Theme Hospital™ Cures, Chaos and Cash

You start with a plot of land and a waiting list. Rooms need placing, doors need positioning so patients actually find them, and every machine, desk and radiator comes out of a budget that never quite stretches far enough. Then the patients arrive, and they are not a dignified bunch: someone's head is inflated like a balloon, someone's tongue is hanging down to their chest, and one poor soul is simply too hairy. Diagnose them, build the right treatment room, and the cure becomes cash. Research opens up new cures, emergencies and epidemics land without warning, and rival hospitals compete for the same business. The Grim Reaper stalks the corridors for those who leave it too late. It is a management game played entirely with a straight face, which is exactly why it is funny.