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Surgeon Simulator

Bossa Studios · Infogrames · 2013-04-19

SteamGOG

ActionIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 19, 2013 (Mac), Apr 19, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 19, 2013 (Linux), Mar 13, 2014 (iOS), TBD (Android)

Surgeon Simulator is an over-the-top operation sim, stitching together pitch-black humour with life-saving surgery. Become Dr. Burke, a would-be surgeon with a less than conventional toolkit, as he performs procedures on patients including the Heavy from TF2! ...is that a hammer?

18
playing now
82%
positive of 17k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
81/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
68/100
IGDB user rating (53 ratings)
3h
to beat · rushed 2h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

18 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Surgeon Simulator is a surgical simulation video game developed and published by Bossa Studios. The initial version was created by Tom Jackson, Jack Good, Luke Williams and James Broadley in a 48-hour period for the 2013 Global Game Jam; the developers continued and spent 48 days creating a commercial version. The full version was released via Steam in April 2013, and GOG.com on 10 October 2013 followed by an iPad release on 7 March 2014.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 18 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 413 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~52/week).
  • · Review velocity up 23% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 675k–1.4M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 16,887 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at GamesRepublic (2016-09-27) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 26 of 50 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
26826820182026Week of 2018-01-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 268 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2932026-08-06 21:00 — 21 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 12 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 11 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 12 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 12 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 17 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 20 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 17 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 14 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 21 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 11 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 22 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 19 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 18 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 17 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 11 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 14 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 12 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 24 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 12 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 7 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 11 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 20 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 17 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 15 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 15 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 3 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 22 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 18 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$12.99$0.992015-01-012026-07-202015-01-01 — best price $6.492015-11-04 — best price $3.242016-01-28 — best price $1.992016-06-23 — best price $1.992016-10-24 — best price $2.572017-06-23 — best price $1.992018-02-16 — best price $12.992018-08-15 — best price $1.492018-12-20 — best price $1.492019-04-11 — best price $12.992019-08-30 — best price $2.492020-01-31 — best price $2.502020-05-25 — best price $9.992020-07-16 — best price $2.762020-09-10 — best price $9.992020-10-13 — best price $8.892020-11-12 — best price $9.992020-12-15 — best price $9.992021-01-24 — best price $9.992021-02-23 — best price $8.892021-03-23 — best price $8.892021-04-30 — best price $8.892021-05-30 — best price $8.892021-10-28 — best price $2.492022-01-18 — best price $9.992022-03-24 — best price $8.892022-06-20 — best price $2.492022-12-23 — best price $2.492023-05-26 — best price $2.492023-09-14 — best price $2.492023-11-28 — best price $9.992024-02-19 — best price $7.892024-04-12 — best price $9.992024-08-01 — best price $8.892024-11-27 — best price $2.502025-02-08 — best price $9.992025-07-10 — best price $9.992025-12-11 — best price $1.992026-04-19 — best price $1.492026-07-20 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

59172026-05-29 — 46 pageviews2026-06-01 — 42 pageviews2026-06-04 — 37 pageviews2026-06-07 — 39 pageviews2026-06-10 — 59 pageviews2026-06-13 — 35 pageviews2026-06-16 — 34 pageviews2026-06-19 — 43 pageviews2026-06-22 — 32 pageviews2026-06-25 — 40 pageviews2026-06-28 — 49 pageviews2026-07-01 — 43 pageviews2026-07-04 — 40 pageviews2026-07-07 — 41 pageviews2026-07-10 — 44 pageviews2026-07-13 — 47 pageviews2026-07-16 — 46 pageviews2026-07-19 — 40 pageviews2026-07-22 — 33 pageviews2026-07-25 — 32 pageviews2026-07-28 — 48 pageviews2026-07-31 — 29 pageviews2026-08-03 — 27 pageviews2026-08-06 — 40 pageviews2026-08-09 — 43 pageviews2026-08-12 — 36 pageviews2026-08-15 — 44 pageviews2026-08-18 — 17 pageviews2026-08-21 — 39 pageviews2026-08-24 — 40 pageviews2026-08-26 — 40 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
78.8%
earned "Doctor Doctor, Give Me The News"
7.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)67,6821%123
PS4 (PlayStation)59,4961%56

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

VRFunnyIndieAliensCasualComedyPuzzlePhysicsDifficultDark Humor

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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