Dearly

The keeper's ritual

Small acts of care, each with a reason.

Dearly is an idle restoration game with something tactile at its centre. Clear one neglected memorial, learn who rests there, then decide where your care goes next.

Play free on the App Store
An overgrown memorial being gently restored in Dearly
The first meaningful action is a restoration—not a menu.

Your first ten minutes

The game always gives you a next kind thing.

  1. Find the softly highlighted grave.The opening view starts beside the keeper's cottage and points to one clear patch of ivy.
  2. Brush, restore and read.Cleaning reveals a resident's name and a short life—not a faceless resource node.
  3. Grow the grounds.Quick early restorations open new plots, a family memorial and useful keeper tools.
  4. Meet the evening.Friendly ghosts bring optional requests. Helping is rewarding; ignoring one never harms the cemetery.

A complete loop

Restore. Remember. Tend. Return.

Every system feeds the same emotional promise instead of interrupting it.

01

Restore

Brush weeds, repair stones and reveal what the ground has been holding.

02

Remember

Open the Memorial Book for residents, family chapters and keepsakes.

03

Tend

Plant flowers, place decorations, fulfil gentle requests and improve the cottage.

04

Return

Come back to a changed season, another letter or an unfinished story—never an expired streak.

The gates are open

Begin with one small restoration.

Free on iPhone and iPad. Android is coming soon.

Download on theApp Store