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About Graveyard Keeper
Graveyard Keeper puts you in charge of a medieval cemetery, tasking you with building and expanding a profitable graveyard. The game blends management, resource gathering, crafting, and exploration, all wrapped in a darkly humorous take on capitalism and ethical choices. While you tend to the dead, you also venture into dungeons, fulfill quests, and grow a broader business empire.
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Graveyard Management
You start by constructing and maintaining a graveyard, handling the basic needs of burial and upkeep. The core loop involves expanding plots, improving facilities, and balancing costs against income.
The game encourages finding shortcuts to cut expenses, reflecting its theme of a “spirit of capitalism.” Decisions about spending affect how quickly your cemetery thrives.
- Prioritize low‑cost upgrades early to boost income without large expenditures.
- Track resource usage to spot unnecessary spending.
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Resource Gathering
Scattered materials around the surrounding areas can be collected to fuel your operations. Gathering includes harvesting from corpses, the environment, and other sources.
These resources feed crafting, trade, and the various business expansions you pursue, making efficient collection essential.
- Explore all nearby zones regularly to locate hidden materials.
- Reuse corpses for multiple resource types when possible.
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Crafting & Business Expansion
Collected materials can be turned into new items, which you can sell or use to grow your enterprise. Crafting ties directly into the game's capitalist theme.
Expanding beyond the graveyard includes new ventures, allowing you to diversify income streams and increase overall profitability.
- Identify high‑value items before crafting to maximize profit.
- Invest profits back into new business branches early.
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Quests and Dungeons
The game offers quests that range from simple errands to deeper storylines. Some quests lead you into mysterious dungeons where you can find rare alchemy ingredients.
These explorations add variety and provide unique resources that can influence your crafting and trade options.
- Complete quests that reward rare ingredients first.
- Prepare adequately before entering dungeons to avoid setbacks.
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Platform and Controller Features
Graveyard Keeper runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux, supporting single‑player gameplay across these systems. It also offers full controller support and Steam features like achievements and cloud saves.
Remote Play options let you stream the game to phones, tablets, or TVs, and Family Sharing is available for shared library access.
- Enable Steam Cloud to keep progress synced across devices.
- Use controller support if you prefer a gamepad for navigation.
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