Adventure · August 15, 2018
Graveyard Keeper (2018)
Graveyard Keeper is the most inaccurate medieval cemetery management sim of all time. Build and manage your own graveyard, and expand into other ventures, while finding shortcuts to cut costs. Use all the resources you can find. After all, this is a game about the spirit of capitalism, and doing whatever it takes to build a thriving business. And it’s also a love story. Face ethical dilemmas. Do you really want to spend money on that proper burger meat for the witch-burning festival, when you have so many resources lying around? Gather valuable materials and craft new items. Expand your Graveyard into a thriving business. Help yourself -- gather the valuable resources scattered across the surrounding areas, and explore what this land has to offer. Quests and corpses. These dead bodies don't need all those organs, do they? Why not grind them up and sell them to the local butcher? Or you can go on proper quests, you roleplayer. Explore mysterious dungeons. No medieval game would be complete without those! Take a trip into the unknown, and find discover new alchemy ingredients -- which may or may not poison a whole bunch of nearby villagers.
Adventure releases from 2018
73 Adventure titles launched in 2018 — top 6 by review volume.
Position in Adventure
| Metric | This title | Genre position |
|---|---|---|
| Review volume | 43.6k Steam reviews | Top 5% in Adventure |
| Positive rating | 86% positive | Genre average: 87% — this title sits in top 70% |
| Metacritic | 69/100 | Genre average 77 — top 86% of Adventure titles |
| Concurrent peak | 941 players | Top 5% in Adventure by live player count |
| Engagement hours | 34 h average | Top 10% for session depth among Adventure |
Community Tag Signals
Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.
- Pixel Graphics · 912
- Crafting · 828
- RPG · 718
- Simulation · 595
- Sandbox · 564
- Management · 557
- Indie · 490
- Singleplayer · 465
- Medieval · 427
- Building · 406
- Adventure · 400
- Dark Humor · 338
- Agriculture · 319
- 2D · 282
- Fantasy · 240
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Reception Metrics
Steam community
86%Very Positive · 43.6k reviews
37.5k positive · 6.1k negative
Metacritic
69/100 critic aggregate
Metacritic user score
4.7/10
Curator recommendations
36.8k
Peak concurrent players
941
Localization Coverage
Interface / Subtitles (11)
- English
- French
- German
- Simplified Chinese
- Spanish - Spain
- Portuguese - Brazil
- Korean
- Japanese
- Russian
- Italian
- Polish
Features & Capabilities
Community
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Trading Cards
- Steam Cloud
- Remote Play on Phone
- Remote Play on Tablet
- Remote Play on TV
Input & Comfort
- Full controller support
Other
- Single-player
- Family Sharing
Press Quotes
“Fantastic art and music, and pitch-black comedic aesthetic.” Gaming Trend “Graveyard Keeper is a dark, challenging take on Stardew Valley” Polygon “Graveyard Keeper offers up a dark and macabre variation to the town management/farming simulator.” Xbox Game Reviews
Engagement Profile
All-time avg
34h
moderate (15–40 hours)
Median
11h
Typical completion time
2-week avg
2h
Current engagement
Achievements
125
Steam unlocks available
Release & Availability
| Release date | Aug 15, 2018 |
|---|---|
| Developer | Lazy Bear Games |
| Publisher | tinyBuild |
| Base price | $3.99 -80% |
| DLC / Add-ons | 5 released |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| Estimated owners | 1M–10M |
| External links | Official site · Metacritic page · Support · [email protected] |
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