Night Shift Hospital PC Controls

Expected PC Control Layout

Night Shift Hospital playtest builds on Steam follow standard PC sim conventions: mouse for pointing, clicking, and dragging on patient charts; keyboard for movement if applicable, shortcuts, menu navigation, and confirm or cancel actions.

Knitted Cats has not published a final public binding chart as of July 2026. This page describes functional categories you should locate in settings rather than unverified specific keys that may change patch to patch.

After each playtest update, open Settings, note confirm, cancel, interact, map, and communication bindings, and share them with your squad so everyone shares vocabulary.

Return to controls hub for voice and co-op etiquette; this page focuses on keyboard and mouse hardware.

Mouse Actions and Precision

Primary click typically selects patients, UI buttons, and procedure targets. Secondary click may open context menus if implemented.

Drag interactions may move items, sliders, or chart elements in diagnosis minigames—common in medical sims shown in trailers.

Use moderate DPI for consistent UI hits; extremely high sensitivity causes misclicks on small confirm buttons that cost mistakes per mistake limit rules.

Disable mouse acceleration in Windows for predictable aim if the game lacks raw input—test both ways during solo intro.

Keyboard Actions and Shortcuts

Movement keys may navigate hospital spaces in third or first-person segments depending on level design.

Shortcut keys often toggle charts, map overlays, or patient lists—memorize at least map and objective toggles for disasters in nightly disasters.

Confirm and cancel should sit on opposite hands to prevent miskey; many players bind confirm to a side mouse button only after testing accidental double confirms.

Enter and escape commonly accept or back out of dialogs—verify before speedrunning prompts.

Remapping Best Practices

Remap irreversible commits first: procedure confirm, discharge confirm, disaster objective accept.

Keep related actions on one hand cluster when possible.

Export or screenshot bindings for squad docs if the game lacks cloud sync.

Revert to defaults when debugging weird behavior after patches—custom binds sometimes conflict with new actions.

Share binding changes verbally when playing co-op same night.

UI Navigation Under Pressure

Patient chart depth may stack tabs—labs, history, symptoms. Learn tab order solo via beginner guide practice.

Map or minimap toggles should be bound for zone routing in treatment zones without hunting menus.

Scroll wheel may cycle lists; confirm whether scroll can accidentally change selections mid-click.

UI scale adjustments help readability on 1440p and 4K monitors—test at your native resolution per system requirements.

Steam Overlay and Multiplayer Invites

Shift+Tab opens Steam overlay for invites and guides. Practice opening without clicking through game UI underneath.

Disable conflicting overlays from other clients that hook DirectX or Vulkan and cause input focus bugs during playtests.

Friends joining mid-shift may disrupt flow—agree join timing in playtest join guide.

If overlay breaks mouse capture, toggle borderless window mode if settings allow—a common PC sim fix.

Quick Reference

Functional PC control categories for Night Shift Hospital (assign exact keys in-game), July 2026.