Should I buy Graveyard Keeper?

[Vaisar]

Really enjoy playing Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town, Rune Factory 3 and maybe Stardew Valley. Is Graveyard Keeper comparable to the 3 games mentioned?

[tilinella]

haven’t played the first 2 but i did play stardew and they’re pretty similar, you can even have a farm in gk. in my opinion it’s so worth it, especially if it’s on sale

[t.vanringelenstijn]

they compare to what you need to do. but its nothing like harvest moon or stardew valley.
i dont recall chopping up corpses or burying them lol

[ybnorml1]

no

[EVIL Shenanigans]

Originally posted by ybnorml1:

no

yes

[ybnorml1]

Originally posted by EVIL Shenanigans:

Originally posted by ybnorml1:

no

yes

LOL

[The Mau Corporation]

Originally posted by ybnorml1:

Originally posted by EVIL Shenanigans:

yes

LOL

Yes

[tilinella]

i mean, it provides chromes sooooo

[OkO]

Very very good game, but if you buy it, buy all DLC

[Anker]

No. The game devs hate you. If you buy a wildly expensive Town Ticket to expand the rest of the game they rip it up in front of you, give you nothing, and firmly invite you to go ♥♥♥♥ yourself.

[n3mes1s]

If its your first time you play the game, yes, keeping in mind its cheap, you should try it. But the main problem of the game is that once, you have completed it (and it doesnt take too long) there is nothign to it. And the end of the game is going to dissapoint you a lot. This game could have been amazing if the devs could have expanded it with a CITY expansion and do other great things like actually use zombies from something else, make use of all the money you pile up (completely pointless), etc. But people is pretty happy with lousy dlcs after dlcs, so, there you have it. Again, its a cheap game, so you wont lose much. And it has its moments, but it has zero replayability once you finish it.

[SecularSurfer]

It's very much like Stardew Valley. If you liked it and have a little bit of a darker sense of humor, then you'll love it. Haven't played the other ones.

[Sinister]

It's similar but obviously a bit different in the fineprint.

It has a day and week cycle with NPCs appearing only on certain days. It's very similar in the manner that you try to fit in as many chores as you can during the day and week, and catch up with said NPCs to complete mostly craft-/fetch-based quests or in order to buy stuff from them.

What's better in GK in my opinion is that you don't just fall over at night - you can keep going as much and as long as you want without the clock calling you back home, although at the cost of constantly losing stamina. Also NPCs don't run around as much. If the game tells you that that one guy can be found at day X in place Y, then you will most definitely find him there and not find the spot empty because the guy decided to participate in some sports club with his friends or something. So you are wasting less time with these headless NPC search missions as I at least did in Stardew Valley, while in addition not having to worry about the clock screaming at you to return home right about now as well.

The building is I would say more diverse in what areas of expertise they affect, but less deep. You aren't just maintaining a graveyard but so many other areas of work and income as well. There is lots to build over a wider area (graveyard, church interior, morgue, alchemy lab and much more), but you aren't getting as much freedom in placing things. For example on your graveyard there are specific spots for lawns and flowers, and only for those - the game usually gives you several spots to pick from. But the way empty space tiles work some spots really only work with very specific structures, everything else is too big and won't fit the available tiles.

I can see where this is coming from, because the game doesn't want you to mess up placing I think and getting your character stuck in spots I guess or being unable to reach stuff. But it's not like I hadn't already messed up placing structures in some other ways forcing me to remove them again. But I guess the risk of it is less dominanent with these restrictions. Still, I don't really see why I shouldn't be able to plaster half my graveyard just with flowers for the fun or lulz of it. No, the game will only give you like 8 specific 2x2 spots to plant these, and the locations of these aren't up for discussion. And since there aren't that many other 2x2 structures to build on your graveyard you can imagine that you won't really have to think much about what you will be building there.

Another example would be that small fruit tree/bushes area in front of your home. You can plant berry bushes or apple trees there. But since berry bushes spawn naturally everywhere and from what I have seen alcohol making works better with apples, the choice there is already kinda made by the game. And again the tiles are very strict there, there are like 12 3x3 tiles for >exactly< 12 saplings to be planted in perfect symmetry. Your brain is not needed there, even if you would want to use it and design that area to your own liking. Nope, the game doesn't want you to do that.

I came from Stardew Valley and don't regret it. The building restrictions aside Graveyard Keeper is just as chill, maybe even more because of mentioned lack of time pressure. Personally I also like the graphics more. They feel more calmer and at ease, less... well... pixelated and rough.

[intelliraptor]

TLDR.
It's dirt cheap, what could you lose?

[COCONUTS HAVE WATER IN THEM]

Yes

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

You get about hundred hours from it with all DLC. If you like dark humor this one is for you.