PlayStation is the storefront that publishes the most precise release information for this game — it is the only one that names an unlock hour — and simultaneously the one that publishes no price. Both facts are worth knowing before you shop.
Facts checked October 30, 2026Reading time 5 min readEvidence cited per claim
The PlayStation listing
What the concept page states
Read from the PlayStation Store concept page for Graveyard Keeper 2 on September 16, 2026.
Platform
PS5
Release
9/22/2026 at 05:00 PM UTC
Players
1 player
Offline play
Enabled
Controller
Vibration supported on DualSense wireless controller
Publisher
tinyBuild
Rating
ESRB Teen — Blood, Suggestive Themes, Use of Drugs and Alcohol, Violence
Genre
Strategy, Simulation, Role Playing Games
Price
Not published on the listing
The unlock moment
PlayStation gives the release as 9/22/2026 05:00 PM UTC, and the same instant appears on both the US and the Asia concept page. That makes it the single most precise launch timing published anywhere for this game. Nintendo’s discount window closing at 04:59 p.m. UTC the same day is consistent with a single global unlock around that moment.
What PlayStation does not say is whether that instant is one global unlock or a regional rollout, and no other storefront confirms that its version unlocks at the same time. Treat 05:00 PM UTC as your anchor and confirm on your own storefront the day before.
Why there is no PS5 price here
The PlayStation concept page renders pre-order purchase language and the pre-order bonus description, but no numeric price or currency. That is why this site states the price for Steam, Xbox and Nintendo and leaves PlayStation blank. Borrowing the $19.99 US Steam figure and presenting it as the PS5 price would be a guess dressed as a fact, and PlayStation pricing frequently differs by region anyway.
Pre-order bonus on PlayStation
PlayStation states the bonus in the clearest terms of any storefront: a personal sauna outside the player’s house, and an exclusive outfit for the player character. The store copy presents it as a break from fighting zombie hordes followed by a chance to show the locals who the true village dandy is. The same two items are what Nintendo sells as a separate bonus product.
A PS5 demo is listed, with a caveat
A separate Graveyard Keeper 2 Demo product sits on the same PlayStation concept page, with both PS4 and PS5 chips. Its store state is ambiguous rather than clearly free: it renders with pre-order purchase language rather than a download label. Until PlayStation clarifies that, this site does not describe the PlayStation demo as a free download. The demo this site can verify as free is the Steam one, released September 14, 2026.
Controller and console features
The PlayStation listing is sparse, which is itself informative: where it lists a feature, that feature is the whole story for now.
DualSense vibration
Vibration is supported on the DualSense wireless controller. That is the only DualSense-specific feature listed — no adaptive-trigger support, no haptics detail.
Full controller support on Steam too
Steam independently lists full controller support including named DualShock and DualSense entries, which corroborates that the game’s controller layer covers PlayStation pads natively rather than through a compatibility shim.
Offline play
Offline play is enabled, and the listing notes one player. There is no online requirement, consistent with the single-player answer everywhere else.
Not listed: PS5 Pro, VRR, 120 Hz
No PS5 Pro enhancement, variable refresh rate support, 120 Hz mode or performance/quality toggle appears on the concept page. No resolution or frame-rate target is published on any platform for this game.
Third-party catalog cross-check
A GameFAQs release-data snapshot supplied on September 17 adds identifiers and player-mode wording, but its table contains visibly mislabelled platform rows. It is useful for cross-checking records, not for replacing the first-party PlayStation listing.
Catalog record
Identifier
Release / status
Steam (US)
4358690
09/22/26
PlayStation Store PS4 (US/EU/AU/JP)
PPSA-35943
09/22/26
PlayStation Store PS5 (US)
Not listed in the snapshot
09/22/26
Nintendo Switch (US/EU/JP)
Not listed in the snapshot
09/22/26 US/EU; 09/23/26 JP
Nintendo Switch 2 (US/EU/JP)
Not listed in the snapshot
09/22/26 US/EU; 09/23/26 JP
Xbox Store Series X (US)
Not listed in the snapshot
09/22/26
The same third-party page reports 1 local player and no online multiplayer. It also places Switch eShop and Xbox rows inside a PlayStation 5 release-data page, so those labels are an explicit data-quality warning. The first-party PlayStation concept page remains the source for the PS5 release time, controller support and price status.
Where these facts come from
Every entry below is labelled by what it is: a developer or publisher source, a platform store listing, a press report, a video, or a fan-maintained page. Fan pages are used for terminology, and where one is the only record of a number, that number is written as community wiki data, unconfirmed, with the date it was last checked.
Store listingPlayStation Store — Graveyard Keeper 2 (concept 10018528) — PS5 listing read 2026-09-16. Shows a 9/22/2026 05:00 PM UTC release instant, 1 player, offline play, DualSense vibration support, the ESRB Teen descriptors, and both pre-order items: a personal sauna and an exclusive outfit. No numeric price is rendered.
Store listingGraveyard Keeper 2 on Steam (app 4358690) — The most detailed platform listing: 11 interface languages, single-player only, full controller support with DualShock and DualSense entries, Steam Cloud, Achievements, Family Sharing, and the Windows minimum and recommended specifications.
Store listingPlayStation Store — Graveyard Keeper 2 Demo — A separate demo product sits alongside the full game on the same PlayStation concept page, flagged for PS4 and PS5. Its store state is ambiguous: it renders with pre-order purchase language rather than a free-download label, so this site does not describe the PS demo as free.
Press reportGameFAQs — Graveyard Keeper 2 release information — Third-party release-data snapshot supplied on 2026-09-17. It lists one local player, no online multiplayer, the Steam id 4358690 and PlayStation identifier PPSA-35943, but its page also contains visibly mislabelled Switch/Xbox rows under PS5 data. Used as a catalog cross-check only, not to override first-party store facts.
VideoGraveyard Keeper 2 launches 22 September | Pre-Order Now! — tinyBuild’s own pre-order trailer, on the publisher channel. Separates the four beats the store copy sells: plant, keep animals, harvest, and send helpers out to work.
Questions
PS5 questions
Is Graveyard Keeper 2 coming to PS5?
Yes. The PlayStation Store carries a concept page for it, published by tinyBuild, with a release of 9/22/2026 at 05:00 PM UTC. It is one of the five storefronts linked from the official game site.
What time does Graveyard Keeper 2 unlock on PS5?
The listing gives 9/22/2026 05:00 PM UTC. That is the only unlock hour any storefront publishes, and it appears identically on the US and Asia concept pages.
How much does Graveyard Keeper 2 cost on PS5?
Unconfirmed. The PlayStation Store concept page publishes no numeric price or currency, so no PS5 price can be stated from a first-party source. The $19.99 figure applies to Steam, Xbox and both Nintendo listings in USD.
Does Graveyard Keeper 2 use the DualSense controller?
The listing states that vibration is supported on the DualSense wireless controller. No adaptive-trigger or advanced haptic feature is listed, and Steam separately records full controller support with named DualShock and DualSense entries.
Is there a PS4 version?
The full game is listed for PS5. A separate demo product on the same page shows both PS4 and PS5 chips, which hints that PS4 is somewhere in the build matrix, but the game itself is not sold as a PS4 title. Treat a PS4 release as unconfirmed.
Is there a PS5 demo?
A demo product is listed alongside the full game, but its store state is ambiguous — it shows pre-order purchase language rather than a free-download label. This site does not describe it as free until PlayStation makes that explicit.
