Animal Well
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…
Animal Well is an adventure developed by Shared Memory, released 9 May 2024 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $24.99 at Steam. The main story takes about 9.7 hrs to finish.
What Animal Well is
Animal Well is an adventure game developed by Shared Memory and released in 2024. It was published by Bigmode. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Proprietary Engine. It carries an PEGI 7 age rating.
The premise, in the publisher's words
It is dark. It is lonely. You don't belong in this world. It's not that it’s a hostile world... it's just... not yours. As you uncover its secrets, the world grows on you. It takes on a feel of familiarity, yet you know that you've only probed the surface. The more you discover, the more you realize how much more there is to discover. Secrets leading to more secrets. You recall the feeling of zooming closer and closer in on a very high-resolution photo. As you hone your focus, the world betrays its secrets.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, horror, mystery and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 20 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Animal Well holds a critic score of 89 out of 100. That places it above 91% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2024 averaged 76, so it scored 13 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 85, across 127 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 9.7 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 19 hrs, roughly 2 times the length of the critical path. At its current cheapest price of $24.99, that works out to about $2.58 per hour of the main story, or $1.32 per hour if you finish everything.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 1 GHz, 1 GB RAM and Integrated. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $24.99 at Steam. Storefront pricing varies enormously by country: Egypt is the cheapest region we track at $11.49 (about $11.49), while United Kingdom pays £20.99 — 2.4 times more. In Pakistan it is priced at Rs 11 on Steam, which is about $11.49.
What it launched against
Animal Well launched on 9 May 2024, within three weeks of Hellblade II: Senua's Saga, Stellar Blade, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door and Nine Sols. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4. It arrived 4 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Hellblade II: Senua's Saga, Stellar Blade, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nine Sols.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Animal Well yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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