The Bunny Graveyard is coming to PS5 just after Easter

Pichón Games is releasing The Bunny Graveyard on PlayStation 5 on April 9. The episodic horror adventure originally launched on PC in 2023 and Nintendo Switch in late 2024. Now, the cursor-based exploration game is making its way to Sony's current console.

With Easter falling on April 5 this year, a game about a pixelated rabbit arriving four days later is decent timing. The colorful Game Boy Advance-style aesthetics and cheerful gardening minigames hide an actual horror game. The ESRB gave it a Teen rating for a reason.

The premise is inherently meta. You play as a literal computer cursor pulled into a digital world, and the interface mimics a retro computer operating system. This sets up a distinct separation between the player and the characters inside the machine. Your main objective is to find and help a rabbit named Skye. She wants to uncover the truth about her existence, and she needs your floating hand to interact with the environment.

The opening sections look like a cozy farming simulator. You help Skye dig holes with a trowel, plant seeds, and go fishing. The town is populated by quirky characters. One of them even wanders around with a cardboard box over their head.

That cozy exterior drops quickly as the game shifts into survival horror territory. You have to navigate dark, top-down environments and dodge multi-limbed shadow monsters. Players must manage Skye's stress levels to prevent her from losing her calm during these encounters. The contrast between the bright, chunky pixel art and the sudden tonal shifts gives the horror elements more impact.

Genre blending

The Bunny Graveyard breaks up the exploration and chase sequences with a wide variety of minigames. The gameplay goes beyond hiding from monsters and solving point-and-click puzzles. At one point, the game shifts into a first-person boxing match against a large, red-eyed opponent. The goal is to literally punch their head off. It is a jarring shift from the earlier gardening tasks, but it keeps the pacing unpredictable.

Episodic structure

The PlayStation 5 release includes the first chapter of the story. This sets up the format Pichón Games has planned for the series. The developer is currently working on a second chapter. That upcoming installment adds platforming mechanics with a new jumping ability for Skye. It also leans heavily into classic survival horror elements inspired by early 3D console games.

The game earned a strong following on Steam for its weird humor and unsettling atmosphere. The console ports help reach a different audience. The PS5 version will likely map the cursor controls to the DualSense analog sticks or touchpad. This follows how the recent Switch version handled its inputs.

Anyone who missed the PC or Switch releases can use the PS5 port to catch up. You can check out the PlayStation Store page ahead of the April launch. Mixing cheerful pixel-art gardening with violent underground boxing and shadow monsters is a weird combination, but it is a great way to spend a post-Easter weekend.