Put down your pickaxe and listen up, gravediggers - Lazy Bear Games just dropped Graveyard Keeper completely free on PS4, and according to Push Square, there are zero catches. No PS Plus subscription, no limited trial, no "free-to-start" nonsense - just a full game you can claim and keep forever. Speedrun to your library, we'll wait.
So why is a dev just casually yeeting their game into the void for free? The answer is pure galaxy-brain marketing. Lazy Bear Games is pulling the classic "here, have the first one" move to drum up hype for Graveyard Keeper 2, which is currently confirmed to be heading to PS5 with no specific release date locked in yet.
For the uninitiated, Graveyard Keeper is essentially Stardew Valley's edgier cousin who studied necromancy instead of agriculture. You manage a medieval graveyard, do some light corpse-juggling, and generally engage in the kind of wholesome-slash-disturbing activities that make it a certified cult classic.
The sequel, Graveyard Keeper 2, promises even more graveyard-keeping chaos on PS5 - though Sony and Lazy Bear are keeping the actual launch date locked in a coffin for now. Considering the original is basically free XP for new players, now is the perfect time to grind those burial management skills before the sequel drops.
This is honestly one of the smoothest "demo" strategies we've seen in a while - give away the entire first game, build a fanbase overnight, then sell them a sequel. It's the kind of big-brain play that makes you wonder why more devs don't do it. Log in, claim your free game, and start practicing your gravedigging - you've got a sequel to prepare for.
