A recent PEGI rating for Graveyard Keeper suggests the morbid game could be making its way across to the Nintendo Switch in the near future. Described as a medieval cemetery management sim, it’s developed by Lazy Bear Games and published by tinyBuild.
Given the fact Lazy Bear has already released Punch Club on the Switch, an eShop release for Graveyard Keeper wouldn’t be a complete shock. In the title, the player must build and manage their own graveyard while taking advantage of all the resources at their disposal to expand into other ventures.
The game raises ethical dilemmas and includes plenty of gathering, crafting and questing. Like all respectable medieval-themed games, there is also the chance to explore mysterious dungeons and discover new alchemy ingredients to poison the entire village.
Take a look at the game’s launch trailer above, and tell us if you would be interested in a game like this appearing on the Switch.
[source pegi.info]
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Is there any reason to get this over Stardew Valley? Not knocking it, just genuinely curious.
@Krull stardew valley is really fun but I have played it for months now and am burnt out it will be nice to try something new and fresh lol besides that I would check out stardew valley first it's cheaper and is alot of fun.
@Krull I have been playing this game the past few days on Xbox One and I would say it's about on par with Stardew Valley, almost like.its just a different theme for Stardew Valley. It has alot to do like Stardew has a social part to it as well. If you like Stardew I say give this game a try.
Ok. This is very interesting. Graveyard sim game. Damn!
We need more sim games like Majesty 1 and 2 on the Switch.
Also Pharaoh+Cleopatra, Caesar 3, Zeus+Poseidon, Emperor.
@Krull because it's a completely different game to Stardew Valley.
I never thought Stardew Valley would be for me but I bought it anyway just to see what all the fuss is about and now I've spent 100 hours on it..easily the most played game on my Switch so anything that looks remotely like that game...(which this kinda does in a very dark and morbid way)i will have my wallet open and ready
@Tasuki Glad to hear you are enjoying it and you can compare it to Stardew,this is the first I've heard of it so didant even realize it was out already.Would you say it's open ended like Stardew or does it have a proper story and an ending?
@Wazeddie22 It does have a proper ending since you are trying to make your graveyard profitable, it does have elements of a business management, think the old Harvest Moon games on like SNES or GBC. However there are open end elements to it as well.
Right now it's available only on PC and Xbox One which it is also a on the Game Pass as well There has been talk though that it will be coming to PS4 and of course Switch as well so it won't matter what console you have
Yas, day one for me.
Yes please, this game looks fantastic.
@Tasuki Excellent,thanks for your reply.I never played any of the Harvest Moon games which was part of the reason I wasn't going to bother with Stardew Valley.Id never played this kind of game before because I honestly thought they weren't for me.But being so addicted to Stardew I'm beginning to think I missed out!
Open ended or not it doesant really bother me I was just curious.This is a day one for me.
I'm dying to play this one.
This was almost an identical copy of Stardew Valley? Gardening, dungeon crawling, ?almost exact fishing mechanic?, festivals... I could go on. I was going to joke about it being similar at first but now it’s just not even funny anymore after seeing the trailer. Do these guys have any original ideas? I love the premise but this is just blatent copying.
Here's hoping they at least stop to finish all the fixes before release. The PC version is still in the middle of having a lot of things hurriedly fixed as it is, from what I've heard.
@Krull It's a completely different setting and tone. I personally bounced off Stardew pretty quickly because of these factors, but I love the mood, atmosphere and dark humour of GK.
@TheDanslator boom boom!! 😂
Yep! Have to get this, I think the actual concept is just too fun to pass up!!!! A medieval graveyard vs a farm how could you not.
Im in grave danger of running out of money owning at switch
Really hope this comes to switch. Looks like it takes the good from stardew valley and adds to it. The dumping of the body in the water thing had me DIEING of laughter!
^^^See what i did there?
I got this "free" on Xbox One Game Pass on release day.
@8itmap_k1d Cool. I think the setting and humour might appeal more to me, too. Definitely interested.
This looks so unexpectedly interesting, and I don't even like games like Stardew Valley.
id def buy this when it comes out on the Switch, morbid but looks hella fun!
Nintentombed!
I've never played this and all I know about it is from the video above... But if you can't use bodies to secretly fertilize your garden (make stuff grow faster and more energy without getting caught), secretly sneak/sell parts from the autopsy or other shady things, then they really missed a gaming opportunity!!!
I promise, I'm just thinking of dark gaming ideas... 😇
This game has what Stardew Valley lacks: a graveyard. This should have been a DLC for Stardew, let us killed all the town folks and buried them.
It looks a little bit too similar to Stardew Valley, but the dialogues seem to be fun and as a real-life graveyard manager I pretty much have to get this if it reviews well.
Medieval times. The Black Death, typhus, cholera, consumption, bubonic plague.
For an undertaker those were the days.
@boywundr
"But if you can't use bodies to [...] sell parts from the autopsy [...], then they really missed a gaming opportunity!!!"
From the official website:
"Make business alliances. These dead bodies don't need all that blood, do they? Why not sell it to someone who can put it to good use. Same for body parts. Hey, it's being efficient with recycling! "
@Krull honestly I love SV, and I started playing this game last night and I felt the same love I have for Stardew for Graveyard. It didn't feel like SV in a different setting. I definitely would recommend getting both if you're able to. I do think games like SV and GK are best for the Switch so I am very hopeful GK makes that hop.
@gloom in my opinion this isn't copying. yeah the feel of a relaxing time management is the same, but overall I feel this has a better story and I am not panicking as much because I don't feel like there is a rush for anything like I first did with SV. The only thing I noticed that would be blantant copying is the enemies. Other than that, these are two different management sims.
If you're going to compare two sims together like this and say it's copying then every genre of gaming is just a re-skined version of another game in the genre. I.E. Destiny is blatantly copying Halo, Watchdogs is copying GTA.
very dark humorous take on SV
It's in my black book
¯(ツ)/¯
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