Graveyard Keeper

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7.2

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  1. Mandulum
    Nov 19, 2021
    7
    Who knew tending a graveyard could be so fun? Making money is a pain until very late in the game, and creating anything is even more of one, but I definitely enjoyed my time with this one.

    Date Completed: 2021-11-19
    Playtime: 56h
    Enjoyment: 7/10
    Recommendation: It's pretty fun. Some things are a pain but otherwise worth the time.
  2. Anakin1190
    Jan 27, 2020
    9
    This game is amazing. I love it. Story is good. 45h to complete this game. 9/10
  3. bromaross
    Sep 3, 2020
    10
    This is what indie should be like.
    A nice story, good humour, and god, what a gameplay! The game gives a player tons of opportunities to entertain, from farming (actual farm with growing vegetables) to dungeon adventures, alchemy, crafting, zombie mines management etc.
    And it is not scripted at all, you can do what you like whenever and how ever you like. One of the best games i played    This is what indie should be like.
    A nice story, good humour, and god, what a gameplay! The game gives a player tons of opportunities to entertain, from farming (actual farm with growing vegetables) to dungeon adventures, alchemy, crafting, zombie mines management etc.
    And it is not scripted at all, you can do what you like whenever and how ever you like.
    One of the best games i played this year.    … Expand
  4. DocVanq
    Nov 18, 2019
    8
    Graveyard Keeper is a solid game based heavily on Stardew Valley/Harvest moon mechanics. It is set in a darkly comedic world and has fantastic art, music, dialogue, and characters. It is an interesting take on the farming sim genre but it generally feels like the game slows down as you progress and gameplay becomes more menial and directionless over time. Some of the goals are very longGraveyard Keeper is a solid game based heavily on Stardew Valley/Harvest moon mechanics. It is set in a darkly comedic world and has fantastic art, music, dialogue, and characters. It is an interesting take on the farming sim genre but it generally feels like the game slows down as you progress and gameplay becomes more menial and directionless over time. Some of the goals are very long term, even quests granted early on like the Meat Stamp. Ultimately Graveyard Keeper's largest issue is it's gameplay and I can completely understand if it becomes too grindy for most people. All in all I am enjoying my experience with it, but I can see me stopping before the end of the game because I will go back to mechanically more interesting games like Stardew Valley.… Expand
  5. PeakTop
    Jul 22, 2020
    10
    Поистине, среди игр подобного жанра ЭТО симулятор шедевра. Его сравнивают с Стардью, но, я считаю, только потому, что она вышла раньше. Если бы Graveyard Keeper вышел первее, гарантирую, что уже Стардью сравнивали бы с ним)
    По факту механики этих игр очень похожи. Есть много крафта, фермерство, торговля, различные способы строительства и добычи. Сюжет очень забавен и необычен. Игра    Поистине, среди игр подобного жанра ЭТО симулятор шедевра. Его сравнивают с Стардью, но, я считаю, только потому, что она вышла раньше. Если бы Graveyard Keeper вышел первее, гарантирую, что уже Стардью сравнивали бы с ним)
