Graveyard Keeper
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How do players who really played Graveyard Keeper rate it? TrueGG Rating 87.5%

Release date: Aug 15, 2018 Data as of 2026-10-19 View on Steam ↗

Players who really played rate it about the same as Steam overall. Early impressions are weaker, so the first few hours tend to decide whether it clicks.

Good for

  • Players willing to push through a slow start
  • Players who want to soak in the world and atmosphere

Think twice if you are

  • Players who judge a game in the first hours (early ratings are lower)
  • Players who dislike repetitive grinding
  • Players who want a brisk pace

A rule-based guide from review patterns (no AI). How

TrueGG RatingMethodology ↗
87.5%
▲ +2.2 pt
vs Steam overall

Positive among players with 20+ hours (last 180 days) · 4,127 reviews

TrueGG, all time
89.7%
Steam overall
85.2%
Japanese, all time
73.9%

Early wall

Reviews written under 2 hours: 4.5% of all reviews. Their positive share is 53.9%.

This is not a drop-off rate; it describes who wrote reviews. Refund guide: within 14 days of purchase and under 2 hours of play (Steam refund policy).

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Does the rating change the longer people play?

Used for TrueGG Rating (20h+)JapaneseRight: reviews
Positive share by playtimeRanges from 20 hours up are highlighted. Exact values are in the table below.0%25%50%75%100%0–1 h51%2731–2 h51%1532–5 h69%5785–10 h74%70710–20 h79%89920–50 h84%1,67550–100 h89%1,759100–200 h93%526200+ h93%167Positive share by playtime0–1 h27351%1–2 h15351%2–5 h57869%5–10 h70774%10–20 h89979%20–50 h1,67584%50–100 h1,75989%100–200 h52693%200+ h16793%

Positive share by playtime at the time of review (reviews from the last 180 days). Ranges under 50 reviews are pale and dashed (indicative only); “—” means no reviews.

Show chart values as a table
PlaytimePositiveJapaneseReviews
0–1 h51.3%0.0%273
1–2 h51.0%0.0%153
2–5 h69.2%100.0%578
5–10 h74.3%40.0%707
10–20 h79.3%25.0%899
20–50 h83.5%75.0%1,675
50–100 h89.1%83.3%1,759
100–200 h92.6%88.9%526
200+ h93.4%100.0%167

How long people play: half of reviewers had played 20+ hours. 61% had 20+ hours and 10% had 100+ hours (all time).

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Summary

Graveyard Keeper has a TrueGG Rating of 87.5%: the positive share among 4,127 reviews written in the last 180 days by players with 20+ hours, close to Steam's overall 85.2%. Players who really play it broadly agree with the headline number (all time: 89.7%).

Reviews written under 2 hours make up 5% of the total, and only 54% of them are positive. Some players bounce off early, but those who get past the opening rate it higher. Steam accepts refund requests within 2 hours of play and 14 days of purchase.

In the last 180 days, reviews at 2–5h are 69% positive versus 93% at 100–200h: the more people play, the more they like it.

Negative reviews most often mention grind, pacing, and boredom. Positive reviews praise monetization and DLC and the world and atmosphere.

Among Japanese-language reviews, the TrueGG Rating is 73.9%, 13.6 points below all languages.

Re-weighting reviews by trust signals (playtime, length, how the game was obtained) barely changes the rating (84.8% adjusted), so Steam's number is not noticeably distorted by key giveaways or throwaway reviews.

All figures come from Steam's public review counts, and topics are counted with our published dictionary (no AI). Data as of 2026-10-19.

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Why it is rated this way

What drives the rating

Complaints center on the game's design (Grind, Movement & pacing, Boring / repetitive). These rarely change with updates, so the rating likely reflects the game itself. Judge by whether it suits you. It is also a game many people bounce off early (early reviews are much less positive than those of players who stuck with it).

