{"id":65421,"date":"2026-04-17T22:04:46","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T13:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=65421"},"modified":"2026-04-17T22:04:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T13:04:48","slug":"bunny-garden-2-debuts-as-japans-number-one-top-selling-game-on-both-steam-and-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/bunny-garden-2-debuts-as-japans-number-one-top-selling-game-on-both-steam-and-switch\/","title":{"rendered":"Bunny Garden 2 debuts as Japan\u2019s number one top-selling game on both Steam and Switch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Japanese developer qureate released <strong>Bunny Garden 2<\/strong>, the official sequel to their flagship bunny girl romance adventure title, on April 16 for the Nintendo Switch and PC (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/3443820\/BUNNY_GARDEN_2\/\">Steam<\/a>). Celebrating its release, the company announced that the game debuted on the first place of Japan\u2019s Top Sellers ranking on Steam. At the time of writing (April 17), the game sits in second place right below the recently released Pragmata.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\uff3cSteam\u30e9\u30f3\u30ad\u30f3\u30b01\u4f4d\u7372\u5f97\ud83c\udf89\uff0f<br><br>\u304a\u7d33\u58eb\u69d8\u3001\u7d9a\u3005\u3054\u5165\u5e97\u4e2d\u2014\u2014\uff01<br>\u300e\u30d0\u30cb\u30fc\u30ac\u30fc\u30c7\u30f32\u300f\u304cSteam\u30e9\u30f3\u30ad\u30f3\u30b0\u5802\u3005\u306e\u7b2c1\u4f4d\u306b\ud83d\udc51<br><br>\u3044\u307e\u306a\u3089\u767a\u58f2\u8a18\u5ff5\u30bb\u30fc\u30eb\u306710\uff05OFF\uff01<br>\u3053\u306e\u6a5f\u4f1a\u306b\u305c\u3072\u3054\u5165\u5e97\u304f\u3060\u3055\u3044\ud83d\udc30<br><br>\u25bcSteam\uff0810\uff05OFF\uff09<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6R5MjskyAC\">https:\/\/t.co\/6R5MjskyAC<\/a><br><br>\u25bcSwitch\u7248\uff0810\uff05OFF\uff09<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NE2AY5udoj\">https:\/\/t.co\/NE2AY5udoj<\/a>\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SaswJftRw4\">pic.twitter.com\/SaswJftRw4<\/a><\/p>&mdash; qureate\u516c\u5f0f\uff08\u30ad\u30e5\u30ea\u30a8\u30a4\u30c8\uff09 (@qureate) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/qureate\/status\/2044661270079852626?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 16, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Interestingly, Japanese players report that the Nintendo Switch version of the game has topped the sales ranking on the My Nintendo Store. This comes despite the Switch port featuring restrictions on certain in-game content, including suggestive poses, expressions and camera controls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">Switch\u306e\u58f2\u308a\u4e0a\u3052\u30e9\u30f3\u30ad\u30f3\u30b0\u304c\u4e16\u3082\u672b\uff01 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yVpQ4F0S45\">pic.twitter.com\/yVpQ4F0S45<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u30b2\u30fc\u30e0\u30d6\u30ed\u30ac\u30fc\u53cc\u8449\u30e9\u30fc\u6cb9 (@daikai6) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/daikai6\/status\/2044558676418302032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 15, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>While Bunny Garden 2 maintains the core gameplay loop centered on spending your time with the girls at the titular \u201cgentlemen\u2019s retreat,\u201d it also <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/bunny-garden-sequel-to-feature-three-new-love-interests-asmr-and-a-forbidden-open-wide-game-for-gentlemen\/\">introduces new characters, new minigames and expanded ASMR features<\/a>. Specifically, the \u201cBlindfolded Tag\u201d minigame uses spatial audio and ASMR to simulate the feeling of being pursued and teased by the girls. Other than that, there\u2019s also a \u201cforbidden\u201d open-wide game in which you feed and are fed \u201cvarious things,\u201d and a risqu\u00e9 minigame inspired by Japanese karuta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On a related note, in a special promotional video from February, qureate announced that besides Bunny Garden 2, one more new series spinoff is currently in the works. Since most of the details, including estimated release window, are still kept under the wraps, it is yet to be seen whether the new spinoff will turn into a continuation of the tipsy girl game Merry Bunny Garden, or a completely different concept.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Related articles:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/nobody-would-be-happy-if-we-just-prioritized-not-making-people-uncomfortable-bunny-garden-producer-discusses-difficulties-of-publishing-risque-games\/\"><strong>\u201cNobody would be happy if we just prioritized not making people uncomfortable.\u201d Bunny Garden producer discusses difficulties of publishing risqu\u00e9 games<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/i-can-fix-her-bunny-garden-developer-announces-new-game-in-which-you-have-to-clean-your-gorgeous-girlfriends-filthy-cluttered-apartment\/\"><strong>\u201cI can fix her.\u201d Bunny Garden developer announces new game in which you have to clean your gorgeous girlfriend\u2019s filthy, cluttered apartment<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japanese developer qureate announces that their new game Bunny Garden 2 debuted as top -seller on both Steam and Nintendo Switch. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":65424,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17,33],"class_list":["post-65421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news","tag-nintendo"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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