Bonsai

I like the concept of growing a tree and pruning it and whatnot, I just don't have the patience and the time to click the way this game wants you to. There are games that are actually entertaining and worth the money, this is just not one of them. So no, do not recommend except for maybe a bunch of cards and a +1 for your library.

10 found this helpful, 2016-03-24

Bonsai is a pointless clicker game (I know, that's redundant) masquerading as a tree simulator. Time can be used wasted in place of some clicking, but lots of clicking is still required. Others have already addressed the poor performance (once you have a decent sized tree), graphics issues, and poor controls. If you were wondering, they are all still present. System Info & Performance Report Operating...

9 found this helpful, 2017-03-29

3/10 Bonsai is a casual game where you prune trees that're definitely not bonsai for hours. Although Bonsai is mildly relaxing it doesn't provide a good example of actual bonsai and falls short due to not having a save option, having to be left running all the time, and few options. To get all the achievements it will take around 30 hours of play time and most of it will be AFK waiting for the tree to grow. My...

5 found this helpful, 2020-04-22

This is my first negative review of any game on stream - that's how disappointed I am. First, I was looking forward to this game. The discription sounded like something zen and relaxing. So I put it on my wishlist, and, after a while, I bought it. With the first start, I was hit by severe disappointment: I tried hard to like the "game" as is, but in the end, I would even consider $0.01 to be way too expensive for...

6 found this helpful, 2016-10-23

"Pruning down trees without philosophy" Bonsai is a simple tree growing and pruning branches simulator. Like Viridi it's also a longtime investing idle game with not many options. But what does it have to do with bonsai? AFAIK no Bonsai master has ever used a chainsaw to prune armthick branches. This unrealistic game works like growing your tree to the max with intense watering and then prune endlessy regrowing...

16 found this helpful, 2016-05-10

As a professional Bush and Tree tender, I feel as though this game meets, and easily exceeds, the expectations for a realistic gardening simulation. I feel that the livelike, vivid and realistic graphics and physics of each branch and leaf add a certain life into the game, that is certainly lacking in other tree simulator games. This, however, is no simple simulator game. This is an in-depth, fully simulated bonsai...

12 found this helpful, 2017-05-09

I dont understand the “hate” this small indie title has gotten. I bought this years ago, I have played it multiple times now and never did I feel disappointed or misled in any way. This game is exactly what it looks like. You plant this tree that grows over time and how you trim and care for it will alter its shape and “appearance”. It is a really relaxing game that I always “played” on the side while playing...

3 found this helpful, 2024-02-20