Games

ANIMAL WELL

ANIMAL WELL

May 9, 2024 $17.49
Windows

Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter beautiful and unsettling creatures, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.

About

Hatch from your flower and spelunk through the beautiful and sometimes haunting world of Animal Well, a pixelated wonder rendered in intricate audio and visual detail. Encounter lively creatures small and large, helpful and ominous as you discover unconventional upgrades and unravel the well’s secrets. This is a truly unique experience that can make you laugh in fear, surprise, or delight. Dense atmospheric puzzle box world with tons of secrets Light candles for safety and gradually fill out your map Nonlinear -- explore and collect items in whatever order you choose Enemies, environment, and items interact in surprising and systemic ways All items have multiple uses Learn how innocuous details can become meaningful The main game is just the beginning. Players will be discovering hidden puzzles for years Assess for yourself what is safe and dangerous Focus on tension and suspense rather than action You are disempowered, but can make clever use of your environment and items

90 Metacritic
19956 Positive
834 Negative
21138 Recommendations
75 Peak CCU
20 Achievements

Developer

Billy Basso

Publisher

Bigmode

Genres

Adventure, Indie, Action

Categories

Single-player, Steam Cloud, Family Sharing, Steam Achievements, Full controller support

Tags

Metroidvania (303) Exploration (297) Puzzle (263) Pixel Graphics (258) Puzzle-Platformer (257) Horror (217) Platformer (211) 2D (203) Atmospheric (193) Adventure (180) Mystery (169) Action (160) Indie (157) Surreal (151) Nonlinear (148) Relaxing (147) Cute (143) Singleplayer (130) Retro (124) Controller (118)

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About

Hatch from your flower and spelunk through the beautiful and sometimes haunting world of Animal Well, a pixelated wonder rendered in intricate audio and visual detail. Encounter lively creatures small and large, helpful and ominous as you discover unconventional upgrades and unravel the well’s secrets. This is a truly unique experience that can make you laugh in fear, surprise, or delight. Dense atmospheric puzzle box world with tons of secrets Light candles for safety and gradually fill out your map Nonlinear -- explore and collect items in whatever order you choose Enemies, environment, and items interact in surprising and systemic ways All items have multiple uses Learn how innocuous details can become meaningful The main game is just the beginning. Players will be discovering hidden puzzles for years Assess for yourself what is safe and dangerous Focus on tension and suspense rather than action You are disempowered, but can make clever use of your environment and items

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