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Graveyard Keeper

Lazy Bear Games · tinyBuild · 2018-08-15

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AdventureIndieRPGSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Aug 15, 2018 (Linux), Jun 27, 2019 (iOS), Aug 15, 2018 (Mac), Jun 27, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 15, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 27, 2019 (PlayStation 4)

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.

Graveyard Keeper is a 2018 Adventure, Indie, RPG, Simulation game priced at $3.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and a Very Positive (85% of 54821 reviews) sentiment.

2,395
playing now
85%
positive of 57k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
153
twitch viewers (latest)
13.9
viewers/channel (concentration)
75/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
73/100
IGDB user rating (102 ratings)
125
Nexus mods (1.8M downloads)
4.30★
PlayStation Store rating (5,057 ratings)
39h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

2,395 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Graveyard Keeper is a 2018 graveyard-themed management simulation video game developed by independent Russian indie game studio Lazy Bear Games and published by tinyBuild. It follows an ordinary man who was transported to another world with a medieval-fantasy setting and assumes the task of tending for the village's graveyard while looking for a way back home. The game's alpha version was released for Windows in May 2018, followed by the regular release for Windows and Xbox One later that year. Versions for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 were released on June 27, 2019. It was released in Japan on February 6, 2020.

Trailer

Graveyard Keeper trailer thumbnail

Graveyard Keeper Launch Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 2,395 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 2,691 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~336/week).
  • · Review velocity up 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.4M–3.4M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 56,667 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

IndieGala$3.99-80%
WinGameStore$3.99-80%
GameBillet$4.00-80%
GamersGate$4.00-80%
GOG$4.19-79%
GOG$4.19-79%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at Fanatical (2026-07-23) · bundled 12×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 135 of 174 observed days · $2.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.7k1.7k20182026Week of 2018-08-01: 1,662 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 741 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 471 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 196 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 919 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 211 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 299 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 374 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 426 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 247 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1,368 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 905 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 108 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 524 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 311 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 251 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 251 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 382 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 247 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 454 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 332 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 422 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1,260 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 138 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 462 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 450 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 252 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 411 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 230 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 397 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 569 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 314 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 352 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 913 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 446 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 464 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 240 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 253 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 292 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 370 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 876 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 113 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 338 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 438 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 596 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 95 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 348 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 281 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 393 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 684 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 145 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 347 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 226 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 789 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 454 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 427 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 284 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 435 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 233 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 287 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 240 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 371 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 283 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 262 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 209 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 253 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 395 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 317 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 303 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 241 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 262 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 213 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 285 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 283 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 281 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 232 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 303 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 221 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 313 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 218 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 597 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 126 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 233 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 268 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 226 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 23 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