    По факту механики этих игр очень похожи. Есть много крафта, фермерство, торговля, различные способы строительства и добычи. Сюжет очень забавен и необычен. Игра по-настоящему затягивает неповторимой атмосферой и прикольными персонажами. Последние разговаривают на очень смешном языке (каждый со своим акцентом), от которого я чуть не сполз под стол от смеха.
    ВНИМАНИЕ: если вы незнакомы с данным жанром, игра может вас сильно затянуть, лишить сна и личной жизни! Будьте бдительны :)    … Expand
  6. Nekellor_Met
    Aug 1, 2020
    7
    Оценю вместе с дополнением. Очень много гринда, даже больше предыдущей игры компании. Но та любовь с которой разрабы подошли к отрисовки, музыке, юмору и сюжеты почти полностью прощает прошлый огрех
  7. eddybr
    Jul 15, 2020
    10
    Highly recommend you to play this game. It's very addictive and fun. Be prepared though, lots of grind!
    Sound track is amazing!
  8. Jayces
    Jan 6, 2022
    8
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    ✅PROS:
    - You always have something to do
    - You can do a lot of things, such as building, fishing, building a farm, cooking, and so on.
    - You can transport the remaining logs by pushing them to the storage.
    - You get dmg when you pick honey, this little detail is not found in some games which makes the game more fascinating.
    - Both the sounds in nature and the rest are wonderful except for the stuttering NPC when they talk to you, those are awful.
    - Leave traces of what is useful in some cases.
    - There is a certain type of unique construction specific to each crafting component that makes the game a little closer to the real world.
    - The effects of wind and fog add a certain beauty to the game - You have personalized warehouses in each work area which is very useful due to the great variety of items. ❌CONS: - It confuses you and nothing clear is explained to you at first - When you fish, you pick flowers or dig up the remains of trees ... etc. you do not gain knowledge points. - There is no upgrade system for the buildings that will have to be advanced, you have to demolish the old ones and then rebuild - It's a bit strange and confusing because there is no list of recipes for some items, you have to lose a little through the game to discover them for the most part.    … Expand
  9. vikingfenn
    Nov 30, 2018
    7
    A solid game in its own right, but Stardew Valley is superior in many ways. It could use a bit more tutorial and explanation of what is going on.
  10. PrincessRose
    Jul 15, 2021
    5
    This game is alright, it's interesting and unique, quite addictive, not too bad to begin with but let down by slow overly grindy game play. It ends up feeling a bit too tedious. It feels like they trying to do whatever they can to waste your time in the most unfun ways imaginable. The character is so slow, everything is slow about this game. Most of the time I have no idea what I am doing,This game is alright, it's interesting and unique, quite addictive, not too bad to begin with but let down by slow overly grindy game play. It ends up feeling a bit too tedious. It feels like they trying to do whatever they can to waste your time in the most unfun ways imaginable. The character is so slow, everything is slow about this game. Most of the time I have no idea what I am doing, the game feels all over the place.
    It lacks QoL improvements such as if you forget what items are needed to make something there is no tool tip you have to go back to the station or look up wiki. It's also horrible that you can't skip to the day you want and have to wait before you can go hand in a quest to a a character that only appears on a certain day.

