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STAFF REVIEW of Bunny Park (Xbox One)


Thursday, October 6, 2022.
by Peggy Doyle

Bunny Park Box art Anyone who has had pets will let you know that caring for them is mostly a thankless task. You feed them, give them shelter, take care of their cleanliness and their medical needs, and they’ll reward you with love and affection. This is normally a fair trade off if you ask those same owners as well. We will do just about anything for the furry members of our family. Bunny Park is a cute click simulation game developed by Cozy Bee Games and published by SOEDESCO where you will create and maintain a park for bunnies. It is a laid-back game where you spend your time clearing the land, building and renovating the park in hopes to attract the 25 homeless bunnies around the area. Thankfully this doesn’t really require much in the way of skill and is mostly a chill style game.

Unlike most other park building/simulation style games I’ve played and reviewed, Bunny Park has no story. Because it has no narrative you are free to so whatever you want whenever you choose to do so. Some may love this, and I know some will love the freedom, but I wasn’t really sold. I like to have a game that is a bit more structured. As much as I don’t like to have multiple checklists of tasks, it would be nice to feel like I was accomplishing something. Although there were no real demands in the game, you are ultimately moving towards an end goal.

You are given a plot of land that used to be home to 25 rabbits. It is now rundown and they have fled. Your ultimate objective is to rebuild the park so they will return. The method to do this is fairly straightforward; clean the debris of logs and rocks, plant edible plants, and create attractive surroundings. As you increase the attractiveness of the park, you will gradually have bunnies show up. Feed the rabbits, pet them and keep them happy. Happy bunnies will dig up coins that help you pay for the expansions to your land area as well as all the things you need to buy to create your park.


The early game is quite frustrating, in my opinion. Money is very hard to accumulate, and the few bunnies around are very demanding in wanting snacks. What should be primarily a relaxing game starts off as more of a stressful grind. As you progress though, money becomes easier to get and you can even open bot butterflies (bot-erflies?) who will fly around and collect the coins or clear debris. The collecting of coins was one thing I had a bit of a problem with at the beginning as well. Sure, you gather coins by removing debris, but your happy bunnies will also dig up coins. My assumption was that these coins would automatically go into my inventory but that was not the case, you have to actively collect them. That’s fine, except they bunnies don’t stay together, and you have to look for them. Also, the coins will disappear after a few moments if you’re not quick enough. In order to collect the coins however, it wasn’t simply a matter of moving the cursor over the coin, it had to be done in a very particular way, one in which you were never really told about. Trial and error and lots of lost coins in the beginning. Once you get the butterfly bots though things were much easier. They do most of the clearing and gathering of coins and you can focus on the cute and cozy aspect of the game.

With no elements of risk or danger, Bunny Park is an ideal game for anyone of any age to sink time into. You can choose a variety of buildings, entertainment, crops or decorations to make your park look however you want. There is even a seasonal category with things like hay bales, fall fruit trees, pumpkins, corn mazes and scarecrows. This is where I get into the major issue I had. Looking at the achievements list there were achievements dealing with placing an item related to each season. Autumn was easy as that’s where I started, but after a few hours into the game, the season didn’t change. After doing some research to see if this was a bug, it looks as though the seasons change with real time. Meaning if you don’t want to time jump through settings in the Xbox, you’d literally have to come back each season to get those items. This alone made me lose interest really quickly in Bunny Park. I loved the idea of changing décor and creating a cute habitat, and I love losing hours into a park management/simulation style game. I am not, however, going to invest that amount to time, coming back to a game after a few months just to pick up achievements either. With no active story, events or changes in inventory, I can’t see this keeping anyone interest for very long.


Back to the good things. The game is adorable. Pastel colours and the ability to pet bunnies (giving you little hearts above their heads) sold me when I saw the trailer. The details in the decorations were well done as well, I loved the look of the game. The lack of danger, fire, shooting or gore made this a refreshing change from a lot of games out there. One really nice feature was the ability to place items on a diagonal plane. That is something not often seen in games and opened up more possibilities in your designs.

Bunny Park is a port from PC and I think that is obvious in its controls. The cursor was slow and the collecting of rings I mentioned earlier was hit or miss. The cursor was simply too big and made it hard to pinpoint what you were trying to do. With a chill and relaxed game maybe this doesn’t matter as you have all the time to complete things, but I found it frustrating. The unpredictable camera movement, I also didn’t love. Sometimes the camera would pan or zoom of its own accord. It seemed to want to focus on something that I just couldn’t see. One thing I would have appreciated too was a little more of a tutorial. You are given a few pointers at the beginning, but I learned a lot of things just through trial and error. You also have multiple stats showing for your park, cleanliness, coziness and more in the top corner of your screen. I was never really sure what was required to get the bunnies to come back to the park. They seemed to just show up randomly. Mostly in order, but some out of order. If I knew what I was trying to do to get them to come back, it might have helped.


Because of the issues with seasonal items and lack of things to do, I don’t think this game has longevity or a lot of replayability for most people. It was cute enough for the four hours I spent with it, but there really wasn’t anything to keep me interested with the limited décor items to work with. If you’re looking for something adorable to fill your time or to just take a break between more eventful games, it’s cute, chill and made me smile, but I can’t see myself investing similar amounts of time to other park style games.

**Bunny Park was provided by the publisher and reviewed on an Xbox Series X**




Overall: 6.0 / 10
Gameplay: 5.0 / 10
Visuals: 7.0 / 10
Sound: 6.0 / 10

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