Animal Well is a triumph of indie game design. It respects the player's intelligence and rewards curiosity in a way few games do. It manages to be cute and terrifying, simple and complex, all at the same time. If you enjoy games like Hollow Knight or Tunic but wish they focused more on puzzle-solving than combat, this is an essential play.
The Animal Well subreddit is currently a warzone of excitement and frustration. animal well build 16245418
— In a surprise update that has shattered the speedrunning leaderboards and reignited the game’s dormant ARG scene, shared memory collective Shared Memory quietly rolled out Animal Well build 16245418 earlier this morning. At just 47MB, the patch is deceptively small—but players are already calling it the "Ghost Mural" update, and it changes everything we thought we knew about the bottom of the well. Animal Well is a triumph of indie game design
PC Verdict: A masterclass in atmospheric puzzle design and one of the most intriguing Metroidvanias in recent years. If you enjoy games like Hollow Knight or
: The game’s developer, Billy Basso, designed the experience to be obscure. You can find comprehensive community-solved "papers" and maps on the Animal Well Wiki or the Animal Well Subreddit .
There are no official public patch notes provided by the developer, Billy Basso, or the publisher, Bigmode .