Games like trauma center: under the knife

Trauma Center: Under the Knifeis a video game developed by Atlus for the Nintendo DS (DS). The debut entry in theTrauma Centerseries, it was published in Japan and North America by Atlus in 2005, and by Nintendo in Europe in 2006. Set in a near future where medical science can treat previously incurable diseases, the world's population panics when a new and seemingly incurable disease called GUILT begins to spread. Doctor Derek Stiles, a man possessing a mystical "Healing Touch", works with the medical group Caduceus to find a cure to GUILT. The gameplay combines surgery-based simulation relying on the DS's touchscreen controls with a story told as a visual novel.

Designed to take advantage of the DS's control options after planned development for earlier consoles stalled due to inadequate hardware, development lasted just over a year. Development proved challenging for the staff, who were veterans of theMegami Tenseifranchise and had little experience with genres outside role-playing. The game was positively reviewed by journalists. While a commercial disappointment in Japan, it sold beyond expectations in both North America and Europe, boosting Atlus' profits for that year. A remake for the Wii,Trauma Center: Second Opinion, released the following year. A DS sequel,Under the Knife 2, was released in 2008.