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The Graveyard

The Graveyard

The Graveyard is a very short computer game. You play an old lady who visits a graveyard. You walk around, sit on a bench and listen to a song. It's more like an explorable painting than an actual game. An experiment with poetry and storytelling but without words.

Released Mar 9, 2009 Developer Tale of Tales Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux Walking SimulatorIndieShortFemale ProtagonistAtmospheric
View on Steam ↗ $4.99 (US · as of 2026-05-13)

What players say

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60.7%positive608 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Great indie game from the dawn of the indie game era brought to us by Unity. Shows how minimal interaction can create an experience entirely different from an animation or short film.”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Here is calm, here is safe Maybe next time Next time perhaps, I will stay Then I'll be here no more No more....”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played
Not recommended · 0 found this helpful

“I think this game should be seen as an art project more than a game with exciting gameplay and an interesting story. The game revolves around walking on a straight line and looking at the graveyard. You play as an elderly woman who decides to go sit on a bench and rest for a…”

— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played
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Latest official news

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Dec 14, 2016
We're remaking The Endless Forest!

The Endless Forest was our first release. A multiplayer online game where everyone plays a magical deer in an idyllic forest. With its peaceful atmosphere, lack of chat or game goals, freedom to play

Dec 14, 2016
We're remaking The Endless Forest!

The Endless Forest was our first release. A multiplayer online game where everyone plays a magical deer in an idyllic forest. With its peaceful atmosphere, lack of chat or game goals, freedom to play

Oct 22, 2015
Help us build a cathedral!

Our first "post-game" art project is in need of your support to get started. Please have a look at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/taleoftales/cathedral-in-the-clouds-contemplation-in-the-digit a

Oct 22, 2015
Help us build a cathedral!

Our first "post-game" art project is in need of your support to get started. Please have a look at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/taleoftales/cathedral-in-the-clouds-contemplation-in-the-digit a

Jun 03, 2014
A new Tale of Tales in the making!

Even though we still have a lot of work to do, we have set up a page here on Steam for our new game in production, called Sunset . Please have a look and let us know what you think so far. We're makin

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Facts & details

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GenresIndie, Simulation
Player tagsWalking Simulator · Indie · Short · Female Protagonist · Atmospheric · Simulation · Memes · Horror · Psychological Horror · Singleplayer · Psychological · Anime (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish Dutch English
Estimated owners20,000 – 50,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://www.tale-of-tales.com/TheGraveyard/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP or Vista Processor: 1.5 Ghz Memory: 256 MB Hard disk space: 50 MB Video Card: NVIDIA® GeForce™ or ATI™ Radeon® Video Card (no integrated graphics) Sound: Any sound DirectX® Version: 9.0c