Underplayed Gems

ANIMAL WELL (2024)

ANIMAL WELL cover
Developer
Billy Basso
Publisher
Bigmode
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Action, Adventure, Indie
Rating
4.8 of 5, 24,249 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 14 hours
Where to get it
Steam
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The catalog in 3D

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How it feels

Exploring a beautifully detailed, eerie pixel world filled with clever puzzles, where gentle discovery meets quiet tension.

atmosphericsurrealmysteriouspixel artrelaxingtensenonlinear explorationpuzzle heavy

What players say

Players praise Animal Well for trusting them to figure things out without tutorials or hand holding. The puzzles reward careful observation, and many say the game has multiple layers of secrets that keep surprising you. However, some find the backtracking tedious and a few puzzles rely too much on spotting subtle visual details rather than satisfying logic.

Screenshots

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