Underplayed Gems

Hatchwell (2022)

Hatchwell cover
Developer
Adrian Corpuz
Platforms
Windows, macOS, Linux
Genres
Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG
Rating
4.3 of 5, 47 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 4.0 hours
Where to get it
Steam

How it feels

A brisk, top-down adventure through a pixel-art town on a festival day, mixing gentle puzzle-solving with monster fights as a creeping unease builds toward evening.

retropixelatedaction packedpuzzlingexploratoryfestivemildly tense

What players say

Players praise this as a charming Zelda-inspired adventure with a cute pet system, but opinions split on the controls: some find them janky or awkward, and controller support has problems. The game is short, focused on a single town with a day progression system, and has seven well-designed dungeons.

Trailer

Screenshots

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