Ghost Hospital

About

Ghost Hospital is a retro RPG with turn-based combat set in a haunted hospital. You play Robin, a teenager stuck in Purgatory Ridge, a hospital for the dead. She must navigate the eerie halls, teaming up with a fellow ghost patient and a snarky, shapeless spirit. Battles against corrupted ghosts use strategic, grid-based mechanics while the story weaves in themes of anxiety and depression as core challenges. The game blends supernatural horror with personal struggle using pixel art and dry humor. Players face external threats and internal demons, with dialogue choices reflecting Robin’s mental state. Available since 2017 on PC, Mac, and Linux, it remains a cult hit for its narrative depth. Find it on GameJolt or Itch.io for a journey where the real monsters might be inside your head.

Storyline

Ghost Hospital is a game about anxiety, depression, despair, mental rock bottoms, and, of course, ghosts. You play as Robin, a twelve-year-old girl who has an anxiety disorder and is very much alive in this hospital meant for beings that are not alive. Frankly, her anxiety was already bad enough before she landed in a hospital full of dead people, the still-shambling shells of ancient ghosts who try to take her down for a sweet taste of life, and the hospital directors hellbent on keeping her contained, and more importantly, away from the reason she's REALLY there. Thankfully, you have your new friends Jay and Sarcastic Ghost- Jay is a ghost about your age, and still a very new arrival to the hospital, and Sarcastic Ghost…well, he's an amorphous blob of a ghost, who talks a lot despite not having a mouth.