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ANIMAL WELL

2024 Billy Basso

Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter beautiful and unsettling creatures, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.

ANIMAL WELL
HORROR CENTRALITY
45 /100

Animal Well foregrounds nonlinear puzzle-solving, exploration, and environmental interaction. While it uses tension, unsettling creatures, and survival hints to heighten mood, fear and dread are not the primary gameplay objectives; horror elements support the experience rather than define the game's core identity.

PSYCHOLOGICAL HORROR
DREADPICK SUMMARY
ATMOSPHERIC DREAD

Best for players looking for a atmosphere-heavy, light on combat and low-gore horror experience.

DREADPICK
SCARINESS 60
TENSION 70
DREAD 80
GORE 10
ATMOSPHERE 80
PSYCHOLOGICAL 70
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DEVELOPER Billy Basso
PUBLISHER Bigmode
RELEASE 2024

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