Graveyard Keeper earns over $250K after free giveaway

You won’t count on freely giving a recreation for free would earn its writer over 1 / 4 of 1,000,000 {dollars}, however that is precisely what occurred with Graveyard Keeper just lately. Developer Lazy Bear Games and writer tinyBuild gave away the 2018 medieval graveyard administration sim for free from Thursday by way of Monday afternoon, and so they’ve earned a fairly penny due to it.

“Many are asking if it’s worth it, to give away a game like this for free,” tinyBuild CEO Alex Nichiporchik stated in a submit on x. He famous the sport earned over $250,000 by way of DLC gross sales — and that is simply on Steam, as tinyBuild would not have the console figures but. “So it makes sense when you have a lot of DLC.”

Graveyard Keeper has three DLC expansions in addition to an OST and artwork e-book accessible, and all of them could be bought as a part of a bundle. No surprises right here: That bundle is presently on sale for $8.35, or 80% off.

The Graveyard Keeper giveaway was ostensibly accomplished to drum up curiosity within the sequel, which was announced the day the giveaway started. Nichiporchik shared in a follow-up post that Graveyard Keeper 2 has now landed on over 450,000 Steam wishlists, placing it in Steam’s high 100 most-wishlisted video games.

Graveyard Keeper 2 is due out later in 2026. The unique recreation is now not free, however when you nonetheless need to test it out, you should buy it at a steep low cost. Graveyard Keeper is on sale for $3.99 (80% off) on Steam till April 17.