The Lazy Bear Games and tinyBuild Switch eShop release Graveyard Keeper appears to be finally getting a physical release on Nintendo's hybrid platform.
According to some new listings on sites like Amazon, the Stardew-style and graveyard management sim title will score a hard copy release in March 2025 with Atari seemingly handling the publishing. It also happens to be the 'Undead Edition' including the 'Breaking Dead', 'Game of Crone' and 'Stranger Sins' DLC packs.
It'll set you back around $40 USD (or your regional equivalent) and pre-orders are now available. Here's a look at the box art (via Amazon):
Graveyard Keeper originally surfaced on the Switch eShop in 2019 and offers up something a little bit different to what you would normally expect from games within this genre.
Have you been holding out for this physical release? Let us know in the comments.
[source nintendoeverything.com]
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It's really encouraging to see more indie / small publishers (is Atari small?) go the direct to retail route for physical releases, rather than relying on the "preorder or die, use it or lose it" approach of Limited Run and similar boutique publishers.
That's what I called a game on everything.
I read the title and was like self, "self, didn't my wife play this like 4 years ago." "Why yes self, I believe she did"
Nice to see this game getting a physical release and even more so considering it's not a limited release as already mentioned in this comment section!
I’ve noticed quite a few pop up on Amazon for preorder lately which is nice, I saw yesterday Caravan Sandwitch is getting a physical which I’ll get, Little Kitty Big City also on Amazon for preorder aswell
I'll do a little more reading on this before I consider a purchase. A cemetery management sim sounds absolutely brilliant and fulfils a niche that I neither knew existed nor that I would have been interested in, but the reviews aren't fantastic, and I'm not crazy about the minimalistic art style (or morbid motif) either.
A more realistic cemetery management sim where one needs to ensure that burial grounds can be expanded to occupy more plots, that the grounds are well-maintained, and funerals are able to be conducted smoothly, weirdly enough, sounds like fun, in a strangely therapeutic sort of way. If we could also customise the names of the deceased, it could perhaps provide some comfort to those wanting to pay homage to their loved ones and ancestors in a way that no other game can.
I have been waiting a LONG time for this to get a physical edition
But it has been known for some time now and I got it preordered last month from a local retailer.
@JJtheTexan Atari isn't a "small" company, they're one of the most famous video game companies ever.
Not interested in the game but I'm glad to see the company posing as the legendary Atari doing something good. And definitely for anything that may put a pinch on Limited Run.
Im glad to see Wade expanding Atari's physical presence so they never have to use LRG ever again. I just wish it didn't involve Tiny Build's mid-at-best ass
@Mattgelo Fame has nothing to do with wize, but yes, if you're able to make multiple multi-million dollar studio purchases in a year you are not small.
@Mattgelo I'm a huge fan of Atari! As I understand it, the current incarnation of Atari is just a brand name owned by a growing group of studios such as Digital Eclipse and catalogs including Intellivision and the original Atari. I don't consider them "large" like Capcom or Activision, if that makes sense.
Sadly the switch version is not complete, and will never be, there is a missing dlc that all other platforms have got, so this is will never have all the features, its a great game and i have put more then 20 hours in to it, and would recommend it, but you have to know you are not getting a full game, and its on deep sale all the time on other places as well.
@Magician reported this back in October in the physicals forum: https://www.nintendolife.com/forums/nintendo-switch/switch_physical_boxed_games_list_and_release_dates?start=11600#reply-11615
@Bunkerneath Thanks for that, Bunkerneath. But it's alright. Not all of us are manic collectors.
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