Bud Farm: Grass Roots

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Bud Farm: Grass Roots is a single player casual management game. It was developed by LDRLY Games and was released on May 25, 2016. It received neutral reviews from players.

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58%

Audience ScoreBased on 980 reviews

story5 positive mentions

stability82 negative mentions

Addictive and fun gameplay with a variety of tasks and challenges to keep players engaged.
Friendly and responsive customer support team that helps resolve issues in a timely manner.
No mandatory ads and a reasonable balance between free-to-play and optional microtransactions.

Frequent crashing, freezing, and loading issues that significantly disrupt gameplay.
Problems with Facebook connectivity, causing players to lose their progress or be unable to recover old accounts.
Karma contest and in-game event glitches, including inability to claim rewards and unfair competition that frustrates players.

stability
83 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
1%
99%
The game suffers from frequent freezing, crashing, and glitches that severely impact playability, especially during events and reward claims. Many users report persistent bugs despite updates and poor customer support, leading to frustration and occasional data loss. Although the game is enjoyable, its stability issues make it frustrating and sometimes nearly unplayable.
- “It constantly freezes up and shuts down for no apparent reason.”
- “The game crashes (unknown error), freezes, it's unplayable on high spec!”
- “Game freezes and crashes every time I click the Budda goat.”
monetization
51 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
8%
17%
75%
The game's monetization relies heavily on optional ads to speed up progress or earn rewards, with in-app purchases available but not necessary to advance quickly. However, frequent crashes, glitches, and failure to deliver promised rewards after ad viewing frustrate many users, undermining the overall experience. While ads are generally not intrusive and in-app purchases are generous, the technical issues related to ads and connectivity significantly detract from player enjoyment.
- “There's no pop-up or banner adverts and it never makes you feel like you need to pay real money to advance nor does it push the available in-app purchases.”
- “You can get really far without any of the in-app purchases.”
- “It's very addicting and even though there are in-app purchases, they are very generous so you don't need to make purchases to level up quickly.”
- “This game forces you to watch ads in order to progress further, unless you pay your way out.”
- “Game crashes often if you try to load ads, which is important because you need to watch ads (or pay money) to grind premium currency and speed progress.”
- “Watching ads is often buggy: crashes after ads, not receiving rewards, and needing to watch ads multiple times to get credit.”
story
22 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
23%
63%
14%
Players appreciate the game's story, characters, and animation for being immersive and enjoyable, especially early on. However, many express frustration with repetitive and limited quest content, technical issues hindering quest progression, and a lack of new storylines or goals after extended play. Requests for more varied quests, additional content, and fixes for quest-related bugs are common to improve the overall narrative experience.
- “I love the story, dialog, characters, and the overall animation is adorable.”
- “Great storylines.”
- “I've had to restart multiple times and I still kinda enjoy it but instead of paying real money when we could use coins, some voice dialog would be cool and some downloadable content would be cool choices would be cool and an epic story line that just let you continue.”
- “I haven't been able to fully participate in quests because I can't collect winnings for the last 10 days, therefore making the current karma quest unseeable.”
- “Some missions require watching video ads, but there are no video ads to watch, so I have been stuck for a long time with 3 missions that cannot be replaced or skipped. Please fix this.”
- “Fun game, very immersive at the start, but needs more content as after building all available things and reaching level 40 gameplay becomes stale with no goals to achieve. Adding new flowers, quest lines, etc. would add much-needed immersion.”
graphics
19 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
37%
47%
16%
The graphics are generally praised for their quality, art style, and smooth visuals, though some users find them slightly outdated or experience performance issues and glitches. Adjustable settings help accommodate different devices, but problems like screen display errors and inconsistent graphic quality toggles persist. Overall, the visuals are appreciated but could benefit from optimization and bug fixes.
- “It has quality graphics and smooth, responsive controls and actions.”
- “I have been playing games my entire life and this one deserves a bow; it is just challenging enough in a way that anyone can play, the controls are simple and easy, the graphics are top-notch, and there are for the most part no glitches as far as gameplay goes. A must play, must have!”
- “Always something to do, challenges your intellect (whether you see it or not), graphic designing is breathtakingly good.”
- “Graphics are a bit outdated for such a simple game yet it has performance issues.”
- “Got new phone (LG G7 ThinQ) and now I can't play because the screen doesn't show completely no matter how I adjust the graphics.”
- “When I change my graphics to fast, it asks me to load 55MB of data and restarts the game, but when I enter the game again it asks me to load 80-something MB of data and reverts me to high graphics. When I put it on fast, it means I want to keep it that way. Please fix that issue.”
