- Animal Well is in the Hidden Depths Bundle! - 16 April 2026
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 bundled together for all of your highly acclaimed and award-winning puzzling needs. Playing these will make you feel like you're going down the well again for the first time.Animal WellAnimal Well is an action-adventure game about exploring a dark, dense labyrinth. Collect items, interact with its mysterious denizens, and see what lurks at the bottom of the well.Blue PrinceIn Blue Prince, you embark on a genre-defying experience, filled with a unique mix of mystery, strategy, and puzzles that weave together to create an unpredictable journey. Will your explorative steps lead you to the rumored Room 46?FEZGomez is a 2D creature living in a 2D world. Or is he…
- PLUSHIES AND SWEATER - 18 February 2026
Official 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 details that are enjoyable to discover.Weiner Dog Plush Player Character Plush Peacock's Treasure Sweater Thank you again for being the best fans!
- New Physical Editions! - 29 July 2025
I 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 Animal Well all over the world.Lost in Cult is publishing in America, and Europe. You'll be able to order it from their website, or pick it up at a variety of retail stores later this year.The Lost in cult retail edition feature a new cover by the very talented @Madebyabra, in a really nice clay-mation kind of style.If you order from Lost in Cult's website, you'll also have the option to get an alternative cover, illustrated by the one and only Derek Yu, of Spelunky and UFO 50 fame! It is still unbelievable to me that this actually exists.Both cover options will be continuously restocked for the foreseeable future.In Japan/Asia, Super Deluxe will be ha…
- Announcing Animal Well: Design Works 🐇 - 8 May 2025
In 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 connection. Lost In Cult x Billy Basso x Bigmode proudly present Animal Well: Design Works. Unearth the creation story of one of the decade's most ingenious indies. Developed over a seven year period by its remarkably talented creator Billy Basso, this is a development story for the ages, and one that deserves to be detailed, documented and discussed for years to come. From forgotten prototypes and years of solo development, to awards and critical acclaim, Animal Well: Design Works chronicles the incredible journey of this beloved puzzler over 200+ pages. Crafted alongside Billy Basso, Dan Adelman, and the Bigmode team, Animal Well: Design Works dives…
- The Making of Animal Well - 27 February 2025
It'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!
- Groundhog Day 20% Discount Celebration - 2 February 2025
Six more weeks of winter... but at least you can play Animal Well!
- If you can put Balatro down for half a second, the lead dev behind it has recommended some other stunning indies with a very low-key awards ceremony of their own - 5 January 2025
Balatro is obviously one of the best games from 2024, and now the dev behind it has shared what they think are the top titles from last year. Read more
- ANIMAL WELL in The Steam Awards! - 28 November 2024
This 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! Also, to celebrate, ANIMAL WELL is currently 20% off Thank you, as always, and enjoy your gaming.
- ANIMAL WELL MERCH - 18 November 2024
We 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 - Desk mat Thank you all for being the best fans!
- ANIMAL WELL is nominated for the Golden Joystick Awards! - 23 October 2024
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 you've been enjoying playing it this year... Vote here! https://www.gamesradar.com/goldenjoystickawards/ Thank you so very much for the continued support! Update: ANIMAL WELL is now also nominated for ULTIMATE Game of the Year! https://www.gamesradar.com/goldenjoystickawards/
- Minor change to input handling - 22 October 2024
Input 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 reason, you wanted to do that.
- ANIMAL WELL figure pre-orders open! - 20 September 2024
Featuring game-accurate tufts of grass! Visit the BIGMODE website to pre-order your ANIMAL WELL figure- https://bigmode.com/shop/animal-well-modo Add an air of mystery and playfulness to your space with the exclusive ANIMAL WELL Modo. The familiar blob peers up curiously at an unsuspecting white rabbit, surrounded by vibrant blades of grass which are akin to the exact tufts found in game. Bigmode Modos are collectible clay-model styled statuettes of all your favorite Bigmode icons! Original sculpts made by design mastermind Mushbuh. Vinyl figure with PVC base is 3.5" high total. Base measures 2.75" deep by 2.75" wide. ***Pre-order window closes September 23rd.***
- Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree beats all the bosses to become both highest rated game of 2024 so far, and the highest rated DLC ever - 19 June 2024
Hi. There's an expansion coming out this week. It's called Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree and you probably haven't heard much about it. Anyway, within a day of the reviews of it coming out ahead of its arrival on June 21, it's casually become the highest rated game of 2024 and the highest rated DLC ever among critics on Metacritic. Yup, Miyazaki and co have basically succeded in making us hold their beer as they casually make an expansion that's a good bet to get plenty of Game of the Year votes from folks who're determined to argue that getting more of a thing pretty much everyone already gave one GOTY award to warrants us all dispensing another one. Seriously though, given the very high expectations folks had for it, From's done a pretty amazing thing here. If you head over to Metacritic , the place you go when you've run out of ways to say a game's good during an argument with your…
- More minor fixes - 14 June 2024
-- 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
- More small fixes and adjustments - 5 June 2024
-- 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
- Some small fixes and adjustments - 3 June 2024
-- 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 dangerous -- A certain creature can now walk on water
- Lowered SSE4.1 requirement for CPU to SSE3 - 28 May 2024
Previously 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.
- Added Controller Speaker Toggle - 27 May 2024
You no longer need to put tape over the speaker.
- Small Fixes - 27 May 2024
-- 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 in a space it was not supposed to -- Fixed exploit involving the flute, and a very specific secret area
- Some more small fixes - 23 May 2024
-- 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 where kangaroo would on one occasion spawn one tile above the ground -- fixed black screen when exiting from a certain area and starting a new game