− Most mentioned complaints

  • Grind37% of negative reviews (19% of positive) · most common among 20–100h players · ongoing since launch · 15 positive reviews say it improved
  • Movement & pacing25% of negative reviews (12% of positive) · most common among 2–20h players · ongoing since launch · 22 positive reviews say it improved
  • Boring / repetitive14% of negative reviews (4% of positive) · most common among 20–100h players · ongoing since launch
  • Updates & developers13% of negative reviews (9% of positive) · most common among 20–100h players · less than at launch · 14 positive reviews say it improved
  • Crashes & bugs9% of negative reviews (6% of positive) · most common among 20–100h players · less than at launch · 7 positive reviews say it improved

+ What players praise

  • Monetization & DLC14% of positive reviews (9% of negative)
  • World & atmosphere10% of positive reviews (6% of negative)
＋ chill＋ ペース＋ 最近＋ スローライフ＋ 人間＋ ハンバーガー＋ 中世＋ 倫理観− getting− tried− unless− information− unfortunately− steps− faith− miss

Counted from 470 recent negative and 600 positive reviews in Japanese and English, using our published topic dictionary. No AI is used. Topics overlap, so shares do not add up to 100%. Sarcasm and nuance are not detected, and this does not show cause and effect.How we count

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Checking the numbers

Figures with a different scope, shown alongside the TrueGG Rating.

MetricPositiveScope
Official Steam rating85.2%All time, all languages · 56,773 reviews
Adjusted rating84.8%Weighted by trust (95% range 84.1%–85.4%), −0.5pt vs official
Japanese-language reviews66.3%All time, Japanese-language reviews (−19.0pt vs overall) · 504 reviews
Show the positive vs negative breakdown

Share of sampled reviews that meet each condition that lowers trust. When a condition is more common on the positive side, the adjusted rating falls below the official one.

ConditionPositive reviewsNegative reviews
Under 2 hours played at review4%16%
Very short text25%8%
Key activated outside Steam52%53%
Received for free40%42%
Owns very few games12%3%
Over 100 reviews written4%10%
Average trust (1.0 = full)0.680.71

The median total playtime of the sampled reviewers is 31.9 hours. 400 positive and 400 negative reviews analyzed · data as of 2026-10-19

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When did the rating change?

Monthly positive and negative review counts since release, as published by Steam.

Reviews per month

■ Positive■ Negative
0 1,000 2,000 3,000 2018-08: +1,662 / −741 2018-09: +471 / −196 2018-10: +149 / −48 2018-11: +919 / −52 2018-12: +211 / −37 2019-01: +299 / −76 2019-02: +165 / −38 2019-03: +86 / −31 2019-04: +60 / −22 2019-05: +176 / −57 2019-06: +374 / −24 2019-07: +426 / −41 2019-08: +75 / −13 2019-09: +55 / −12 2019-10: +247 / −37 2019-11: +1,368 / −94 2019-12: +905 / −108 2020-01: +524 / −57 2020-02: +311 / −34 2020-03: +251 / −26 2020-04: +251 / −38 2020-05: +382 / −48 2020-06: +247 / −27 2020-07: +454 / −62 2020-08: +332 / −54 2020-09: +185 / −17 2020-10: +422 / −88 2020-11: +1,260 / −138 2020-12: +462 / −62 2021-01: +450 / −56 2021-02: +252 / −35 2021-03: +184 / −26 2021-04: +411 / −67 2021-05: +230 / −28 2021-06: +397 / −52 2021-07: +569 / −89 2021-08: +314 / −56 2021-09: +186 / −18 2021-10: +352 / −52 2021-11: +913 / −86 2021-12: +446 / −72 2022-01: +464 / −80 2022-02: +240 / −34 2022-03: +172 / −25 2022-04: +165 / −30 2022-05: +158 / −17 2022-06: +166 / −22 2022-07: +253 / −35 2022-08: +204 / −26 2022-09: +173 / −34 2022-10: +166 / −26 2022-11: +292 / −23 2022-12: +370 / −61 2023-01: +876 / −113 2023-02: +338 / −37 2023-03: +438 / −54 2023-04: +596 / −95 2023-05: +348 / −44 2023-06: +281 / −49 2023-07: +393 / −82 2023-08: +684 / −145 2023-09: +347 / −61 2023-10: +226 / −35 2023-11: +789 / −84 2023-12: +454 / −72 2024-01: +427 / −85 2024-02: +284 / −54 2024-03: +435 / −73 2024-04: +233 / −30 2024-05: +287 / −46 2024-06: +240 / −41 2024-07: +371 / −86 2024-08: +283 / −49 2024-09: +262 / −47 2024-10: +209 / −37 2024-11: +253 / −36 2024-12: +395 / −56 2025-01: +317 / −42 2025-02: +303 / −55 2025-03: +241 / −40 2025-04: +262 / −52 2025-05: +213 / −34 2025-06: +285 / −49 2025-07: +283 / −55 2025-08: +281 / −60 2025-09: +190 / −36 2025-10: +232 / −58 2025-11: +303 / −51 2025-12: +221 / −39 2026-01: +313 / −59 2026-02: +169 / −36 2026-03: +218 / −39 2026-04: +597 / −126 2026-05: +233 / −51 2026-06: +268 / −57 2026-07: +226 / −39 2026-08: +228 / −50 2026-09: +441 / −111 2026-10: +222 / −57 2018/082019/012020/012021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01

