Graveyard Keeper

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Mixed or average reviews- based on 169 Ratings

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  • Summary: Build 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.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 14
  3. Negative: 0 out of 14
  1. Jeuxvideo.com
    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.
  2. GamingTrend
    Aug 15, 2018
    75
    Graveyard Keeper makes a lot of bold choices, replacing the friendly, relaxing atmosphere of typical life sims with a more goal-directed structure in a more cynical setting. While I found its pace tedious at times and would have preferred more focus on the grave-tending mechanics, more patient players will find a lot to like in its wealth of well-developed diversions, fantastic art and music, and pitch-black comedic aesthetic.
  3. 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]
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  4. COGconnected
    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.
  5. PlayGround.ru
    Aug 31, 2018
    70
    Graveyard Keeper is a heaven for those who love to grind, and a real hell for everyone else.
  6. DarkStation
    Aug 28, 2018
    70
    Gamers who love Stardew Valley primarily as the opportunity to live a vicarious alternative life might be disappointed by Graveyard Keeper, but those who are attracted to the slow and steady rhythm of building, crafting, and management will enjoy the many systems at play. The game is rarely punishing but maybe not always rewarding in the same measure some would prefer. Its humor is dry and witty without being too obvious and its presentation and polish are only marred by some infrequent bugs.
  7. PC Invasion
    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.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 27 out of 50
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 50
  3. Negative: 12 out of 50
  1. 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
  2. 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    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
  4. 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,    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
  5. 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
  6. I_am_Nekellor
    Jul 21, 2022
    7
    7/10. Лучшая игра от Lazy Bear. Куча гринда, но хорошая история и отличная адаптация Stardew Valley.7/10. Лучшая игра от Lazy Bear. Куча гринда, но хорошая история и отличная адаптация Stardew Valley.
  7. 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. ItThis 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
  8. ROFLx
    Aug 26, 2018
    0
    this game is so busted.Boring jokes, Boring work.There is no love making games.

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