One of the very best indie metroidvanias and, honestly, a great horror experience.

The music and sound design, while minimalistic, are solid and set the tone very well. Bc of the haunting atmosphere, the player constantly feels like they're being watched, so when the game does finally show you an incomprehensible horror, it hits extra hard.

The puzzles are wonderful. I felt myself feeling genuinely frantic, especially at the end, when trying to find and execute a solution to them.

I wasn't a huge fan of some of the insta deaths, of which there are several, but the game doesn't punish you at all, really, for dying so it wasn't too bad. I'm anti-one-hit-deaths in games, but at least this game was somewhat gentle about it.

Absolutely in love with the level and world design in Animal Well. In some ways, the game reminded me of a traditional 2D Zelda. Each of the four items you need to collect were separated into what felt like dungeons, with each dungeon consisting of individual screens full of puzzles that sometimes impact the dungeon in its entirety, with your traditional zelda key being replaced by buttons protected by solid puzzles and platforming challenges.

Good time. Buy the game!