Positive share per month

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% Monthly data overall 85.6% 2018-08: 69.2%2018-09: 70.6%2018-10: 75.6%2018-11: 94.6%2018-12: 85.1%2019-01: 79.7%2019-02: 81.3%2019-03: 73.5%2019-04: 73.2%2019-05: 75.5%2019-06: 94.0%2019-07: 91.2%2019-08: 85.2%2019-09: 82.1%2019-10: 87.0%2019-11: 93.6%2019-12: 89.3%2020-01: 90.2%2020-02: 90.1%2020-03: 90.6%2020-04: 86.9%2020-05: 88.8%2020-06: 90.1%2020-07: 88.0%2020-08: 86.0%2020-09: 91.6%2020-10: 82.7%2020-11: 90.1%2020-12: 88.2%2021-01: 88.9%2021-02: 87.8%2021-03: 87.6%2021-04: 86.0%2021-05: 89.1%2021-06: 88.4%2021-07: 86.5%2021-08: 84.9%2021-09: 91.2%2021-10: 87.1%2021-11: 91.4%2021-12: 86.1%2022-01: 85.3%2022-02: 87.6%2022-03: 87.3%2022-04: 84.6%2022-05: 90.3%2022-06: 88.3%2022-07: 87.8%2022-08: 88.7%2022-09: 83.6%2022-10: 86.5%2022-11: 92.7%2022-12: 85.8%2023-01: 88.6%2023-02: 90.1%2023-03: 89.0%2023-04: 86.3%2023-05: 88.8%2023-06: 85.2%2023-07: 82.7%2023-08: 82.5%2023-09: 85.0%2023-10: 86.6%2023-11: 90.4%2023-12: 86.3%2024-01: 83.4%2024-02: 84.0%2024-03: 85.6%2024-04: 88.6%2024-05: 86.2%2024-06: 85.4%2024-07: 81.2%2024-08: 85.2%2024-09: 84.8%2024-10: 85.0%2024-11: 87.5%2024-12: 87.6%2025-01: 88.3%2025-02: 84.6%2025-03: 85.8%2025-04: 83.4%2025-05: 86.2%2025-06: 85.3%2025-07: 83.7%2025-08: 82.4%2025-09: 84.1%2025-10: 80.0%2025-11: 85.6%2025-12: 85.0%2026-01: 84.1%2026-02: 82.4%2026-03: 84.8%2026-04: 82.6%2026-05: 82.0%2026-06: 82.5%2026-07: 85.3%2026-08: 82.0%2026-09: 79.9%2026-10: 79.6% 2018/082019/012020/012021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01

Months with under 30 reviews are omitted from the rate.