gameplay
14 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
50%
29%
21%
The gameplay is generally described as fun, addictive, and well-balanced, with engaging mechanics and immersive elements initially. However, many users experience frustrating technical issues such as frequent crashes, loading delays, and connectivity problems that disrupt the experience. Additionally, the gameplay can become repetitive and stale over time due to limited content and lack of new goals or updates.
- “Gameplay is nice, addictive, and entertaining.”
- “The mechanics are fun and well balanced.”
- “Fun game, very immersive at the start but needs more added to it. After building all the available things and hitting the 40s, gameplay can become stale with no goals to achieve. You can only upgrade existing structures; maybe adding new flowers, quest lines, etc., would add much needed immersion to a game I have enjoyed up to now.”
- “This game is a great idea but falls short with actual gameplay!”
- “Fun game very immersive at the start but needs more added to it, as after building all the available things and hitting level 40s, gameplay can become stale with no goals to achieve. You can only upgrade existing structures; maybe add some new flowers, quest lines, etc., all would add much needed immersion to a game I have enjoyed up to now.”
- “Makes achievement frustrating. You can be a smart player, but if the gameplay depends on the speed of your phone, people won't play.”
optimization
10 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
30%
40%
30%
Users find the game's optimization mixed, praising smooth gameplay in some areas but criticizing frequent crashes, slow performance, high storage usage, and excessive internet dependency. Performance issues and intrusive ads detract from the overall experience, preventing higher ratings despite the game's quality.
- “Everything runs smoothly and the quality is bang on.”
- “The fluidity and code optimization I see in collecting buds, navigating in and out of the budstore is insane ❤️”
- “Performance could be optimized, though, and that's what's stopping me from giving you guys that fifth star.”
- “Its especially annoying because the game is still poorly optimized and crashes frequently when opening external pages.”
- “Graphics are a bit outdated for such a simple game, yet it has performance issues.”
- “I love this game, unfortunately it runs slowly on my phone and takes up so much room, I eventually have to uninstall it, but I always come back.”
grinding
10 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
10%
90%
Grinding in the game is time-consuming and can feel tedious, requiring frequent attention to tasks like watering plants, but it remains mildly challenging and addictive for fans of farming simulators. While the game is often criticized for its pay-to-win elements, dedicated players can still progress through effort and savvy farming, although some feel it relies heavily on microtransactions. Overall, it offers a satisfying farming experience that many consider superior to similar games, with room for further polish and developer support.
- “I'll be grinding out points for hours and then "a player" will rocket up the leaderboard and quadruple my point total in 20 minutes what took me 4 hours of playing to do.”
- “It's way too time consuming and tedious. I don't like having to check every single minute and hour just to water plants.”
- “Also a lot of tedious menu work.”
music
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
60%
60%
User opinions on the game's music are mixed: some find it annoying and express frustration with the lack of alternative music options, while others enjoy it, describing it as soothing and enhancing the game's humorous and idealistic atmosphere.
- “:o) Love the music, the characters, the Puffington Post ... it's a hilariously funny, soothing, idealist kinda game.”
- “Having the option to pick other music would be great.”
- “Game stops and closes out when anything is running in the background like YouTube or if I'm listening to any music.”
- “Game stops and closes out when anything is running in background play on YouTube or if I'm listening to any music.”
- “I hate the music so, so much.”
- “Can't believe I've had this like 20 times and never made it beyond the tutorial because of the music.”
humor
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game's humor is described as lighthearted and amusing, with a Cheech and Chong-style vibe that appeals to fans of laid-back, stoner comedy. Players find it hilariously funny and soothing, complementing its casual gameplay and charming characters.
- “:o) Love the music, the characters, the Puffington Post... it's a hilariously funny, soothing, idealist kind of game.”
- “Sure, I'm a stoner who chuckles at the Cheech n Chong style game humor, but I do like the passive gameplay style, growing the buds, expanding the business, etc. Actually, this game pairs up nicely with Bud Farm Idle Tycoon and Cheech n Chong's Bud Farm.”
- “Cool graphics and funny, but waiting for every damn thing is ridiculous.”

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Bud Farm: Grass Roots is a casual management game.

Bud Farm: Grass Roots is available on Phone, iPad, iPhone, Tablet and others.

On average players spend around 4 hours playing Bud Farm: Grass Roots.

Bud Farm: Grass Roots was released on May 25, 2016.

Bud Farm: Grass Roots was developed by LDRLY Games.

Bud Farm: Grass Roots has received neutral reviews from players. Most players liked this game for its story but disliked it for its stability.

Bud Farm: Grass Roots is a single player game.

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