Graveyard Keeper 2

Graveyard Keeper 2 opens with a job title upgrade that sounds impressive and smells terrible: you are now the realm’s Grand Inquisitor. Lazy Bear Games kept the cemetery, the crooked economy built on dead bodies and the deadpan jokes of the original, then piled a zombie outbreak, a ruined town and an army of shambling soldiers on top.

Cemetery Business in Graveyard Keeper 2

Your plot of graves is still the money engine. You gather plants, critters and less pleasant materials, then turn them into goods and buildings that expand your operation.

The ethics remain flexible, to put it kindly. The series has always treated the departed as a supply chain, and the sequel happily keeps that grim joke running.

Veterans will feel at home with the cycle of collecting, crafting and growing, while newcomers can jump in without having played the first one.

Putting the Undead to Work

The headline change is real automation. Zombies you catch can be stationed at machines, where they shuffle crates along belts and handle heavy labor without complaint.

That cuts down the repetitive crafting that wore some players out in the first game. Your role shifts from doing every task to designing efficient production lines.

Those lines feed directly into armor, weapons and tools, linking the factory side of the game to the fighting side.

Holding the Town Against the Horde

An undead plague is sweeping the kingdom, and the Town sits right in its path. You raise towers, build walls and send equipped zombie troops out to meet the enemy.

Repairing the Town matters just as much. Residents want their houses fixed and their errands done, and you can profit from each of their problems along the way.

Juggling defense spending against economic growth is the central balancing act. Lean too hard on either and the other side starts to crack.

1. Assign zombie workers as early as possible.
2. Build defenses ahead of large assaults.
3. Equip and train your troops properly.
4. Use Town requests as steady income.

The tone matters as much as the systems. Grotesque townsfolk, absurd quests and a gleefully twisted plot keep even routine trips to the workshop amusing, which is a big part of why the first game earned a loyal following.

Graveyard Keeper 2 FAQ

1. Do I need the first game to enjoy Graveyard Keeper 2? No. It stands on its own, though returning players will catch more of the jokes.
2. What is the biggest new feature? Automated production staffed by zombies, plus battles with an undead army and a town to rebuild.
3. Was there a demo? Yes, a pre-launch demo was released, and progress from it carries into the full game.

Graveyard Keeper 2 turns a shady cemetery side hustle into a full zombie-run industry with a war on the doorstep. Staff the machines, guard the walls and the game rewards every morally dubious shortcut you take.