10k1.8k2026-09-15 12:00 — 2,437 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 3,862 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 2,301 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 4,659 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 7,099 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 3,206 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 4,573 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 8,237 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 5,228 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 7,401 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 8,520 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 4,670 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 3,453 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 5,882 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 5,693 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 2,783 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 4,605 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 4,146 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 2,074 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 4,479 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 5,223 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 2,112 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 2,395 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
12k362Aug 2018Aug 2026Aug 2018 — avg 7,901 · peak 16,973Nov 2018 — avg 1,095 · peak 2,454Feb 2019 — avg 778 · peak 1,766May 2019 — avg 922 · peak 2,489Aug 2019 — avg 433 · peak 861Nov 2019 — avg 2,052 · peak 6,815Feb 2020 — avg 1,252 · peak 2,831May 2020 — avg 1,089 · peak 2,999Aug 2020 — avg 817 · peak 1,687Nov 2020 — avg 2,829 · peak 9,119Feb 2021 — avg 870 · peak 1,894May 2021 — avg 668 · peak 1,231Aug 2021 — avg 876 · peak 1,792Nov 2021 — avg 2,251 · peak 6,408Feb 2022 — avg 781 · peak 1,532May 2022 — avg 675 · peak 1,165Aug 2022 — avg 810 · peak 1,528Nov 2022 — avg 705 · peak 1,484Feb 2023 — avg 1,410 · peak 3,546May 2023 — avg 1,275 · peak 3,142Aug 2023 — avg 2,322 · peak 7,185Nov 2023 — avg 1,852 · peak 4,249Feb 2024 — avg 1,069 · peak 2,074May 2024 — avg 983 · peak 2,354Aug 2024 — avg 1,093 · peak 2,327Nov 2024 — avg 958 · peak 2,077Feb 2025 — avg 1,239 · peak 2,462May 2025 — avg 820 · peak 1,923Aug 2025 — avg 1,025 · peak 1,968Nov 2025 — avg 993 · peak 2,206Feb 2026 — avg 785 · peak 1,588May 2026 — avg 4,363 · peak 11,484Aug 2026 — avg 1,693 · peak 4,112
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
1531532026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 153 new positive2026-09-21: 38 new negative2026-09-22: 44 new positive2026-09-22: 7 new negative2026-09-23: 58 new positive2026-09-23: 16 new negative2026-09-24: 41 new positive2026-09-24: 11 new negative2026-09-25: 35 new positive2026-09-25: 14 new negative2026-09-26: 36 new positive2026-09-26: 9 new negative2026-09-27: 44 new positive2026-09-27: 13 new negative2026-09-28: 51 new positive2026-09-28: 3 new negative2026-09-29: 44 new positive2026-09-29: 8 new negative2026-09-30: 66 new positive2026-09-30: 5 new negative2026-10-01: 30 new positive2026-10-01: 9 new negative2026-10-02: 27 new positive2026-10-02: 6 new negative2026-10-03: 31 new positive2026-10-03: 8 new negative2026-10-04: 34 new positive2026-10-04: 11 new negative2026-10-05: 30 new positive2026-10-05: 10 new negative2026-10-06: 22 new positive2026-10-06: 7 new negative2026-10-07: 14 new positive2026-10-07: 6 new negative2026-10-08: 16 new positive2026-10-08: 5 new negative2026-10-09: 20 new positive2026-10-09: 8 new negative2026-10-10: 18 new positive2026-10-10: 7 new negative2026-10-11: 29 new positive2026-10-11: 4 new negative2026-10-12: 33 new positive2026-10-12: 10 new negative2026-10-13: 23 new positive2026-10-13: 1 new negative2026-10-14: 15 new positive2026-10-14: 3 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$3.042018-08-152026-10-142018-08-15 — best price $15.992019-02-04 — best price $13.992019-10-29 — best price $19.992020-05-04 — best price $19.992020-07-28 — best price $14.692020-10-01 — best price $9.992020-11-21 — best price $17.882021-01-17 — best price $19.992021-03-19 — best price $14.342021-05-14 — best price $12.452021-07-13 — best price $15.992021-10-22 — best price $10.992021-12-27 — best price $4.642022-03-02 — best price $16.812022-05-28 — best price $19.992022-08-12 — best price $7.962022-10-28 — best price $7.122023-01-19 — best price $19.992023-04-22 — best price $19.992023-06-21 — best price $6.152023-08-27 — best price $14.692023-11-18 — best price $5.532024-01-18 — best price $4.992024-03-18 — best price $3.232024-05-20 — best price $3.352024-07-19 — best price $3.042024-09-11 — best price $4.992024-11-05 — best price $16.642025-01-13 — best price $5.002025-03-15 — best price $4.002025-06-05 — best price $3.992025-08-26 — best price $3.992025-11-04 — best price $19.992026-01-18 — best price $19.992026-04-03 — best price $4.192026-06-18 — best price $19.992026-08-27 — best price $4.192026-09-26 — best price $4.192026-10-14 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3.7k652026-05-14 — 110 pageviews2026-05-18 — 123 pageviews2026-05-22 — 110 pageviews2026-05-26 — 146 pageviews2026-05-30 — 148 pageviews2026-06-03 — 112 pageviews2026-06-07 — 114 pageviews2026-06-11 — 148 pageviews2026-06-15 — 115 pageviews2026-06-19 — 97 pageviews2026-06-23 — 117 pageviews2026-06-27 — 113 pageviews2026-07-01 — 101 pageviews2026-07-05 — 103 pageviews2026-07-09 — 82 pageviews2026-07-13 — 81 pageviews2026-07-17 — 77 pageviews2026-07-21 — 76 pageviews2026-07-25 — 67 pageviews2026-07-29 — 65 pageviews2026-08-02 — 72 pageviews2026-08-06 — 75 pageviews2026-08-10 — 101 pageviews2026-08-14 — 81 pageviews2026-08-18 — 77 pageviews2026-08-22 — 101 pageviews2026-08-26 — 144 pageviews2026-08-30 — 137 pageviews2026-09-03 — 137 pageviews2026-09-07 — 125 pageviews2026-09-11 — 126 pageviews2026-09-15 — 375 pageviews2026-09-19 — 262 pageviews2026-09-23 — 1,300 pageviews2026-09-27 — 1,573 pageviews2026-10-01 — 284 pageviews2026-10-05 — 233 pageviews2026-10-09 — 174 pageviews2026-10-13 — 149 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

75152026-09-30 21:34 — 155 viewers2026-10-01 06:34 — 42 viewers2026-10-01 15:34 — 184 viewers2026-10-02 00:34 — 118 viewers2026-10-02 09:34 — 64 viewers2026-10-02 18:34 — 123 viewers2026-10-03 03:34 — 66 viewers2026-10-03 12:34 — 103 viewers2026-10-03 21:34 — 22 viewers2026-10-04 06:34 — 56 viewers2026-10-04 15:34 — 113 viewers2026-10-05 00:34 — 106 viewers2026-10-05 09:34 — 179 viewers2026-10-05 18:34 — 140 viewers2026-10-06 03:34 — 54 viewers2026-10-06 12:34 — 273 viewers2026-10-06 21:34 — 87 viewers2026-10-07 06:34 — 50 viewers2026-10-07 15:34 — 137 viewers2026-10-08 00:34 — 116 viewers2026-10-08 09:34 — 439 viewers2026-10-08 18:34 — 80 viewers2026-10-09 03:34 — 419 viewers2026-10-09 12:34 — 218 viewers2026-10-09 21:34 — 102 viewers2026-10-10 06:34 — 20 viewers2026-10-10 15:34 — 185 viewers2026-10-11 00:34 — 64 viewers2026-10-11 09:34 — 25 viewers2026-10-11 18:34 — 167 viewers2026-10-12 03:34 — 40 viewers2026-10-12 12:34 — 175 viewers2026-10-12 21:34 — 213 viewers2026-10-13 06:34 — 34 viewers2026-10-13 15:34 — 130 viewers2026-10-14 00:34 — 61 viewers2026-10-14 09:34 — 46 viewers2026-10-14 18:34 — 203 viewers2026-10-14 20:34 — 153 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
93.2%
earned "First slice"
18.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on TabletRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing5 DLC

11 supported languages: English, French, German, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Korean, Japanese, Russian, Italian, Polish

Post-launch support: 5 DLC released, first 2018-08-15, latest 2021-10-27 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)55,5953%125
PS4 (PlayStation)13,8313%102
Xbox One (Xbox)12,8621%125
Switch (Nintendo)4190%0
Switch (Nintendo)60%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DRPGIndieFantasySandboxBuildingCraftingMedievalAdventureDark Humor

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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