Progress waits without judging.
Donations can gather while you are away, with a kind cap. There are no streaks, expiring rewards, or competitive ladders.
A gentle cemetery-keeping game
A quiet place for names that should not be forgotten.
Restore small, handmade grounds. Learn the lives behind each stone. Return when you want to, and find everything patiently waiting.
- No ads
- No purchases in 1.0
- No streaks
Your first few minutes
A small act of care becomes a place worth returning to.
Dearly begins with doing, not waiting. Your first stone is ready to restore, its name is ready to be read, and the first gate is already in sight.
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01Restore
Clear the ivy with your own hands.
Three simple passes bring the stone back into view. The opening ground uses a shorter, kinder progression curve, so care leads to meaning quickly.
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02Remember
Every restored grave belongs to someone.
Read names, professions, epitaphs, and connected family memories. The Memorial Book grows into a record of everyone you have cared for.
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03Open the way
Finish one ground, then walk onward.
Completed places stay complete. You can revisit old paths, keep raising chosen memorials, or carry your care into a different landscape.
The Memorial Book
Not a collection of stones. A community of lives.
Each ground holds 36 residents, including three family plots whose memories unfold together. Keep following a family and their page grows with new details and keepsakes.
“Left every latch easy for the next pair of hands.”
Every life is written with tenderness. Death is rest here, never spectacle.
A family remembered, one chapter at a time
A country of quiet places
Fourteen grounds, each with its own weather, keeper, and stories.
Eight permanent grounds form the free journey. Four seasonal places return without erasing progress. Two later chapters are visible, and clearly marked as coming soon.
Walk the groundsDrag, swipe, or use the arrows
When the light changes
Night is softer here.
Gentle ghosts rise for a short visit. Guide them back to the right memorial and the next day begins a little brighter.
No scares, no failure state, no punishment for leaving them until another night.
Calm by design
Built for coming back, never for pulling you back.
Phone, tablet, portrait, or landscape.
The same care, stories, and actions remain available when the screen changes shape.
Local guest play or an optional account.
Begin without signing in. Apple and email accounts add cloud backup, cross-device restoration, and in-app account deletion.
Before you enter
A few things keepers often ask.
Everything you need to know before beginning your first quiet restoration.
What kind of game is Dearly?
Dearly is a cozy cemetery restoration and narrative game. You clear ivy from memorials, learn about the people behind each name, complete family stories and care for a growing country of peaceful burial grounds.
Is Dearly free, and does it have ads?
Dearly 1.0 is free on iPhone and iPad. It contains no advertising, no purchases, no streaks and no competitive pressure.
Can I play Dearly offline?
The core cemetery-keeping experience works offline. If you choose an optional account, cloud backup and cross-device restoration synchronize when a connection is available.
Do I need an account?
No. You can begin as a guest and keep the cemetery on your device. Apple and email accounts are optional, and add cloud backup plus cross-device restoration.
Is Dearly a horror game?
No. Dearly is gentle, wistful and never frightening. Its ghosts are friendly visitors, death is treated as rest, and there are no scares or failure states.
Is Dearly available on Android?
The Android version is coming soon. Dearly is available now for iPhone and iPad, in portrait or landscape.
From inside the gates
Explore Dearly before you play.
First-party guides to the real game—its actions, residents, grounds and the promise behind its calm.
Dearly is here
The gates are open.
Play free on iPhone and iPad, with no advertising, no purchases, and no transmitted gameplay analytics in 1.0.
Android is on its way. The cemetery is ready now on iPhone and iPad.