    The game has a lot of things that aren't obvious and you have to be psychic to figure it out yourself. And that to me shows how flawed this game is. Quests can also be very vague.
    When you play this game you need so many tabs open.

    Also there are things you can't sell and end up with too much of such as honey.

    I usually love crafting games and don't mind a bit of grind, but not when I feel theres not much else to it.
    Got so sick of forgetting something and having to slowly walk back for the millionth time.

    Can't stand this tedium for another second so watched the game ending and glad I didn't waste my time playing anymore as ending was terrible and not worth the torture of playing this game.
    This is a very average, borderline bad game can't recommend it, does not deserve a score higher than 5.    … Expand
  11. ireviewbadgames
    Aug 22, 2018
    1
    They say "Graveyard Keeper" is the "No Man's Sky" version of "Stardew Valley" and unfortunately that seems to be an accurate statement. What we have is an unfinished, buggy grind of a game that is so monotonous and boring you may as well become a real gravedigger. At least you'll be making money instead of tossing your hard-earned cash into a fire to pick up this underwhelming title.They say "Graveyard Keeper" is the "No Man's Sky" version of "Stardew Valley" and unfortunately that seems to be an accurate statement. What we have is an unfinished, buggy grind of a game that is so monotonous and boring you may as well become a real gravedigger. At least you'll be making money instead of tossing your hard-earned cash into a fire to pick up this underwhelming title.

    I'll first start with positives. . . well, "Graveyard Keeper" does indeed have a unique premise that commands great potential had the developers put effort and thought into it. The art is actually relatively well done, both pleasant to look at and easy on the eyes.

    Now, let's talk about this game's bread and butter: being a repetitive, tedious grind. The developers are the same as the one's who made Punch Club, so you already know their specialty in the gaming industry is helping the player waste as much time as possible while accomplishing almost nothing. Well folks, these industry titans have done it again! You'll spend hours of your hobbling from errand to errand, just to maintain your little estate. They've even included waiting for things to finish- That's right, you can sit back, put those weary hands behind your head and watch as your character stands there mindlessly like a zombie. Quite fitting.

