Welcome to Boon Hill

There's not a whole lot to this. It's not a game, it's not even a simulator -- it's more like an interactive art project someone made for SVA and then figured they could sell on Steam. The music is beautiful, haunting even, and I'd absolutely be willing to pay for the soundtrack, but that's about the only worthwhile part. It doesn't feel like the makers have ever been to a real graveyard, especially not one as old as Boon Hill is supposed to be. Graveyards that old aren't as empty as this game's setting, for one thing; 90% of the "graveyard" is empty space with a smattering of tombstones in small family clusters, even though it's supposed to date back to the 1700s at least. And we're not talking "ruins" or "stubs that are old, broken tombstones, now illegible" -- it's just EMPTY. Lots of grass, maybe a tree, but that's it. Also, it feels like they never finished this "game", since many of the gravestones can't be read -- and I'm certain that's not intentional because they AREN'T blank,...

I have experienced loss twice this year, two friends dead before their time. With grief and mourning fresh in my mind I played Boon Hill for the first time today. While I would have appreciated more structure, or at the least a run button, there is certainly something all too raw about reading fake epitaphs for people who were not real but none the less "died." If you were to put a headstone on a hill, carve a random name into it, make up some numbers, and then walk away, your fiction would become truth given enough time. Someone finding that stone one hundred years from now wouldn't know the difference. Boon Hill isn't real, but mortality is. Even knowing this game is fictional can't stop me from imagining a life connected to every headstone I found. When I stumbled onto what seemed to be a section for children, I had to leave. I felt real pain. If you have never known death, I envy you. Maybe Boon Hill won't affect you like it did me. Personally, I felt catharsis, as if fake-grief ga...

Boon Hill tries to excuse its lack of mechanics, depth, or polish as a 'minimalist art project which invites the player to self-examine', but really, it's just boring, lazy, and looks like garbage. If you want to read a bunch of epitaphs and feel emotive about the frailty of the human condition, you can just use google. That said, I'm sort of wierdly glad this game exists, if only to prove that it's bad idea.

The time spent in this game, while currently minimal, has been time well spent. Definitively the "graveyard simulator", this game burdens the player with macabre conclusions, from finding loved ones lost from disease, fire, and some having perished before their own lives came to be. A few NPC's haunt this graveyard, some more disconcerting than others, some instilling wisdom onto the protagonist, but all a very neat addition to this title. Definitely worth every cent, if you're looking for perturbing experience this Halloween.

This game plays like one of the more interesting parts of less well written games. Lots and lots of depth here. I approve.

It's a lot like dark souls, but good.

Suprisingly deep and sentimental. Well worth the asking price.

I came in and played Welcome to Boon Hill having no idea what I should expect. Would I laugh? Would I cry? Would there be hidden zombies I have to fight? While those concepts were few and far between I came to the realization that the game is much more than what people expect from a “typical” game experience. It’s not meant to apprise to tell any set story but aims to set in motion for the user to create their own experience. To define their own meanings. At face value, Boon Hill can seem as if it’s a modest graveyard simulator but in actuality the graveyard is as disparate as it is eerie. The music is fantastic. It absolutely gives an otherworldly feel that sends chills down your spine as you interact within the world and its muses. Though the sound is simply an undertone to the real joy of play which is the diversity in reading the epitaphs. From the start of the game you already know there will be plenty to explore as each epitaph you come across is far different from the ...

Found Gordon Freeman's grave, HL3 confirmed for dead. 10/10

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAYhWAUO3bc Welcome to Boon Hill is an indie game that at first glance looks pretty straight forward. Walk around a graveyard in search of grave stones. There are no zombies, no high score, and no guns. Why on Earth would you play a game like this you ask? Well you quickly find there's far more depth than at first glance. I came to Boon Hill thinking "ok I'll spend about 5 minutes walking around and get bored". Well a few minutes turned into an hour and I was completely drawn into seeking out more epitaphs to piece together the stories of life and death. The death of a child, a person that lived life to the fullest, un marked graves, even some funny little easter eggs are all you'll find in just the first hour of play. I feel like there's still more to get out of it. If you enjoy games that allow you to search for clues and piece together stories from the mundane to creepy Welcome to Boon Hill would be worth it for you.