• Price: $19.99 USD (digitally & then physically later on)
• Developer: Cozy Bee Games
• Publisher: SOEDESCO
• Release Date: September 30, 2022

A review code was kindly provided by SOEDESCO on behalf of Cozy Bee Games. We thank them for being able to cover something they’ve worked so hard on.

My family had a few rabbits around a decade ago. They’re cute, skittish little fur balls – and they make quite a mess. In Bunny Park, you’ve got to clean up your bunny park’s grounds after a storm destroys everything and scares away all of the bunnies! Clean it up, restore it, decorate it, and expand it to make them want to return home.

There are 25 bunnies total – who you unfortunately cannot name – and the ones that remain will dig up coins for you. Get “cute points” from clearing away debris and adding decorations, and “cozy points” for feeding and petting your bunnies. It’s unclear what the purpose of these points is – it didn’t seem like there were any perks for increasing the star ratings. There’s also a popularity ranking, but there are no visitors to the park so that seemed odd. I also could not determine what conditions needed to be fulfilled in order to bring back more bunnies (they seemed to wander in here and there anyway).

This is not a traditional park management game, as you don’t have to do much to run the park. At first, the majority of the park will be inaccessible and covered with larger debris. You can unlock those areas when you have enough coins to do so, which will give you more room for the bunnies and additional decor. While you wait for your coins to pile up, you can pet the bunnies (but you can’t pick them up), and then you have to wait until you have enough coins to spend on decorations or helper bots.

I do have to say that the controls don’t feel very intuitive for me personally when it came to moving the camera and cursor around. Placing decorations is relatively simple, but when you place fencing or pathways you can’t place a continuous line of those items. You have to place them individually, which may result in an uneven appearance.

Cleaning up the debris from the storm may take a while, but small debris will continue to appear. You need to clear it away to keep your park looking nice, and the cleared debris also gives you some coins. It feels like the debris appears rather quickly, which is why you’ll want to buy “Helpful Bot-terflies” to either clean debris, gather coins, or pet the bunnies. I had to buy a decent amount of the cleaning bots to keep the fields clear.

Once my fields were mostly clear, I started decorating more. The bunnies obviously need food, so planting a lot of gardens is necessary. The gardens add to the aesthetic appeal of the park, and then there are a few different pathways, arches, fences, and plants for you to choose from. There isn’t a huge variety of decorations, but there are some seasonal decorations that I assume will change once winter arrives. It may have been nice to have some little hats or something to use to dress up the bunnies, but the decorations are pretty cute.

I liked the ideas behind Bunny Park. Compared to the developer’s other game, Lemon Cake (which we also reviewed), this is more of an idle/passive game than it is a game that requires a lot of active participation. I think this would be good for busy people that don’t have the time or the energy for more high stakes, active games. Here, you can sit back and watch bunnies hop around and gather coins. Pet them if you’d like, and when they’ve gathered enough coins for you, that’s when you can get more involved by decorating their environment. And for when you want something more fast-paced, go take a bite of some Lemon Cake! 😉