70
Graveyard Keeper adds an interesting theme to the successful Stardew Valley genre. Unfortunately it also adds some inconvenient UI and UX issues and an atmosphere that fails to really involve the player.
73
Early on, it’s not that burdensome to personally lug around materials and process them into useful things, but as the technology marches on, you’ll have to do more and more menial tasks to make that new sword or casket that you need. [Issue#232, p.70]
70
The overall quality of Graveyard Keeper is satisfactory. Of the 50 hours of gameplay, 40 were really cool; all this morbid fun was really interesting, even if the game could use some polish and a better balance.
7
It's a fairly flawed game that's kind of like a darker version of **** Valley. But it's not cozy, the story is confusing, and it's almost impossible to play without using a guide. The beginning is the very hardest, but once you unlock the mine and quarry, and automated zombies, it's fairly easy. It's just that there is so much information that's hard to discover without insane amounts of trial-and-error or using a guide.
6
This will be a thorough breakdown. Graphic Design: 8/10
SFX: 4/10
Voice Acting: 2/10 (Better than Minecraft!)
Playability: 9/10
Fun: 7/10
Relaxing: 10/10
Variety of Play Styles: 3/10 Basically, this is a fantastic farming-system game. If you love crafting, scavenging, building, re-purposing, making lots of money for no reason other than to cover the basics, this game is for you. There's a lot of room left to be desired; the entire story is about 20% of the game at best, because farming dominates everything else. I believe this is a "proof-of-concept," which is why it's getting a sequel that appears from the trailer to be hugely expansive. The only DLC I played was Breaking Dead, to be clear. I got this game for free and just finished playing the entire way through. Here's my wishlist for GK2: -A Map that is at least 2-4x the size and diversity of the original map
-Motive to "perfect" your graveyard. In the base game, the Bishop is like, "Get your graveyard to above 100 rating!" (which, at first, seems impossible, but then once you figure out how to max-out all the technologies, gain infinite resources, and craft 12-white skull corpses? Really is nothing). -Continuous expansion, or missions to keep improving the items you can craft
-Story-based motive for all the various recipes you can make at the cooking station. Seriously--didn't even inspect half the recipes, let alone attempt to make them.
-Expand the Zombie functions of the game. The GK2 trailer shows zombie hoards, so that is coming, but maybe there's room for other functions? -Expansion on the supporting characters and their functioning the world. Would love to see more sinful stuff vs. righteous stuff in the game.
-Fishing was entirely unnecessary and I got through the game ignoring that feature pretty much altogether. -There are multiple supporting NPCs who appear, but do not really have any other function besides, "You cannot use these trees/resources/harvest this stuff! Har!" Would love to see that change. Overall, I think the system is interesting, but needs a lot of work to "perfect" it. This is still thinking on the smaller side, and I would love to see this expand to like a Civilization-sized game in terms of advancements and tech.
10
Bellissimo. Completato con tutti gli achievment su steam, ora dopo un anno lo sto rigiocando senza fretta.
Graveyard Keeper
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Sep 12, 2018
75
Beside its evident qualities in terms of immersion, due to a funny, unique and charming context, Graveyard Keeperand lacks variety and is, sometimes, too much based on farming system.
Sep 26, 2018
73
Early on, it’s not that burdensome to personally lug around materials and process them into useful things, but as the technology marches on, you’ll have to do more and more menial tasks to make that new sword or casket that you need. [Issue#232, p.70]
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Apr 24, 2026
10
Bellissimo. Completato con tutti gli achievment su steam, ora dopo un anno lo sto rigiocando senza fretta.
Apr 10, 2026
10
Sure, it'd a bit grindy, it has some flaws, but this is genuinely some of the most fun I've had in a game. Got a full plate with the sequel announcement.
Oct 23, 2018
70
Graveyard Keeper adds an interesting theme to the successful Stardew Valley genre. Unfortunately it also adds some inconvenient UI and UX issues and an atmosphere that fails to really involve the player.
Aug 31, 2018
70
Graveyard Keeper is a heaven for those who love to grind, and a real hell for everyone else.
Aug 24, 2018
70
Graveyard Keeper is an engaging and rewarding farming sim weighed down by pacing and performance issues. The GBA-style visuals compliment its contained open world, and influences from old-school Zelda games that shine through just as much as that of Harvest Moon or Stardew Valley. The PC and Xbox versions play almost exactly the same, which is unfortunate considering the game’s performance, but if you can look past all the spots and blotches, you’ll likely enjoy the challenging gathering-crafting grind, and the game’s macabre humor when it actually lands.
Sep 13, 2018
60
For fans of sims that offer a good range of what you can do, this is worth taking a look at. Although it still needs more tweaking, it’s headed in a good direction.
Aug 17, 2018
60
Graveyard Keeper is an undeniably unique game. It just stretches itself too thin. Even the titular role — the actual keeping of a graveyard — often feels secondary to the constant pursuit of new upgrades. Its central, twisted conceit goes a long way to making the grindy experience tolerable, though. Even at its worst, Graveyard Keeper sure to find an audience, as its macabre atmosphere and off-color activities aren’t things you see in games too often.
Feb 22, 2026
10
Ну вы что, люди добрые, это же одна из лучших игра за последние годы... Я просто кайфуй!
Jun 9, 2026
7
It's a fairly flawed game that's kind of like a darker version of **** Valley. But it's not cozy, the story is confusing, and it's almost impossible to play without using a guide. The beginning is the very hardest, but once you unlock the mine and quarry, and automated zombies, it's fairly easy. It's just that there is so much information that's hard to discover without insane amounts of trial-and-error or using a guide.
Nov 15, 2022
7
**** valley but in the cemetery.Nice idea. The gameplay is pretty good, but I can't say the same for the missions and progress.
Dec 25, 2018
4
I'd rate this to be the worst executed game of all time. And yes, I beat it. Though the core would be interesting and good with a lot of stuff to do and a clever storyline, it drowns itself in artifical barriers that keep you from progressing all game long. It's not even about it being grindy, it's about the blatant attempt to make the game long winded to the point of it being boring, unless you actually want to beat it. There's not a single thing you can focus on in this game as in order to progress in anything, you have to do something else instead. It has it all really: Cooking Fishing Farming Alchemy Dungeon Story And all of it falls flat because you simply can't focus on anything. On top of that you get flimsy guidance and confusing quest tasks - so without a wiki you are simply not able to play the game. Most of the time you won't even be able to grind as you need to run across that huge map back and forth. And if that wasn't annoying enough you constantly have to manage your inventory because the size is a massive joke - especially since you can't stay focused on anything. As it stands - the game needs a major rebalancing for the technology points as well as ways to increase health and stamina without making it a potion fest. And it needs to reconsider how annoying it is to not be able to focus on one thing at a time which forces you to manage your inventory every time you do something else. Which happens every 5 minutes or so.
Sep 12, 2018
4
Unfinished Game and what's in is not properly done. Game gives you not much Tutorials, the Time you run from A to B is pretty much the whole Game. Every new NPC loads you with 50 million Quests to do. Not to speak of several Bugs which sometimes can cause you to start the Game over because the Savegame is broken... A complete letdown..
SummaryBuild and manage a medieval graveyard while facing ethical dilemmas and making questionable decisions. Welcome to Graveyard Keeper, the most inaccurate medieval cemetery sim of the year.
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- PlayStation 4
Initial Release Date:Aug 15, 2018
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