Graveyard Keeper 2 is available on Steam now. Lazy Bear Games released the sequel on September 22, bringing players back to its strange medieval world of graveyards, crafting and questionable business decisions. The new game gives the keeper a much larger job: restore a town while preparing an undead army to defend it.

The first Graveyard Keeper focused on managing a cemetery and finding ways to turn almost everything into a resource. That work is still here. You can tend graves, collect materials, build machines and put zombies to work. This time, the trouble outside the cemetery is harder to ignore.

What changes in the sequel?

The player is now the Grand Inquisitor. According to the game’s official Steam description, the town needs rebuilding and the kingdom faces a zombie apocalypse. Residents have homes to restore and problems to solve. Those errands tie into a larger production system: undead workers can handle repetitive jobs while you build and expand.

A town full of buildings and streets in Graveyard Keeper 2.
Rebuilding the town is one of the sequel’s new jobs.

Automation is a bigger part of the game. Official screenshots show the space used for workshops and machines, while the store description talks about gathering plants, animal materials and human remains to feed those systems. It is still a management game with a grim sense of humor, but there are more ways to use what the world gives you.

Building plots and workshops laid out in Graveyard Keeper 2.
Players can plan workshops and automate production.

There is combat too

The sequel adds a battle role for the keeper. You can build defenses, make weapons and armor, train an undead force and send it against the threat outside town. The Steam page describes the zombie army as a core part of the new story, not a separate small mode. It does not give a detailed breakdown of every encounter, so we are not presenting this as a full combat review.

Armed undead workers line up indoors in Graveyard Keeper 2.
The sequel also lets players prepare an undead army.

Steam lists single-player, achievements, full controller support, cloud saves and a downloadable demo. The store page confirms the September 22 PC launch. It does not provide a co-op listing, so players looking for multiplayer should not assume it is included. Lazy Bear Games developed Graveyard Keeper 2 and tinyBuild published it.

If you liked the original game’s loop of fixing one problem only to create three more, the sequel keeps that structure and gives you a whole town to manage. Our Graveyard Keeper 2 game page has the confirmed features and official screenshots. The Steam demo is also available if you want to try the new systems before buying.