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Grave Seasons Lets You Date the Serial Killer Plaguing Your Cute Town
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Grave Seasons Lets You Date the Serial Killer Plaguing Your Cute Town

CNET · Jun 19, 2026, 3:55 AM · Also reported by 4 other sources

Key takeaways

  • Nothing says romance like the imminent risk of death -- either to your crush or to whom they've targeted for their next kill.
  • At this year's SGF, I got my second look at a new demo that revealed a lot more about how the game's more grisly mechanics of investigating and preventing future deaths work.
  • Naturally, fans of the upcoming game, published by Blumhouse Games and due out later this year, clamor for more than murder.

Nothing says romance like the imminent risk of death -- either to your crush or to whom they've targeted for their next kill.

Grave Seasons is the debut game from studio Perfect Garbage Studios, which I tried out at last year's Summer Game Fest with the briefest of looks at the Stardew Valley-like cozy farming game with a serial killer running amok. At this year's SGF, I got my second look at a new demo that revealed a lot more about how the game's more grisly mechanics of investigating and preventing future deaths work.

Naturally, fans of the upcoming game, published by Blumhouse Games and due out later this year, clamor for more than murder. So I asked narrative director Emmett Nahil for everything he could share about what it's like to date villagers in Grave Seasons -- and yes, that includes romancing the killer.

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