Animal Hospital (Anomaly)
Animal Hospital (Anomaly): New Update Start Time, Countdown
Animal Hospital (Anomaly), the night-shift horror role-play game from Animal Anomaly, has wrapped The Hazmat Team Arrives, the weekend content drop that pulled in more than 4.3 million interested players. Attention now shifts to the studio’s next release, listed simply as New Update, which the developer has locked in for the weekend of August 8. We update this page as the developer’s schedule changes.
The experience has reached serious scale. It routinely holds about 320,000 concurrent players, has now been visited about 990,000,000 times, and holds about 1,500,000 favorites. With The Hazmat Team Arrives now behind it, New Update is the next item on the calendar, though the developer hasn’t yet said what it contains.
Below is the schedule, followed by a closer look at each event and answers to the questions players are asking. Last updated August 9.
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Lore Expansion Update
New update!
Aug 8, 12:00 PM – Aug 11, 12:00 PM ET
Features new lore events, a special shift, additional species, improved visitors, and cosmetics.
Upcoming events1 scheduled
Next Update
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Aug 22, 12:00 PM – Aug 24, 8:06 PM ET
Recently ended1 wrapped
The Hazmat Team Arrives
The hazmat team is here
Jul 25, 3:15 PM – Jul 27, 12:15 PM ET
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Current and upcoming events
New Update
The developer’s next drop is on the calendar simply as New Update, scheduled to run from Saturday, August 8 at 12:00 PM ET through Tuesday, August 11 at 12:00 PM ET. At this stage it’s a placeholder for the studio’s next release: the date is set, but the developer hasn’t announced what the update actually adds.
Even without details, it’s already drawing interest — advance sign-ups sit at about 2,000,000, a fraction of the 4.3 million The Hazmat Team Arrives ultimately drew but still well above the game’s live player count. The timing fits the studio’s pattern, too: it lands exactly two weeks after the last drop, again opening on a Saturday. We’ll expand this section once the developer says what New Update brings. Exact start and end times are in the schedule above.
The Hazmat Team Arrives
The Hazmat Team Arrives ran from Saturday, July 25 at 3:15 PM ET to Monday, July 27 at 12:15 PM ET and has now concluded. Built around a hazmat team turning up at the hospital, it drew more than 4.3 million players who flagged it ahead of launch, many times the game’s live population.
The developer kept the specifics of the update under wraps and let the hazmat-team premise carry it, and the sheer volume of sign-ups suggests the approach landed. With that window closed, the studio’s roughly biweekly rhythm — a major weekend drop about every two weeks, each opening on a Saturday — points to New Update as the next one.
Frequently asked questions
When is the next Animal Hospital (Anomaly) event?
The next scheduled event is New Update, running Saturday, August 8 through Tuesday, August 11, 2026, starting at 12:00 PM ET. The developer has set the date but hasn’t yet detailed what the update includes.
What time do Animal Hospital (Anomaly) events start?
New Update begins at 12:00 PM ET on August 8 — that’s 11:00 AM CT, 10:00 AM MT, 9:00 AM PT, 4:00 PM UTC, and 5:00 PM BST. Start times vary from event to event; the most recent drop, The Hazmat Team Arrives, opened later in the day at 3:15 PM ET.
How many players are interested in New Update?
Advance interest in New Update stands at about 2,000,000. That’s well short of the more than 4.3 million who signed up for The Hazmat Team Arrives, but the figure is still climbing with weeks to go before it opens.
How many players does Animal Hospital (Anomaly) have?
The game routinely has about 320,000 people playing at once. It has been visited about 990,000,000 times overall and holds about 1,500,000 favorites.