The Bottom of the Well overview

Overview

The Bottom of the Well comes from Red Nettle Studio and is published by Red Nettle Studio. It arrived on Steam on Mar 3, 2016, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Achievements, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

The Bottom of the Well's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 0 players at 7 September 2026 - 04:28:16 UTC, with a tracked peak near 5. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 85% positive across 585 reviews.

Language and system requirements

The Bottom of the Well is available in 1 languages including:

3 regional rating boards including dejus, steam germany, and igrs

Sales, recommendations, and streams

The Bottom of the Well has sold up to 60,356 units and has recommendation data pending. Revenue data is not available for this game yet. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

The Bottom of the Well overview details

The Bottom of the Well combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

The Bottom of the Well A visual novel where Alice steps into a different kind of wonderland. In The Bottom of the Well, you play as Alice who has just had an unsettingly life-like dream about the end of the world. She retells her experience to her friend in a huge, branching narrative. Although a single play-through might take as little as 20 minutes, experiencing all the possible paths Alice can take through the ruins of her city will take you many hours. The game is intended to be replayed several times with different permutations of Alice: try playing as a survival-minded lone-wolf, or a social butterfly, or why not attempt the difficult but rewarding romantic route? The stats you select for your Alice in the beginning of the game influences everything from small comments to major choices. This is an updated, reworked and improved version of my entry to the WAG (Write A Game) Challenge arranged by IGDA's Game Writing SIG, where it placed first in the amateur category. The jury had this to say: - WINNER: THE BOTTOM OF THE WELL The Bottom of The Well delivers an entertaining, branched story with interesting options. Alice's dream is genuinely terrifying. The conversations feel natural and appropriate. Players can randomize their character stats, but still negotiate the game with deliberate and meaningful choices. The final game stats give The Bottom of the Well immense replay value. One judge played the game several times to find the "best" ending!

SteamPulse editorial summary

The Bottom of the Well is listed as a game with Free to play. It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player, Steam Achievements, and Family Sharing, and is associated with RPG and Free To Play. SteamPulse's latest observation records 0 players at 7 September 2026 - 04:28:16 UTC, a tracked peak of 5, and 85% positive reviews.

Overview tags

Free to PlayVisual NovelChoose Your Own AdventureRPGPost-apocalypticInteractive FictionHorrorFemale ProtagonistChoices Matter

Content descriptors

Contains descriptions of the effects of nuclear war on the human body and society, but all descriptions are flltered through a conversation, and is generally not very explicit. There are no images of gore or violence (some of the images depict ruins, but no bodies or blood).

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Support and legal notes

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