ANIMAL WELL
Release date: May 9, 2024
Developers: Billy Basso
Publishers: Bigmode
Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie
Categories: Single-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Steam Cloud, Family Sharing
Supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Ukrainian, Korean

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 

Press reviews: “The new leader to beat in its sector, we're talking pure ecstasy.” 10/10 – Destructoid “I'm astonished by it. Astonished by the ease with which it presents its ideas, the joy these ideas bring, and the sheer range of magical stuff it includes, all clipped together in such a satisfying manner. And fittingly, for a game about wells, I am astonished by how deep it all goes.” 10/10 – Eurogamer “Animal Well redefines the Metroidvania genre” 10/10 – Noisy Pixel