Animal Well

Shared Memory

•May 9, 2024•

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IGN Rating

8.6

7 hrs

Main Story

11 hrs

Story + Sides

17 hrs

Everything

10 hrs

All Styles

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Animal Well Review

EDITORS' CHOICE

Review scoring

amazing

Animal Well is a beautiful, multi-layered puzzle box that’s both fun to simply play around with, and an utter delight to slowly crack open, secret by secret.

Rebekah Valentine

Reviewed on Switch

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Summary

Explore a dense interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets in Animal Well, a surreal, puzzle box world of platforming adventures.

Content Rating

Mild Fantasy Violence

Developers

Shared Memory

Publishers

Bigmode Games

Initial Release

May 9, 2024

Platforms

Genres

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