"Imagine a terrible nightmare where you're faced with performing surgery, without ever studying it. It could go one of two ways. You could pool together every piece of knowledge you've unconsciously gained from watching medical dramas like Grey's Anatomy, House or Casualty and walk out a hero. Or you could break down under pressure, lose control of your limbs and accidentally lodge an alarm clock behind the remains of your patient's ribcage. Surgeon Simulator 2013 knows what the funnier scenario is."
— Sam Morris, in a Surgeon Simulator Review
"A video game take on the classic Operation board game, Surgeon Simulator sees players using the most ruthless control scheme possible to take control of a surgeon's hand, and attempt various heart, kidney and lung transplants."
— Mike Rose, Gamasutra, on The blissfully awkward controls of Surgeon Simulator 2013
"The game is a comical take on performing organ-replacement surgery from a first-person perspective. Surgeon Simulator does not attempt to take a realistic medical approach, in part due to the nature of the controls."
— Wikia, Surgeon Simulator 2013 wiki
"Your job is very simple, perform heart surgery. That can't be too hard if you're a surgeon, right? You've practiced all of your life for this moment. Not just this moment but all of the other surgeries that you've done. There's nothing different about this surgery than the one that you just did or the one that you're going to do after this one. Wait. What? You're not a surgeon? You've never been to medical school? Then what the hell are you doing!? Wait no, put that down! It gets interesting, even in this Surgeon Simulator demo."
— Solomon Arnett, Rocky Bytes, on Surgeon Simulator download
