The game is the thematic successor to Theme Park, a game also produced by Bullfrog. While the player has no direct control over the patients who wander the hospital, they do however have some influence over whether to evict them from the hospital or determining what to do with them when given a choice...
Theme Hospital is a business simulation game developed by Bullfrog Productions and published by Electronic Arts in 1997, in which the player designs and operates a hospital. Like most of Bullfrog's games, Theme Hospital is permeated by an eccentric sense of humour. The game is the thematic successor to Theme Park, a game also produced by Bullfrog. The game was a massive commercial success, selling over 4 million copies worldwide.