Reviews per day, last 30 days

0 10 20 30 40 2026-09-19: +13 / −3 2026-09-20: +18 / −4 2026-09-21: +20 / −4 2026-09-22: +28 / −10 2026-09-23: +31 / −8 2026-09-24: +24 / −6 2026-09-25: +19 / −8 2026-09-26: +27 / −11 2026-09-27: +29 / −5 2026-09-28: +25 / −3 2026-09-29: +24 / −2 2026-09-30: +16 / −0 2026-10-01: +12 / −3 2026-10-02: +21 / −4 2026-10-03: +16 / −6 2026-10-04: +18 / −8 2026-10-05: +17 / −0 2026-10-06: +11 / −3 2026-10-07: +15 / −4 2026-10-08: +7 / −5 2026-10-09: +12 / −4 2026-10-10: +11 / −3 2026-10-11: +20 / −5 2026-10-12: +11 / −0 2026-10-13: +6 / −0 2026-10-14: +12 / −2 2026-10-15: +6 / −3 2026-10-16: +7 / −1 2026-10-17: +11 / −4 2026-10-18: +9 / −2 09/1909/2610/0310/1010/17
Show monthly data as a table
MonthPositiveNegativePositive
2018-081,66274169.2%
2018-0947119670.6%
2018-101494875.6%
2018-119195294.6%
2018-122113785.1%
2019-012997679.7%
2019-021653881.3%
2019-03863173.5%
2019-04602273.2%
2019-051765775.5%
2019-063742494.0%
2019-074264191.2%
2019-08751385.2%
2019-09551282.1%
2019-102473787.0%
2019-111,3689493.6%
2019-1290510889.3%
2020-015245790.2%
2020-023113490.1%
2020-032512690.6%
2020-042513886.9%
2020-053824888.8%
2020-062472790.1%
2020-074546288.0%
2020-083325486.0%
2020-091851791.6%
2020-104228882.7%
2020-111,26013890.1%
2020-124626288.2%
2021-014505688.9%
2021-022523587.8%
2021-031842687.6%
2021-044116786.0%
2021-052302889.1%
2021-063975288.4%
2021-075698986.5%
2021-083145684.9%
2021-091861891.2%
2021-103525287.1%
2021-119138691.4%
2021-124467286.1%
2022-014648085.3%
2022-022403487.6%
2022-031722587.3%
2022-041653084.6%
2022-051581790.3%
2022-061662288.3%
2022-072533587.8%
2022-082042688.7%
2022-091733483.6%
2022-101662686.5%
2022-112922392.7%
2022-123706185.8%
2023-0187611388.6%
2023-023383790.1%
2023-034385489.0%
2023-045969586.3%
2023-053484488.8%
2023-062814985.2%
2023-073938282.7%
2023-0868414582.5%
2023-093476185.0%
2023-102263586.6%
2023-117898490.4%
2023-124547286.3%
2024-014278583.4%
2024-022845484.0%
2024-034357385.6%
2024-042333088.6%
2024-052874686.2%
2024-062404185.4%
2024-073718681.2%
2024-082834985.2%
2024-092624784.8%
2024-102093785.0%
2024-112533687.5%
2024-123955687.6%
2025-013174288.3%
2025-023035584.6%
2025-032414085.8%
2025-042625283.4%
2025-052133486.2%
2025-062854985.3%
2025-072835583.7%
2025-082816082.4%
2025-091903684.1%
2025-102325880.0%
2025-113035185.6%
2025-122213985.0%
2026-013135984.1%
2026-021693682.4%
2026-032183984.8%
2026-0459712682.6%
2026-052335182.0%
2026-062685782.5%
2026-072263985.3%
2026-082285082.0%
2026-0944111179.9%
2026-102225779.6%
Show daily data as a table
DayPositiveNegative
2026-09-19133
2026-09-20184
2026-09-21204
2026-09-222810
2026-09-23318
2026-09-24246
2026-09-25198
2026-09-262711
2026-09-27295
2026-09-28253
2026-09-29242
2026-09-30160
2026-10-01123
2026-10-02214
2026-10-03166
2026-10-04188
2026-10-05170
2026-10-06113
2026-10-07154
2026-10-0875
2026-10-09124
2026-10-10113
2026-10-11205
2026-10-12110
2026-10-1360
2026-10-14122
2026-10-1563
2026-10-1671
2026-10-17114
2026-10-1892
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Recent sentiment

PeriodPositiveReviews
Last 30 days80.5%1,202
Last 180 days81.2%6,718
All time85.2%56,773
Japanese, last 180 days69.9%73
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