PolyPine: Nature Simulator

PolyPine: Nature Simulator is not a simple forest simulation game. You start with a piece of land and gradually build a complete ecosystem – from trees, animals, and insects to climate, soil, and even waste. It may sound strange, but it is the control of small factors such as soil fertility or the food chain between predators and prey that makes the game surprisingly interesting.

How to play PolyPine: Nature Simulator

Start from scratch

You start with a piece of land – be it a forest, a mountain, a river, or a plain – and your first few energy points (called BP). Use BP to plant your first trees, be they pine trees, deciduous trees, or wild bushes. Each type of tree plays a fundamental role in the ecosystem you are about to create.

Activating life

As trees grow, you can release suitable animals: squirrels to harvest seeds, butterflies to pollinate, owls to hunt… Each year in the game passes very quickly, and the life cycle of species will continuously generate BP points for you to continue expanding the forest.

The special thing is that you will need to manage manure. Some species, such as deer or worms, will help fertilise the soil when you actively click "Create Manure." The level of soil fertility directly affects whether the trees can live and grow or not.

Balancing the food chain

PolyPine: Nature Simulator is not simply planting trees and releasing animals. You will have to build a dynamic food chain — where owls can eat rabbits, foxes are hunted by lynxes, and if this chain is unbalanced, the whole ecosystem can collapse. You need to ensure that there are enough species in the “lower layer” to support the species in the upper layer.

In addition, trees and animals also have specific environmental needs. Some plants need to grow near water, some flowers need direct sunlight, and moss or mushrooms need rotting tree trunks to grow. You have to constantly observe and adjust.

Automation and expansion

Once you get the hang of it, you can unlock automation systems to save time, from auto-fertilisation and auto-reproduction to auto-hunting. Each automation feature will cost a certain amount of BP, so you need to calculate wisely to avoid running out of resources.

Over time, you can expand the forest in different directions and unlock new species, new terrain types, or upgrades to speed up the forest-building process.

Environmental fluctuations and natural life cycles

The world in PolyPine: Nature Simulator is not static. Trees will die of old age, storms can knock down forests, and lightning can burn everything down. But from that ruin, you can recreate: let moss and mushrooms grow from old stumps, let beavers build dams from rotten wood… Death is not the end – it’s part of the cycle of life that you need to embrace.

PolyPine: Nature Simulator offers a slow, observational experience with plants and animals. Whether you prefer a peaceful forest or a rich and chaotic ecosystem, PolyPine gives you the tools to create your own world – from a bare patch of land to a vibrant forest. Don't stop here! Keep exploring the fun with Crazy Lawn Mover.