    We have missing content, two unfinished locations that have been unavailable from the game's alpha. The grisly writing on the wall says these dirty devs plan on churning out paid DLC for you to have the honor of entering these areas that you know exist, but can't enter in the base game. This especially adds insult to injury when you consider the lack of content issue that already exists.

    The story is linear, poorly devised and relies on waiting in places and hoping for quest NPCs to show up. If you have high hopes for an exciting plot filled with moral quandaries, then look elsewhere. Had the ending of the game been worthwhile, perhaps "Graveyard Keeper" could be saved, but. . . I think you and I both know that's not what happened.

    Don't let the good reviews sway you, just take a look at them- even they admit the same flaws I've listed. . . they just surpassed the 2 hour refund mark and have to live with buyer's remorse. At the end of the day, if you like Stardew Valley. . . don't buy this game. Just go back to Stardew Valley. If you like grinding games, look elsewhere. There's better titles.

    This game has one foot in the grave and if the developers don't listen to feedback and make drastic changes and add a substantial amount of free content (no paid DLC for an unfinished game please) then we can close the casket and bury this dead horse.    … Expand
  12. djvampyre
    Jan 6, 2020
    2
    This game is quite obviously a rushed unfinished attempt to capitalize on stardew valley's success. Sadly it lacks the polish Stardew had on release. Instead of SV's amazing soundtrack with some 30 different and well crafted songs you get ... One... that's right just one song on loop the entire game. Completely rips off stardew valley farming bit for bit. You will be doing way more farmingThis game is quite obviously a rushed unfinished attempt to capitalize on stardew valley's success. Sadly it lacks the polish Stardew had on release. Instead of SV's amazing soundtrack with some 30 different and well crafted songs you get ... One... that's right just one song on loop the entire game. Completely rips off stardew valley farming bit for bit. You will be doing way more farming than graveyard keeping in this game. The graveyard is a complete afterthought here.

    Gone are the meaningful relationships with the townsfolk as well. The dialogue written for them is very short and in most cases story lines are STILL unfinished after selling 2 DLC releases at 35$ for the full (unfinished) game now on steam. Latest DLC finally adds dialogue to a few characters so they can give you tedious fetch quests. The tavern in this game is totally pointless unless you just like to make more money for no particular reason whatsoever while you watch your tavern guests aimlessly walk around saying "get out of my way" lol seriously lazy programming just getting this out the door as fast a possible to get rich on that SV nostalgia.

    Seriously a shameless cash grab. Take a pass on this one unless you want to endlessly grind things for no reward at the end. Still completely unfinished concept and not very well though out.    … Expand
  13. ronfar86
    Nov 22, 2018
    9
    Excelente jogo, a nível de Stardew Valley, possui um ótimo custo/beneficio e é traduzido em PT/BR.
    O que achei ruim foi o fato que o dia acaba rápido (porem não tem tempo limite para as missões, só deve ser entregue no dia da semana correto a maioria).
    Se possui alguma duvida ainda, recomendo fortemente esse jogo, irá consumir bastante horas do seu tempo e sem arrependimentos
  14. Marclun
    Sep 17, 2018
    2
    A lot of people described Graveyard Keeper like a "macabre" Stardew Valley. Well, after playing 10 hours of Graveyard Keeper I returned to Stardew Valley one year later of my last game. Because I couldn't stand the tedious and silly grinding and energy mechanic during hours without any accomplishment in Graveyard Keeper, is frustrating. I work 10 hours a day, and I don't want to have theA lot of people described Graveyard Keeper like a "macabre" Stardew Valley. Well, after playing 10 hours of Graveyard Keeper I returned to Stardew Valley one year later of my last game. Because I couldn't stand the tedious and silly grinding and energy mechanic during hours without any accomplishment in Graveyard Keeper, is frustrating. I work 10 hours a day, and I don't want to have the same sensations playing a video game. It's sad because, with better mechanics, Graveyard Keeper could've been the best game in his genre.… Expand
  15. Reon
    Oct 31, 2021
    2
    "Gate Keeper" Review

