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11 The first public hands-on demo of Grave Seasons was hosted at PAX East 2026 in the Boston Convention Center. The demo ran around the time the game first announced an August 14, 2026 release date, which was later moved to a Fall 2026 window. It gave attendees their first chance to play the game's combined farming and investigation systems.
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33 On The Show Floor
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55 DetailInformationEventPAX East 2026 (Boston)Booth19049Demo lengthApproximately 15 minutes, or one in-game dayBooth themeHorror-themed booth designBlumhouse GamesFirst games-industry trade show appearance for the publisher
66 What The Demo Showed
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88 The demo dropped players into the farm roughly a month into the in-game year, with the mayor already murdered. Highlights observed by hands-on previews include:
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1010 In the murder scene specifically, the player enters the mayor's office to find him dead, then collects the clues left strewn around the room, part of the farming-and-investigation blend the build was meant to show.
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1212 The full tool wheel: hoe, watering can, axe, pick, and crowbar (under the Crime category).Tilling, watering, and harvesting on a small patch of crops at the farm.Foraging items in the open world, including worms that can be gifted to townsfolk.Breaking into the priest Tomás's house with the crowbar, complete with the lockpicking minigame.Collecting clues at the murder scene, including worry dolls, hemlock leaves, and photographs.Dialogue with townsfolk such as Leilani, the florist who runs Sunbeam Florals.Visiting the wooden bridge over the waterfall on the path to the mine.Sampling a cooking recipe (falafel was shown as one of the available dishes).
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1414 The mine itself was blocked off in the demo build, and an in-game map was not yet implemented; the developers confirmed that a map will be present in the final release.
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1616 Demo Limitations
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1818 Several systems were either trimmed back or absent in the PAX build. Most previews noted the short length, and combat against the game's monsters was not part of the demo. The roster of named townsfolk was visible, but only a handful of conversations were available. The demo focused on showing how farming, gathering, and investigation tie together, rather than on every late-game system.
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20-After PAX East, Perfect Garbage planned a wider public demo but cancelled the June 15 release, choosing instead to focus on a simultaneous launch across all platforms. As a result, the PAX East build remains the only public hands-on so far, and no new demo date has been announced.
20+After PAX East, Perfect Garbage planned a wider public demo but cancelled the June 15 release, choosing instead to focus on a simultaneous launch across all platforms. As a result, this build remains the only version the public has played, and no new demo date has been announced.
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2222 See Investigation and Clues, Crafting and Cooking, and Trailers and Media for related coverage.
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2424 A Second Public Showing
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2626 The same roughly fifteen-minute build travelled after PAX East. Perfect Garbage brought it to a Las Vegas expo in late April 2026, where attendees again ran through planting, watering, tilling, harvesting, foraging, cooking, gift-giving, and meeting residents before the first murder landed in the middle of town. Hands-on write-ups from that showing describe the same structure as the PAX build, so it is best read as a second outing for this demo rather than a newer one.