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Platforms and Release
August 27, 2026 at 09:08 AM
Added the release-date trailer key art to the pricing and pre-order section
Graveyard Keeper 2 launches on 22 September 2026 across PC and four consoles. The date was announced on 26 August 2026 alongside a release-date trailer, and pre-orders opened the same day on the Steam, PlayStation, and Xbox storefronts. See the overview and the Getting Started guide for a pre-release checklist. Detailed PC specs live on the System Requirements page.
All five targets were confirmed at the reveal by Lazy Bear Games and tinyBuild as a single coordinated launch.
Platform | Notes |
|---|---|
PC (Steam) | Steam page live with App ID 4358690. Windows only. Releases 22 September 2026, with pre-purchase open. |
PlayStation 5 | Same 22 September date as PC. Pre-orders open, with immediate payment taken at purchase. Listed as a PS5 version only, with no PS4 SKU. |
Xbox Series X|S | Both Series X and Series S configurations targeted, and the listing is marked as optimised for Series X|S. Pre-orders open. |
Nintendo Switch | Original Switch SKU committed alongside the newer hardware. No store listing has appeared and pre-orders are not open. |
Nintendo Switch 2 | Native Switch 2 release listed at announcement. No store listing has appeared and pre-orders are not open. |
Other (PS4, Xbox One, mobile, Mac, Linux) | Not part of the announced lineup. |
Date | Event |
|---|---|
April 9, 2026 | Reveal at the Triple-I Initiative Reveal. Gameplay trailer released and Steam page goes live with App ID 4358690. |
April 9, 2026 | Five-platform lineup published. Original Graveyard Keeper offered free-to-keep as a launch promotion. |
April 9 to 13, 2026 | Free-to-keep window for the original game, which drew renewed attention to the original ahead of the sequel. |
First week of reveal | Approximately 400,000 Steam wishlists accumulated; over 120,000 in the first twelve hours alone. Sequel reached around #110 on Steam's most-anticipated list. |
August 26, 2026 | Release date announced as 22 September 2026. A release-date trailer went up the same day and pre-orders opened on Steam, PlayStation, and Xbox. |
September 22, 2026 | Scheduled release across PC and consoles. The console listings put the unlock at 17:00 UTC. No demo or beta was held at any point before launch. |
Both a minimum and a recommended specification are published on the storefront. Minimum targets a 720p experience; recommended targets 1080p. See the dedicated System Requirements page for the full breakdown and unconfirmed-details list.
Component | Minimum | Recommended |
|---|---|---|
Operating System | Windows 10, 64-bit | Windows 10, 64-bit |
Processor | Intel Core i3-4160 or AMD FX-8320 | Intel Core i5-4670K or AMD FX-8350 |
Memory | 4 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
Graphics | GeForce GT 640 (1 GB) or Radeon HD 7750 or Iris Pro Graphics 580 | GeForce GTX 660 (2 GB) or Radeon HD 7850 (2 GB) |
DirectX | Version 12 | Version 12 |
Storage | 2 GB available space | 2 GB available space |
Target Resolution | 720p | 1080p |
The PC storefront lists eleven supported languages at launch and breaks them out by support type. All eleven cover interface text and subtitles. English is the only language listed with full audio support, so the other ten are text-only at launch.
Language | Group |
|---|---|
English, French, German, Polish, Russian, Turkish | European |
Spanish (Spain), Portuguese (Brazil) | Iberian and Brazilian variants |
Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese | East Asian |
Single-player only. No co-op, PvP, or online multiplayer modes have been mentioned.
Steam Family Sharing. The library copy can be shared with linked accounts on the same hardware.
The reveal generated unusually fast wishlist signal. Two figures published by the developer and publisher have circulated in industry press in the days after the announcement.
Signal | Figure |
|---|---|
Steam wishlists, first 12 hours | Over 120,000 |
Steam wishlists, first week | Approximately 400,000 |
Steam most-anticipated rank in first week | Approximately #110 |
First game during the free-to-keep window | Renewed player interest reported |
Console wishlist totals from PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo storefronts are not part of those figures, so the cross-platform total is higher still.
Console listings carry rating marks from several boards. The Xbox store page displays an ESRB Teen mark with content descriptors; further board marks are recorded against the same product entry. Ratings on an unreleased game can be revised before launch, and no rating has been displayed on the PlayStation listing so far.
Board | Mark | Descriptors |
|---|---|---|
ESRB | Teen | Violence, Blood, Suggestive Themes, Use of Drugs and Alcohol |
PEGI | 16 | Drugs |
USK | 12 | Fantasy violence, sexual innuendo, drugs, scary scenes, strong themes |
ClassInd (Brazil) | 14 | Violence, sexual content, legal drugs, drugs |
Australian Classification | M | Drug references |
GRAC (Korea) | 15 | Alcohol, tobacco and drugs |
IARC | 16 | Drugs |
The PlayStation listing also carries the standard notice that online interactions are not rated by the ESRB. The game is listed as single-player on every platform.
Feature | Detail |
|---|---|
Players | Single-player on all five platforms |
Controller support | Full controller support on PC, covering DualShock and DualSense pads and the Steam Input API |
Family Sharing | Enabled on the PC listing |
PlayStation 5 | Offline play enabled; DualSense vibration supported |
Xbox Series X|S | Optimised for Series X|S; achievements and online service features declared |
Pricing | Published on Steam, PlayStation, and Xbox; the figures differ by store and are broken out below |
Pre-orders opened on 26 August 2026, the same day the release date went public. The three storefronts that carry the game do not price it identically, so the figures below are listed per store rather than merged into a single number. All amounts are in United States dollars.
Storefront | Standard | Pre-Order Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
Steam | $24.99 | $19.99 | A 20% pre-purchase promotion running until release day. |
Xbox | $24.99 | $19.99 | Sold as a pre-order bundle that pairs the base game with the bonus content. The 20% reduction runs from 26 August to release day. |
PlayStation | $19.99 | $19.99 | Listed at $19.99 with no higher standard price shown. A separate 20% subscriber reduction brings it to $15.99 for PlayStation Plus members, which is a discount rather than inclusion in the subscription. |
Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 | Not listed | Not listed | Neither Switch SKU has a store listing, so no price and no pre-order exist for either. |
The game is not part of any subscription catalogue. The Xbox product entry lists no pass that includes it, and the PlayStation reduction is tied to a membership discount rather than to library access.
Two bonus items are attached to a pre-order on the storefronts that carry the game. The console listings describe them in identical wording.
Bonus | What It Is |
|---|---|
Sauna | A personal sauna building sited outside the player's house, framed as somewhere to recover after a long working day. |
Inquisitor outfit | An exclusive outfit for the player character, the newly appointed Grand Inquisitor. |
The studio has said the outfit a player receives depends on which platform they pre-order on. No storefront has named a specific outfit or described how the versions differ, so treat the per-platform variants as unconfirmed until one is shown.
Steam Deck verification. Not certified Verified, Playable, or Unsupported.
Cloud saves and cross-save. Steam Cloud and save transfer between PC and consoles are unconfirmed.
Achievements. The Xbox listing declares achievement support. The full achievement list, and PlayStation trophy support, have not been published.
Demo plans. No demo, hands-on event, or open-beta window has been scheduled.
Nintendo storefront listings. PlayStation and Xbox pre-orders are open, but neither Switch SKU has appeared on a store, so no Nintendo release time, price, or pre-order exists yet.
Switch-to-Switch 2 upgrade pricing. Both Switch SKUs are committed but no migration or upgrade path has been described.