    Good: Decent retro graphics as in it doesn't use any cheap rotation effects but instead actually has frames for things like swinging an axe instead of rotating a static png. The music while decent only really allows you to listen to 1 song 90% of the time. Bad: Moving the goal post for nearly every quest. Every time the game tells you to do something for    "Gate Keeper" Review

    Good:
    Decent retro graphics as in it doesn't use any cheap rotation effects but instead actually has frames for things like swinging an axe instead of rotating a static png.
    The music while decent only really allows you to listen to 1 song 90% of the time.

    Bad:
    Moving the goal post for nearly every quest. Every time the game tells you to do something for someone, you expect to get the reward you were promised but not in Graveyard Keeper. Take getting the stamp as an example, you have to do like a dozen quests with gated requirements tied to the tech tree. 40 hours in and I still have stacks of meat waiting to be stamped so that I can sell them... The progression is absolutely terrible, the reward for giving someone what they want is them asking for more things. I've done 3 quests for snake and he has offered NOTHING in in return but rather wants me to do MORE for him. No meat stamp, not even a HINT of the location of Charmies necklace, but rather "HEY I WANT MORE". Just look at the stupid skull gary, he asks for beer, then wine, then cognac but offers NOTHING in return but vague "I think u might find something if u talk to so and so". I'm about to open a Tavern but yet to get the meat stamp to sell meat, so dumb.
    The economy is hilarious, you can only sell things to the people that produce them? Why the hell would the guy who lives on a quarry want to buy stone from me when he can get it for free? Same thing with crops and wood when it should be the exact opposite, the dude with a garden full of carrots... Wants to buy more carrots? Pepega developers...

    Overall:
    Game is fun at first but the terrible progression, moving of goal posts, lack of rewards, arbitrary tech tree unlocks, constant gating, etc completely ruin it.    … Expand
  16. TheRealGamer133
    Jun 12, 2020
    10
    Amazingly addictive game, which also have deep atmosphere, pleasing graphics and great soundtrack.
  17. Mudrahel
    Sep 4, 2019
    9
    Very recommend this game.
    It is totally awesome. I spent 45 hours to complete the game and it was fun.
    Still, game has grind to some extent, but zombie very useful to make your life better and resource gathering easier. Actually I can't even imagine how people played this game without zombie workers, most likely it was total nightmare. Hopefully developers added zombie pack. Pros: *    Very recommend this game.
    It is totally awesome. I spent 45 hours to complete the game and it was fun.
    Still, game has grind to some extent, but zombie very useful to make your life better and resource gathering easier. Actually I can't even imagine how people played this game without zombie workers, most likely it was total nightmare. Hopefully developers added zombie pack.
    Pros:
    * awesome graphic
    * interesting story
    * a lot of things/tasks to do, you won't be bored
    * many locations

    Cons:
    * availability of characters once per week some time could annoying, but is still fine
    * grind. Yes, it present, but it not horrible as it was at the beginning, now zombies can grind for you

    I definitely recommend to play this game, it is worth it.    … Expand
  18. Marinoid2000
    Mar 18, 2020
    10
    It's the best relaxing game! I love it. Story is good. Crafting is good. Quests is good.
  19. FreedomEagle69
    Oct 29, 2021
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Haven't played it recently but on release you had to grind soooo much to get enough money for one of the quests that you were forced to grind for like tens of hours. The best way to make money in the game is to sell vegetables so you have to tend to your garden (now they fixed it but when I played you had to click on a tile, find fertilizer in eq, find seed in eq, repeat for like 30 tiles) then build boxes for your veggies (hold F for like a minute) and when you have your boxes built, drag them through a tunnel to town, 1 by 1... 5 boxes a day... Well, 10, actually, because the game would let you cheat a little if you planted another 5 boxes after 5 boxes were sold. Hours spent on just this mindless nonsense and for what? A boring 30s ending, not even a cinematic just a cutscene... Sad.… Expand
  20. KnightRighter
    Aug 25, 2018
    1
    An otherwise great game is marred by a staggeringly stupid mechanic: Energy.

