$5.99Tree Simulator 2022 Be a tree, with friends
Stand in a field as a tree, tweak the weather, dress up, and share the stillness with up to 100 other trees.
Is Tree Simulator 2022 worth it?
Tree Simulator 2022 is worth it if…
- you want something calm to leave on a second monitor while you work or study
- you enjoy games that are one long deadpan joke and commit to it
- you like tweaking weather, lighting and sound more than chasing objectives
- you want a silly, low-effort place to idle with a few friends
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Being a tree, taken seriously
The gameplay is exactly what the title promises: you are a tree, and you stand there. That is it, and that is the point. There are no timers, no fail states, nothing chasing you. What you get instead is a small set of controls: A and D rotate the view a full 360 degrees around yourself, W and S zoom in and out, and Escape opens the menu. You watch your own branches sway, the light shift through the day, and the weather roll in. It is a game about doing nothing, played at your own pace, and it knows exactly how silly that is.
Making the forest yours
The settings menu is where the game earns its keep. You can change the weather, including fog and snow, add or remove birds, turn clouds and ambient sound on or off, adjust the time of day or set its speed, tweak brightness and apply visual filters. There is even a grayscale option. And then there is the detail nobody asked for and everybody remembers: you can dress your tree in human clothing, a tie included. A tree in a necktie, standing in fog while snow falls and birds circle overhead, is a picture you assemble yourself, one toggle at a time.
A forest of friends
Multiplayer turns one tree into a whole forest. The host opens the menu, clicks "Invite trees" and brings in friends, up to 100 of them. Two honest notes: the game is tested with 4 players rather than 100, and there is no built-in text or voice chat, so you will want Discord or Steam chat open on the side. For a small group it works as a low-pressure hangout: nothing to coordinate, nothing to win, just trees together.
Can you play it solo?
Can you play it solo?
Yes, and singleplayer is the original mode. You get the same tree, the same camera controls and the full set of settings for weather, birds, time of day and clothing, just without anyone else's trees on your screen. Nothing in the game requires other players.
What do you actually do in the game?
Very little, on purpose. You stand still as a tree, rotate the camera around yourself, zoom in and out, and adjust settings like weather, birds, time of day and a tie. The appeal is the calm and the absurdity, not progression or challenge.
How does multiplayer actually work?
The host presses Escape, clicks "Invite trees" and sends invites through the game's own dialog. Guests then join from the Steam overlay. Each player appears as another tree, settings are shared across the session, and the host's tree is the one wearing a tie so guests can tell it apart.
Is there any way to talk to other players in game?
No, there is no built-in text or voice chat. If you want to talk while standing in a forest together, run Discord or Steam chat alongside the game.
