$6.99The Bunny Graveyard Cute bunny, dark secret
You are a cursor, sucked into a computer where a bunny named Skye runs a garden with her Handy Pals. It looks adorable. It is not. A pixel art horror adventure with fishing, boxing, gardening, strange friends and a mystery that gets worse the more you learn. Chapter one of an episodic story.
Is The Bunny Graveyard worth it?
The Bunny Graveyard is worth it if…
- you like horror that hides behind a cute face and lets the smile curdle slowly
- you enjoy short, story-driven chapters and do not mind waiting for the next one
- you love pixel art and animation with real care in every frame
- you want variety: one moment fishing, the next hiding in the bushes from something
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A cute garden with something wrong underneath
The job posting sounded nice: Skye the bunny needs a new pal for her lovely lil' garden. Then you click the wrong program and get pulled inside, and the garden turns out to be one part of a digital world that would very much like you to stay. Forever, probably. You play as a cursor, exploring a world of floating gloves and friendly-looking animals, making friends with the Handy Pals. Some of them become besties. Others become your worst nightmare, and the game is not shy about switching between the two. Nothing here is what it seems, and figuring out what Skye is actually hiding is the reason you keep going.
Minigames, fights and things to find
Between the creeping dread there is a surprising amount to do. You plant seeds, go fishing, box your way through fight championships and play a round of rock paper scissors you will not soon forget. Some of these are cheerful garden chores. Some turn out to matter more than they should. Along the way you gather collectibles that fill in the hidden story, and earn coins you can spend on gachapon balls holding figurines of the characters. The pixel art is inspired by GBA and NDS graphics, and the animated cutscenes get dramatic camera angles and real staging, which makes the creepy parts land harder than a 2D garden has any right to.
What should you know before playing?
How long is it, and is the whole story there?
This is chapter one of an episodic story, and it runs about two to three hours. It ends on a hook, not a conclusion, so go in knowing the bigger mystery stays open until later chapters arrive. If you prefer a complete story in one purchase, it may be worth waiting until more chapters are out.
Is it actually scary, or just cute?
Both, and the contrast is the point. It starts out charming enough that you forget it is a horror game, then the atmosphere, sound design and animated cutscenes turn on you. There are jump scares and chase moments, and the game over screens have a mean sense of humour about them.