    Energy is expended every time you take an action. Swing an axe, pick, sword... Repair a tool... Craft an item. The biggest flaw: it only recharges if you sleep, or eat food—which in the early game is a pain in the ass to make. Battling baddies in the forest? Once you're out of energy in the early game,    An otherwise great game is marred by a staggeringly stupid mechanic: Energy.

    Energy is expended every time you take an action. Swing an axe, pick, sword... Repair a tool... Craft an item. The biggest flaw: it only recharges if you sleep, or eat food—which in the early game is a pain in the ass to make.

    Battling baddies in the forest? Once you're out of energy in the early game, you'll have to walk all the way back to your house to sleep. It's surprising that nobody during testing said "Hey. Isn't it kind of dumb that you can't swing a sword anymore, but you're perfectly able to walk a quarter mile back to the house to sleep?" Or even better "Why on earth did anyone think making someone sleep would make for a fun game?"

    I fully understand the purpose of the energy mechanic. But the execution is miserable.

    I'm hoping the developer either makes it auto-regenerate—and not at a slow pace, either. Or renames the game "Chores: The Game."

    Hopefully it's the former. They'll make a lot more money.    … Expand
  21. Damian94
    Aug 26, 2018
    1
    Its tedious because there are no quality of life additions.
    You move very slowly on a big map. You can purchase early in the game teleportation stones, so ok there are lots of fast travel points that you can teleport to anytime you want right? Nope, only 2, pretty close to each other, and this **** stone has a cooldown so slow, you are better off just slowly walking where you want. And    Its tedious because there are no quality of life additions.
    You move very slowly on a big map. You can purchase early in the game teleportation stones, so ok there are lots of fast travel points that you can teleport to anytime you want right? Nope, only 2, pretty close to each other, and this **** stone has a cooldown so slow, you are better off just slowly walking where you want. And theres no run button, you can only walk. Also there are 2 stones you can purchase, but dont worry, they share the cooldown, so even though you only used 1 of them, theyr both inactive for 3 minutes.
    You will need to talk to certain characters through the game, but they often spawn on a certain 1 day of 6 days week. there will be situations where they will tell you to bring them something, that you happen to have in a chest in your home, but theres no chance you will be able to make it in time, teleporting to your home and then coming back to them will be too late, so see you in 6 days biatch.
    You cant skip days, you can slowly sleep too regenerate energy, but with full energy your character refuses to fall asleep.
    You have very limited inventory space, you will want to have base items like sword, ax, pickax, shovel, teleportation stone, energy recoveries, and some others, at every time with you, so your little backpack gets even smaller. And there are many items taking items slots a few at graveyard, a few at your farm, a few close to your home, a few you might want to have going to new places. So in order to do anything you have to do everything in order 1 of the time. If you had inventory space you would have to do that anyway because of this stupid stamina system, but later in a game you can make items that restore your stamina better than sleeping.
    Everything in this game is designed to waste your time in a not fun way, the game is either unfinished or intentionally made to be the most tedious and boring game you can buy    … Expand
  22. OkOkOk
    Jan 29, 2019
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. If The city is added not as dlc i might change this review but until that day i can't. [Edit: I hope they add it it's a good game]… Expand
  23. TenchuuKhan
    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,    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.    … Expand
  24. FranckyDooky
    Sep 1, 2018
    8
    It's a good relaxing game, worth to play. I loved the crafting, there's a good amount of quest, it's all about quests.
  25. AdM1
    Nov 30, 2018
    10
    No entiendo como un juego asi me ha enganchado tanto.
    Empieza como una mierda, debido a que te deja en un mundo que no conoces sin enseñarte nada, y te las tienes que apañar para saber jugar
    Una vez que lo haces, es mejor de lo esperado! Los días son cortos respecto a la energía, manteniéndolos relativos y con sentido El mapa es largo, variado y tiene algunos secretos interesantes. Un    No entiendo como un juego asi me ha enganchado tanto.
    Empieza como una mierda, debido a que te deja en un mundo que no conoces sin enseñarte nada, y te las tienes que apañar para saber jugar
    Una vez que lo haces, es mejor de lo esperado!
    Los días son cortos respecto a la energía, manteniéndolos relativos y con sentido
    El mapa es largo, variado y tiene algunos secretos interesantes.
    Un puñetero vicio    … Expand
  26. yosa1
    Nov 1, 2018
    0
    Now that it is released, one word; boring. Now there is boring dlc that makes the game play less boring but still awful, a redundant dlc just to alleviate bad game mechanics; screams mobile market;
  27. Thistlene
    Aug 24, 2018
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I think this is a very unique game. It has its rough spots, but the developers are great about listening to the community on what needs tweaked. In particular, I like how in-depth the crafting system is. For example: to make Pen and Ink, you need feathers and ink. The feathers are purchased, while the ink is made from black paint, conical flasks, and water. Conical flasks are made from glass, which are made from sand, water, and fuel. The black paint can be made from graphite powder and water. The graphite powder is made by grinding graphite in the alchemical mill. The graphite is made by made from coal at Furnace II or III. I LOVE it. Sometimes XD… Expand
  28. ROFLx
    Aug 26, 2018
    0
    this game is so busted.Boring jokes, Boring work.There is no love making games.
  29. Crackfarmer
    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..
  30. tonedef
    Feb 22, 2021
    10
    Graveyard Keeper offers more of a grinding experience that revolves around dilemmas that need to be solved and cemetery management. I put in around 90+ hours to complete the story at my own leisure and took it in as a great time waster. The game requires patience, repetition and can be considered a casual game as there is no rush to complete your tasks. The game early on does have a lot ofGraveyard Keeper offers more of a grinding experience that revolves around dilemmas that need to be solved and cemetery management. I put in around 90+ hours to complete the story at my own leisure and took it in as a great time waster. The game requires patience, repetition and can be considered a casual game as there is no rush to complete your tasks. The game early on does have a lot of walking to an from locations but over all you can bypass most issues with transportation stones. I had no issues with the game itself and felt it was a great game that offers a lot in terms of content. The Graphics and soundtrack are pretty epic.

