Steam app 813230 · updated 12 Sep 2026, 19:27 UTC
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.
717 hourly samples, with the daily peak drawn over them. Weekends are shaded.
29 months, May 2024 to September 2026. The highest number of people in the game at once, each month, on a time axis -- a gap in the record stays a gap.
The highest number of people in the game at once, each month. Four, because four is as far back as the source keeps anything finer than one figure a month.
31 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.
31 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 437 hourly samples from 13 Aug, which is as far back as the source keeps every hour. Weekends are shaded.
12 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 280 hourly samples. Each dip is a night. Weekends are shaded.
ANIMAL WELL was released on 9 May, 2024.
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20 achievements in total.
31 developer announcements, Jun 2022 to Apr 2026 · times in UTC
The Hidden Depths bundle is out now on Steam!If you like games that make you whip out your pen and notebook, the hit indie titles in the Hidden Depths bundle are for you! Blue Prince, Fez, Outer Wilds, Tunic, and Animal Well, are now…
selinaOfficial Animal Well plushies (and a very beautiful sweater) from Fangamer are now available! These have been in the works for a long time, and have turned out extremely well! They are made with quality materials and feature many secret…
Billy BassoI know a lot of people were sad to realize they missed the limited physical release last year -- but today is a new day, and you needn't be sad any more. We've partnered with both Super Deluxe and Lost in Cult, to bring retail versions of…
Billy BassoIn honor of the one year anniversary of ANIMAL WELL's launch, we are extremely excited to announce a new collaboration with Lost In Cult. Please enjoy the official press release below: To be enjoyed long after the world loses its internet…
Billy BassoIt's been in production since last summer, but I recently got to see a near final edit and it turned out great. Today we finally get to watch it! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41935629/08ee0db6b1879cb27a1ce3ed080a065fb7711f0d.png…
Billy BassoSix more weeks of winter... but at least you can play Animal Well! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41935629/b675a30409c01a00eb2c860796f10747b5969936.png
Billy BassoThis year has been completely wild. The response to ANIMAL WELL has been more than I ever could have imagined. If you’ve been enjoying it, and find it appropriate within your heart, consider nominating ANIMAL WELL for some Steam Awards!…
biggyWe are happy to announce that we've been secretly working with Fangamer on some very desirable merchandise, and it is available to you right at this moment! Clandestine Creatures - T-shirt Ghost - Lenticular Pin Effigies in the Depths…
Billy Basso{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41935629/ab5632aca65c24dc6d8dec3d45af5c7ce238f65f.png It's with a great big smile that we get to announce that ANIMAL WELL has been nominated for two Golden Joystick awards: Best Indie Game, and PC Game of the Year! If…
Billy BassoInput is now accepted from all connected gamepads, regardless of player index. This should result in a smoother experience when multiple gamepads are connected. You can even play with multiple gamepads at the same time if, for whatever…
Patch notesFeaturing game-accurate tufts of grass! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41935629/c3035017021abbbaf3d11e705bd8ead735eb2217.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41935629/2f8d1392f15fecf527e9c351ef4fb978a8ec9947.jpg Visit the BIGMODE website to pre-order your ANIMAL…
biggy-- Improved Korean localization, along with other small adjustments to others languages -- Fixed softlock where player could get trapped behind fallen stalactite without the ability to reach their disc
Patch notes-- improved Korean localization -- fixed bug where walking through a certain door at a certain time would result in player exiting in the wrong place -- Sack now sparkles
Patch notes-- Fixed bug where player could reach zero heath and not die in a specific situation -- Added another fix for save files that experienced missing mock disc bug in past and never got fixed -- Added tiny hint that a certain situation is…
Patch notesPreviously the game required SSE4.1 to run. I've now made some slight modifications so as to only require SSE3. This will improve compatibility with some older CPUs.
Patch notesYou no longer need to put tape over the speaker.
Patch notes-- Added better error message to let players know their video card or driver doesn't support dx12 -- Fixed issue where player could clip through a wall while climbing ladders in a couple spots -- Fixed a certain entity sometimes appearing…
Patch notes-- fixed potential soft lock when breaking large stalactite in bat cave -- fixed potential flickering in very very very late game area -- adjusted a few vines to remove some misleading single pixels gaps in map visibility -- fixed issue…
Patch notesThis should hopefully fix a startup crash that some people were seeing! If you are still having issues let me know. Thank you for your patience!
Patch notes-- In rare situations where you missed out on a certain late game event, in previous builds, you now have another chance to access it. -- Added an additional point where the speedrun timer flashes on screen -- adjusted collider width of…
Patch notes- Large stalactites no longer block visibility or cause gaps in map - Fixed bug where frisbee would sometimes spin in place, when being interacted with in a certain way on the same frame it bounces off a wall. - Fixed an exploit with a very…
Patch notes- Added numpad key-bindings - Fixed softlock if crow manages to carry you offscreen - improved Ukrainian and German localization - Fixed bug where map tiles would sometimes, in very rare and specific situations, get marked as visited…
Patch notesFixed bug where a certain spawnable item would sometimes spawn in an unintended place. Fixed misleading empty pixel on map Minor translation improvements Fix for the startup crash is still in progress! I have to order the associated PC…
Patch notesImproved Korean translation for a certain item name Adjusted death animation when 'reduced flashing' is enabled Certain tiles are no longer respawned on Thank you for your patience everyone! Fixes for some other reported issues are still…
Patch notesWhen entering ghost switch block room near dogs, via turtle hole, with bubble, but without disc
Patch notesThe day is finally here, we sincerely hope you enjoy your time playing ANIMAL WELL!
biggyBigmode is proud to announce the launch date for its first published title ANIMAL WELL will be Thursday, May 9, 2024. ANIMAL WELL will be priced at $24.99/£20.99/24,50€ and will include full Steam Deck™ support! ANIMAL WELL is the…
biggyAfter two decades of working on indie games, from launching the first generation of Xbox Live Arcade, WiiWare, and the Nintendo eShop to finally going independent myself, I (Dan Adelman) continue to be surprised—and grateful—that for some…
Billy BassoAllow me to introduce myself. My name is Dan Adelman, and I’ve been working as Billy’s sidekick for the last couple years, helping him with the business and marketing side of Animal Well so he can focus all of his energy on actually making…
Billy BassoThey say never to challenge the Internet since you’ll always lose. I like to think that by challenging the Internet at Day of the Devs, we all won. For anyone reading this who has no idea what I’m talking about, please check out this blog…
Billy BassoWhen I first announced Animal Well, I described how I’m implementing puzzles in multiple layers. The first layer is what you’d typically see in a puzzle platforming game—some contrived obstacle that makes you think for a moment, solve the…
Billy BassoWhat Steam runs, and with what. Straight from the app configuration.
| Description | Executable | Arguments | Platform | |
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| Launch | Animal Well.exe | windows 64 |
The folders Steam Cloud syncs. The root is a token Steam uses for a location on your own machine, not a path this page can know.
| Root | Folder | Files |
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WinAppDataLocalLow | Billy Basso/Animal Well/ | *.sav |
It runs on public data and somebody's spare time.
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