Underplayed Gems

The Bottom of the Well (2016)

The Bottom of the Well cover

Developer: Red Nettle Studio
Platforms: Windows
Genres: RPG, Free To Play
Rating: 4.2 of 5, 585 player ratings
Typical playtime: about 1.5 hours
Where to get it: Steam

How it feels

A dark, branching visual novel where you retell a disturbing dream about the apocalypse, with choices that shape a short but replayable tale.

atmosphericbranching narrativepost-apocalypticreplayableshortunsettlingvisual novel

Screenshots

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