    TLDR, I would highly recommend the game if you like heavy grinding and casual time waster.

    Aside from that, I wouldn't compare it to Stardew Valley. The core of Stardew Valley is community based and was more of a life sim or farm sim type of game. Graveyard Keeper was more of a cemetery management, dilemma type of game that does revolve around similar features of crafting, farming and harvesting. While both goods games they offer different experiences. I would ignore the reviews that compare the two. You will be disappointed if you are looking for a Stardew Valley alternative here.    … Expand
  31. Garybaldo
    Jul 1, 2020
    9
    Entertaining and solid game with an interesting story and a very beautiful ending, the game is very good at keeping you busy and making progress noticeable.
  32. fetqqq
    Feb 18, 2022
    8
    Just good alternative to Stardew Valley. Even in some places it looks better.
  33. Galvelde
    Nov 19, 2018
    6
    An interesting twist on a farming sim. When compared to similar Stardew Valley, the game has better controls and more pleasing graphics. Crafting is interesting even although it becomes a tedious chore and the game feels unrewarding after the first couple of hours.
  34. teksturki
    Nov 3, 2021
    9
    Simple graphics, but such a good narrative and gameplay. Good humor. Feels way better than stardew valley or other games of this genre that I've tried. The only thing I did not like is the ending. Not going to spoil, just felt so short and abrupt for me, did not explain the story as much as it should. Found out later that you need not end the game, but play all the DLCs to get anySimple graphics, but such a good narrative and gameplay. Good humor. Feels way better than stardew valley or other games of this genre that I've tried. The only thing I did not like is the ending. Not going to spoil, just felt so short and abrupt for me, did not explain the story as much as it should. Found out later that you need not end the game, but play all the DLCs to get any understanding of the main plot.… Expand
  35. Wipros
    Jun 24, 2020
    8
    Let's get this short. I know why people give this games this rating. And they are mostly right - game is mostly "Get me fish. No rod? Talk to that guy. But he wants first golden ring of virginity, but you need to first research this to get that, but you don't have enough bush chopping points so get those and then do few more quests, after that you should be able to complete that 1 questLet's get this short. I know why people give this games this rating. And they are mostly right - game is mostly "Get me fish. No rod? Talk to that guy. But he wants first golden ring of virginity, but you need to first research this to get that, but you don't have enough bush chopping points so get those and then do few more quests, after that you should be able to complete that 1 quest you wanted to get +5 dmg on your sword". So yeah, it's like this mostly. But if you like to play game while you're waiting for game to find, you have only few mins to play, or you just want to chill while listening to music, this game is for you. It has story, it has gameplay, but it's not for everybody and mostly Stardew Valley is better in any way. But hope you got my point :) ~10 hours so yeah I can critic this game pretty much from every angle.… Expand
  36. Suwser7777
    Oct 20, 2020
    8
    Great game with awsome climate. Story is even better.
    Soundtrack takes you to medival world full of legends and monsters
  37. ulufarkas
    Nov 6, 2022
    3
    Imagine a game: You pay for it, download it but can not play due to your computer's time zone.
  38. YourOpinionBad
    Dec 19, 2022
    10
    So many people say this game isn't good because they want it to be Stardew, it is its own game, and it's amazing, you may have to look some things up but this game is a treasure. If you want to play Stardew then play Stardew, if you want to play a game where you run a church and graveyard and can make human skin into books and cook sandwiches of human flesh, this game is for you. Yes, someSo many people say this game isn't good because they want it to be Stardew, it is its own game, and it's amazing, you may have to look some things up but this game is a treasure. If you want to play Stardew then play Stardew, if you want to play a game where you run a church and graveyard and can make human skin into books and cook sandwiches of human flesh, this game is for you. Yes, some things may be overly complicated but it always seems to feel worth it. I played this game in the past and i didn't get much done but I recently went back in with a more open mind and I found myself very interested by all the different things there is to do, i love the random quests and how vague they are so you can find out yourself. if you ever find yourself stuck don't be afraid to look it up.… Expand
  39. tekkeli37
    Jan 14, 2023
    6
    -Too many grinds
    -Boring story
    +The gameplay is very cumbersome, but it has its fun side
  40. Nasus
    Jul 6, 2020
    7
    i recommend playing it , nearly all the problems got solved in the dlc'es now its not graindy and slow like before , THIS GAME IS NOT A STARDOWVALLY copy ; this game about gravekeeping and alcamy and surgaring , this game focus is not on plants and soclizing with npcs

    pros -good artstyle -good music -good dialog and humor in it -creative ideas -addictive and time consuming -good    i recommend playing it , nearly all the problems got solved in the dlc'es now its not graindy and slow like before , THIS GAME IS NOT A STARDOWVALLY copy ; this game about gravekeeping and alcamy and surgaring , this game focus is not on plants and soclizing with npcs

    pros

    -good artstyle
    -good music
    -good dialog and humor in it
    -creative ideas
    -addictive and time consuming
    -good tech tree

    cons
    -unplayable without wiki this game is just huge and need alot of reading to know what to do

    -missions are a mess , u dont know what to do ,when and where , there is alot of missions that need onther missions so while u are doing one mission u feel like u are handicaped by other mission that
    need separt tech trees , u need to plan all of it alot without a tool of planning ,

    -npc's are just dead u cant intract with them they have no feelings u cant give gifts or make friends the problem in this game the u just feel LONLEY

