San Mateo, California, April 9, 2026, 14:05 PDT 1
Sony’s PlayStation Store listed tinyBuild’s Graveyard Keeper as free for PS4 on Thursday, handing PS4 owners and PS5 players using backward compatibility a no-cost claim on the 2019 game. On the U.S. product page, the base edition was marked “Free” with an “Add to Library” button. 2
The move matters because it sits outside PlayStation Plus, Sony’s paid subscription service, only days after April’s Monthly Games rolled out. Sony has also said PS4 games will be added to those monthly PS Plus lineups only intermittently from January 2026, so a separate PS4 freebie stands out more now. 3
The promotion is not just on Sony’s storefront. Steam said Graveyard Keeper is free to keep if claimed before April 13, and Xbox Wire said Xbox users can grab it from April 9 at 9 a.m. PT until April 13 at 10 a.m. PT, suggesting publisher tinyBuild is running a cross-platform promotion rather than a PlayStation-only offer. 4
That push landed alongside the sequel reveal. The Triple-i Initiative said the original was being made free to celebrate Graveyard Keeper 2, while PlayStation posted an announcement trailer and the new game’s Steam page went live with its release date still listed as “to be announced.” 5
For PlayStation users, the current offer centers on the original release. Sony’s store lists Graveyard Keeper as a PS4 title first released on June 27, 2019, with a 4.39-star average from about 3,400 ratings, while the Last Journey Edition and DLC packs were still being sold separately on Thursday. 6
Elsewhere on the storefront, Sony is already leaning on no-upfront-cost games. The U.S. free-to-play section includes PS5 role-playing titles such as Where Winds Meet, Throne and Liberty and The Seven Deadly Sins: Origin — games that can be downloaded for free but still sell optional items and currency packs. 7
That sits apart from Sony’s subscription pitch. “April’s PlayStation Plus Monthly Games lineup features three games available to all PlayStation Plus members,” Adam Michel, Sony Interactive Entertainment’s director of content acquisition and operations, wrote on April 1, rolling out Lords of the Fallen, Tomb Raider I-III Remastered and Sword Art Online Fractured Daydream for April 7 through May 4. 3
But the fine print could still bite. Xbox said title availability and discounts may vary by region, Sony’s U.S. Graveyard Keeper page did not display an expiry line next to the base edition in the product text, and the pages for Where Winds Meet, Throne and Liberty and The Seven Deadly Sins: Origin all offered paid add-ons, with prices running from 99 cents to $149.99. 8
For players, the split is clear enough: April’s PS Plus games still sit behind the subscription, while Graveyard Keeper and Sony’s free-to-play shelf can be added without paying that fee up front. 3
