Just started playing Graveyard Keeper and it’s interesting but it seems really grindy. Hopefully it starts picking up a bit as I play. I’m also wondering if I should get any of the DLC now or wait a bit. The DLC is on pretty good sale right now on Steam so that might be something good to pick up.
I dropped my first playthrough because of this. Second time went a bit more smooth, don’t know if I set up things smarter or whatever but the grinding stops as soon as you managed your carrot income.
For me it felt a bit overwhelming to have all the dlcs plus main game at once so if recommend buying them later and only if you like it more than now.
I watched a let’s play and the beginning was incredibly cool and then the grind hit. It became even too boring to just watch next to work.
Currently slogging my way though the late game (or at least I was until more pressing things came up), there’s some slight automation towards the mid game that helps a bit, but the grind doesn’t really go away. Mostly due to the fact that you end up spending Faith/ corpses/ gold way faster than you can get them. I find myself in a waiting pattern fairly often- there’s still things to do, but progress on major quests feels super slow (and almost unrewarding). The DLC is mostly regarded as filler, but if you’re a completionist (or like what they offer), it’s not awful at the current sale price.
Note: there are achievements that are gated behind having the DLCs if that’s your thing.
It’s not strictly a bad game, but I’d almost rather play Stardew for the farming/ story or Factorio for the automation.
