Simulation games have transcended vehicles and entered the realm of life itself. The Sims was just the beginning. Today, simulation games let you experience lives and careers you otherwise wouldn’t, whether because you are not qualified or simply too afraid to try them in real life, from performing autopsies as a forensic pathologist and assisting the departed as a mortuary assistant to managing the final stop on the journey: the cemetery itself.
You heard that right. Cemetery Simulator is a thing now. Even better is that Ultimate Games has announced that a free demo for the video game is now available, giving curious players a chance to find out whether they have what it takes to run a cemetery before committing to a full-time career in virtual graveyard management.
As the title suggests, Cemetery Simulator puts players in charge of maintaining and expanding a cemetery. That means preparing burial plots, caring for the grounds, managing day-to-day operations, and ensuring the place remains presentable for visitors. It is essentially a management simulator, except your customers are considerably quieter than those in most business games.
The game combines first-person gameplay with business management elements. Players will maintain tombstones, handle landscaping duties, operate cemetery equipment, and gradually grow the cemetery into a thriving operation. Yes, “thriving” is a slightly unusual word to use in the cemetery business, but here we are.
Like many modern simulation titles, the appeal seems to come from turning an otherwise overlooked profession into something surprisingly engaging. After all, few people wake up thinking, “I wonder what it is like to manage a cemetery?” Then again, nobody was asking to become a software CEO, a president, a prison inmate, or an autopsy technician either, yet those games somehow exist.
The newly released demo offers a chance to sample the experience before the full game arrives. Whether Cemetery Simulator becomes your next gaming obsession or simply another entry in the ever-growing collection of wonderfully specific simulators, one thing is certain: the simulation genre continues to find new ways to surprise us.
Or perhaps more accurately, to bury us in choices. Anyhoo, details of the free demo can be found here.
Images: Ultimate Publishing.