    -the map is quite small

    summary
    this game is fun to play and injoyable but sometimes it gets frostarting planning everthing and doing alot of things at the same time and searching in wiki to know what to do all the time becasue there is no help from the game whatsoever    … Expand
  41. coagvla
    May 13, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Graveyard Keeper is a really grindy game. Even with the zombie workers you have to spend a lot of time for not rewarded quests. Story is not interensting and cringe. But it has a beautiful art style. If you love Stardew Valley and play something grindy i recommend it.… Expand
  42. Lorencito
    Jul 10, 2023
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. La parte siniestra de Stardew Valley. Un juego con mucho sentido del humor negro. Es bastante repetitivo en ocasiones. Le han ido incluyendo bastante contenido mediante DLCs. Si lo encuentras menos de 5 USD, es una compra recomendada.… Expand
  43. aap4ixx
    Feb 17, 2022
    9
    Игра мне понравилась.
    С дополнениями не очень но суммарно на 9 тянет.
  44. Tabbou
    Feb 14, 2022
    6
    Pas cher et grande durée de vie

    Mais si vous comptez finir le mode histoire, plusieurs choses à savoir Les - : -Déplacements du personnage lent, trop lent -Beaucoup de farming et pas d'automatisation (hors DLC) -Des quêtes que l'on ne peux faire que certains jours, il va souvent falloir attendre avant d'avancer -Trop de choses à crafter vis différents moyens, c'est le principe du    Pas cher et grande durée de vie

    Mais si vous comptez finir le mode histoire, plusieurs choses à savoir
    Les - :
    -Déplacements du personnage lent, trop lent
    -Beaucoup de farming et pas d'automatisation (hors DLC)
    -Des quêtes que l'on ne peux faire que certains jours, il va souvent falloir attendre avant d'avancer
    -Trop de choses à crafter vis différents moyens, c'est le principe du jeu, mais là c'est abusé
    -Certains persos secondaires avec une barre d'amitié qui restera à 0
    -Nombres d'actions possible par le héro très limité (on ne peux courir, ni sauter, parer, faire des roulades, lancer des objets etc...)

    Les + :
    -Un univers glauque mais sympa
    -PNJ avec une histoire et personnalité unique
    -L'humour bien présent
    -Si vous aimez farmer et crafter vous allez être servi
    -Un côté addictif, on a toujours quelque chose à faire    … Expand
  45. Sanchoska
    Aug 11, 2021
    10
    Это игра, которую не оценили в полной мере те люди, которым нет дела до объективных обзоров
  46. AlexanderLetov
    May 4, 2022
    8
    Хорошая игра, которая стоит своих денег. Оставила только положительные впечатления. Смешной юмор и довольно прописанные персонажи. Сюжет тоже хороший, но концовка не впечатлила. Игра слишком затянута. Очень часто не понимаешь что делать. Без вики никак.Есть приличное количество багов, но не особо критичных. СоветуюХорошая игра, которая стоит своих денег. Оставила только положительные впечатления. Смешной юмор и довольно прописанные персонажи. Сюжет тоже хороший, но концовка не впечатлила. Игра слишком затянута. Очень часто не понимаешь что делать. Без вики никак.Есть приличное количество багов, но не особо критичных. Советую
  47. viniciuspc
    Apr 6, 2022
    9
    To enjoy this game, you have to be a lover of the game style like Stardew Valley or even Harvest Moon. It mixes crafting, farming and RPG with very intelligent humor. There are many easter eggs like the names of the DLC or the vampire hunter (aka Geralt de Rivia). The history is long and you have to be ready for repetitive tasks - like the other games of the same gender.
  48. foresto86
    Apr 19, 2022
    8
    Really addictive game. I am a fan of Harvest Moon so similar game but with really good (a bit sarcastic) sense of humour is something that fits me perfectly :)
    When I have enough time - for sure will play some add ons.
  49. I_am_Nekellor
    Jul 21, 2022
    7
    7/10. Лучшая игра от Lazy Bear. Куча гринда, но хорошая история и отличная адаптация Stardew Valley.
  50. korku
    Nov 15, 2022
    7
    Stardew valley but in the cemetery.Nice idea. The gameplay is pretty good, but I can't say the same for the missions and progress.

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Mixed or average reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

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  1. Positive: 2 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 14
  3. Negative: 0 out of 14
  1. Eurogamer Italy
    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.
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  2. Game World Navigator Magazine
    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]
  3. GRYOnline.pl
    Sep 25, 2018
    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.
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