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Well Dweller

98% positive of 3,159 Steam reviews

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To finish
8 h
To 100%
12 h
Released
2026
Steam Deck
Verified
Platforms
Steam, PlayStation

Made by Kyle Thompson. Published by Kyle Thompson, Top Hat Studios, Inc., Doyoyo Games.

About the game

Well Dweller is a dark fairy-tale metroidvania, full of charming characters living in a wretched kingdom. Play as Glimmer - a tiny bird armed with a matchstick - who must burn the wicked queen to save his family.

Tagged by players

  • Metroidvania
  • Dark Fantasy
  • Hand-drawn
  • Action-Adventure
  • Horror
  • Gothic
  • 2D Platformer
  • Cute
  • Side Scroller
  • Platformer
  • Dark
  • Lore-Rich

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Overwhelmingly Positive

What players say

  • Recommended
    I had so much fun with this, it was an incredibly charming metroidvania that avoids so many of the traps that many other indie metroidvanias have fallen into nowadays. The game respects your time, it's not randomly throwing in souls-like mechanics or trying to make it brutally hard just for the sake of it. I enjoy hard games, but I think indie games have been leaning too far into that camp lately, I liked how…

    9.3 h played when written. 75 found it helpful.

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  • Recommended
    100% Well Dweller + 100% Achievements in 14 hours. This was easy the SMOOTHEST "vania" game I have ever played. Music/Gameplay/Story/Art/Bosses/Upgrades ALL 10/10. The best thing I can say about this game is the map. They did it right. HANDS DOWN the best map of any "vania" game. Love the option for square grid mode and most importantly the thick white lines on the map. VERY VERY GOOD. Only "real" complaint…

    14 h played when written. 71 found it helpful.

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  • Not recommended
    Refunded after 3 bosses, the game is exceedingly bland, if you've played any high quality metroidvanias at all, you'll be bored out of your mind because Well Dweller is threadbare mechanics wise, there are no builds, no sub-weapons, no spells, no pogo, no parry, even Momodora RUTM from 10 years ago has more meat on the bone. You just bash enemies with your stick and once you build up a bar you can throw a little…

    1.9 h played when written. 37 found it helpful.

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