Action

Animal Well

Single Player

Critic · IGDB

4.2

Users · RAWG

2024

Released

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📅 Release Info

Release DateMay 9, 2024

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🏷️ Game Details

Genres

ActionAdventureIndie

Playable on

PCPlayStationNintendo

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PCPlayStation 5Nintendo Switch

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About this game

What lurks beneath the surface of this deceptively minimalistic adventure? In Animal Well there is more than what you see. Explore a dense interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter creatures both beautiful and unsettling, and try to survive what lurks in the dark.

Pros & Cons

Pros

Distinctive atmosphere through pixel art, lighting, animation, and sound.
Interconnected world connects exploration with meaningful discoveries.
Unusual tools enable varied interactions with the environment.
Extensive optional secrets include postgame discoveries.
Items and environmental clues enable discovery without heavy explanation.

Cons

Combat has fewer systems than exploration and puzzle design.
Minimal guidance can obscure objectives, item uses, and routes.
Optional discoveries require retracing locations and remembering their positions.
Brief main route for its price, with much content optional.

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