Lazy Bear Games · Out now September 22, 2026

Graveyard Keeper 2 Wiki

Bury the dead. Automate the living. Rebuild The Town.

Graveyard Keeper 2 is the sequel to the unhinged medieval cemetery sim: the same Keeper returns eight years later as the Grand Inquisitor of a kingdom overrun by zombies. Manage the graveyard, automate production with an undead workforce, fight street battles to reclaim The Town district by district, and turn the apocalypse into a business. Out now on PC, PlayStation, Xbox and Switch.

Out now · September 22, 2026PC · PS4/PS5 · Xbox · Switch 1/2$24.99 · single-player only400,000 copies by September 2484% positive on Steam38 achievements

Wiki fact-checked and updated: 2026-09-25 · every page carries its own date, status badge and sources

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Street battle in The Town: zombie squads behind a raised banner face waves of hostile undead

Reclaiming a street in The Town. Official screenshot.

Watch the trailers

The launch trailer plays muted on load. The official trailer runs on PlayStation's channel; the two gameplay videos are community content and labeled as such.

Launch trailer via the official PlayStation channel; gameplay videos are community content: all trailers

Four pillars, one business

The official store page names the loop in four lines; everything else in the game hangs off them.

Run the graveyardBury the dead, keep the grounds tidy, hold sermons: quality corpses in, faith and silver out.
Automate with zombiesYour undead workforce operates semi-automatic machines in underground factories, on conveyor belts, without sleep or pay.
Lead the undead armyStreet battles unlock on a weekly cycle: barricades, towers and zombie squads under your own banner.
Rebuild The TownLiberate a district, restore its houses and shops, and the returning townsfolk become customers for everything you produce.

How the loop fits together → · The zombie workforce →

Train the undead, spend red skulls

Zombie training runs on five mastery trees, and every perk purchase burns one of the corpse's red-skull slots, so corruption is literally your training budget.

Mastery treeWhat it trainsSample perk
BuildingCarpentry, quarrying, factory operationMaster Carpenter
SmithingMining, forge work, resilienceMaster Blacksmith
FarmingFishing, brewing, crops, millingFertilizer Expert
Book writingMusic, printing, authorshipDead Shakespeare
AnatomyDistilling, alchemy, grave buildingZombie alchemist

Collars set the ceiling: Bronze holds 0-5 red skulls, Golden 0-8, Steel 0-999. Resurrection runs through the Resurrection Table and a lever that fires on its calendar day, storms excepted. The full resurrection chain →

The campaign, battle by battle

Each town battle checks your military strength before it opens: mercenaries contribute 8 to 24, every Barricade I adds 2, and the gates climb from 12 to 96 (per Neoseeker's tested walkthrough).

  1. 12 · Break Through to the PortThe first fight: one mercenary and two barricades clear the gate.
  2. 20 · The second South battleTwo squads now, after your first mercenary upgrade.
  3. 36 · First street battleIron Ingot upgrades and a growing barricade line.
  4. 56 · Water LockedThree squads and the mid-campaign push.
  5. 80 · Steamy RoyalThe late-game gates, Steel Ingots required.
  6. 96 · Royal FoundryThe campaign's last battle.

How strength is built and spent → · What liberated streets become →

Rebuild The Town, one shop at a time

Restoring a district is a four-step loop you repeat across neighborhoods, and each time, you choose what the site becomes.

  1. Find the repair signEach restore site is marked; the game walks you past the first one.
  2. Pick the businessA candidate list, your choice: the devlog's "those choices matter" is literal.
  3. Hand over the kitsBuilding materials are deducted when you confirm the build.
  4. Open for ordersTown Gratitude comes back, the order board fills, and settlers arrive on the weekly merchant ship.

Eighteen merchants from Januarius to the Smithy restock daily, Urgent orders pay extra Happiness, and payments settle on commerce day. The Town economy in detail →

The launch, by the numbers

Every figure below comes from Lazy Bear Games' own announcements or the Steam record, dated as posted.

DateWhat happenedFigure
April 9, 2026Announcement, plus the original GK free to keep until April 13Reveal
August 26, 2026Release date set at Gamescom's Future Games Show windowSeptember 22, 2026
September 22, 2026Launch on all platforms, demo saves carry overDay and date, 6 platform families
September 23, 2026Concurrent player peak, one day after release (SteamDB)54,969 players
September 24, 2026Sales announcement and Update 1.005400,000 copies · 84% positive

The full timeline → · Price and editions →

What the press says

Seven outlet scores landed between September 14 and 18, 2026, averaging around 71. The spread is part of the story, so the low score stays on the table.

OutletScoreThe one-line version
DualShockers85"A fantastic sequel that delivers in almost every way", with bugs flagged as the cost
GameSpew80A gorgeous, charming world carried by fully voiced regional UK accents
Shacknews70The humor and structure divide; Planescape-style skull banter not for everyone
SteamDeckHQ70Playable on Deck, but optimization needs patches: 30s outdoors at launch
The Wand Report40"Laborious and filled with unnecessary and unoptimised grind"

The full roundup with quotes → · Can your PC run it →

Explore the wiki

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Zombies & Automation
The undead workforce and underground factories
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The Town
Rebuild districts, reopen businesses
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Combat
Street battles, barricades, zombie squads
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Multiplayer
The single-player answer, stated plainly
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Release Date
April reveal to September 22 launch
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Price
$24.99, pre-order bonuses, editions
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Tips
Six things new keepers get stuck on
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Gallery
Eight official screenshots

Graveyard Keeper FAQ

Is Graveyard Keeper 2 multiplayer?

No. The Steam category is Single-player and there is no co-op or online mode in either Graveyard Keeper game. The only multiplayer-adjacent thing is community mods for the first game, which are unofficial.

What platforms is Graveyard Keeper 2 on?

It launched day-and-date on September 22, 2026 for PC (Steam, GOG and Epic), PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch 1 and 2. The Steam build is Windows-only; Steam Deck is verified.

How much does Graveyard Keeper 2 cost?

$24.99 on Steam in the US and ¥85 in the CN region, one edition with no DLC split. Pre-order buyers get an in-game Sauna building and a platform-exclusive outfit.

When did Graveyard Keeper 2 come out?

September 22, 2026, on all platforms at once. It was announced on April 9, 2026, and the date was set on August 26, 2026.

Does the demo save carry over?

Yes. Lazy Bear Games confirmed demo progress transfers into the full game, and the official support page has step-by-step instructions if the save does not show up.

What changed from the first Graveyard Keeper?

The world is fully 3D now, The Town is finally playable and needs rebuilding district by district, zombies run underground factories instead of single workstations, and street battles unlock on a weekly cycle. The Teleportstone is gone; fast travel uses Milestones instead.

Who makes Graveyard Keeper 2?

Lazy Bear Games, the Lithuanian studio behind the original Graveyard Keeper (2018) and the Punch Club games, with tinyBuild as the publisher.

The Town is open for business.

Every date, price and system name on this site is checked against the Steam record and Lazy Bear's own devlogs. Community knowledge is labeled for what it is.

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