOnce our new staff members are settle…

• 📢 Ver 0.3.4.21 - Patch Notes - 14 April 2026

  🔨 FixesA few patch notes from over the weekend reports. Thank you to everyone who's helped us out with this!Fixed: Washing machine loading issue.Fixed: Count being incorrect in the shop.Fixed: Some navigation issues on older saves.Fixed: Level 1 Reception and Checkout Desk delivery every night.Fixed: Starting game supply boxes being incorrect after reloading.

• 📢 Ver. 0.3.4 - Audience Emotes and Lots of Improvements - 10 April 2026

  🎥 Creator NewsTwitch viewers who spawn as patients can now show up with custom emotes. The emotes your chat uses will appear on their character in-game. Your regulars never looked so at home. ➕ Added:Added: DLSS and TSR settings.Added: Disconnect Steam account from Twitch account button.🔨 Fixed:Fixed: Voice Chat Error related crash.Fixed: Interviewing a patient at the end of a shift.This should no longer freeze your game. Fixed: Scaling of items on placement sometimes being incorrect.🔀 Changed:Changed: Patients smile are a bit less.... creepy.Changed: Improved security on Twitch connection.Changed: Improved patient navigation around problematic objects.Changed: Patients are more resistant to being pushed and launched.Changed: Memory usage improvement — the map should load faster and be more stable and performant.

• New Early Access Trailer - 2 April 2026

  Greetings, Doctors!Its been a while since we launched our first trailer, and CURE has come a long way. We are proud to present our new Early-Access Trailer, with gameplay from the latest version of the game, including blood tests, cleaning & clearing, patient mood and a lot more. Enjoy (and let us know what you thought about the trailer in the comments!)

• 📢 Ver 0.3.3.4 - Patch Notes - 31 March 2026

  ➕ AddedAdded: Mouse centering on UI Open toggle in gameplay settingsAdded: Bullet impact VFX when hitting non-zombie targets for better feedback 🔨 FixedFixed: Items incorrectly teleporting to position 0,0,0Fixed: Prevented picking up tables while they are being used by playersFixed: Disappearing boxes, they were being teleported above the morgue!Fixed: Players not displaying VFX when hit, they now correctly show hit effectsFixed: Light bleed artifact inside hospital, improving lighting overall inside the hospitalFixed: Blocked station bug, where players couldn't use a table while standing directly behind itFixed: Pistol and baton VFX, hit effects now appear at the correct point of impact on the target (head, chest, leg, etc)✖️ RemovedRemoved: Dot pixel artifact above players' and NPCs' heads 🔀 ChangedChanged: Pistol clips now destroy when emptyChanged: Improved sidewalk colliders, pre…

• 🏥✨50,000 DOCTORS REGISTERED! ✨🏥 - 27 March 2026

  50,000 copies. We genuinely didn't see that coming so quickly.Thank you to everyone who's played, shared, reported bugs, left reviews, and kept this community alive. And a huge shoutout to our content creators, your videos and streams have introduced CURE to more people than we ever could have on our own.We've got a lot more coming. Thank you for spreading the CURE! 🩵

• 📢 Ver 0.3.2.5 - Patch Notes - 26 March 2026

  🔨 Fixed:Fixed: Multiple crash fixes.Fixed: Lobby Hosts properly connect to Proximity Chat again.Fixed: Patients should now always fill the reception queue when spots appear open.Fixed: Patients who have their care refused will properly leave and not return after a shift is over.Fixed: Patients dying in queue no longer causes the reception queue to have inaccurate capacity count.Fixed: Patients should no longer reassign themselves to the Waiting Area when at a treatment destination.Fixed: Patients will no longer try to sit at checkout desks and reception desks when they are placed down.Fixed: Cleaning Trash no longer causes every single patient inside the hospital to attempt to go to a waiting chair.Fixed: Placing body bags in the morgue is more consistent and should no longer break by spamming the place button.Fixed: Patients should no longer reassign themselves to a new destination if…

• 📢 Ver 0.3.1.7 - Patch Notes - 25 March 2026

  ➕ Added:Added: Multi-seat waiting sofas.Added: Mouse now centers when opening UI modes (shop, patient status, etc.)🔨 Fixed:Fixed: Door chime works again.Fixed: Fixed multiple crash issues.Fixed: Zombies should no longer strafe.Fixed: Patients no longer sit or lay on air.Fixed: Patient navigation is now less jittery.Fixed: Zombies no longer respect sidewalks.Fixed: Being able to re-trigger end day counter.Fixed: Patients no longer randomly get out of bed.Fixed: Zombies sometimes not appearing properly.Fixed: Zombies no longer spawn after the shift ends.Fixed: Patients no longer get stuck trying to get into bed.Fixed: Patients can now properly use the 2nd (Level 3) entrance.Fixed: Fixed some large items not displaying properly (beds, washing machines).Fixed: With a full inventory, items can no longer be accidentally taken from boxes (previously they would auto-dropped).🔀 Changed:Changed…

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