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Well Dweller

by Kyle Thompson

Released Sep 22, 2026
$19.99
8 h to beat
Nintendo Switch
Nintendo Switch 2
PC (Microsoft Windows)
PlayStation 5
Xbox Series X|S

98%positive reviews

4,262 positive90 negative

What players say

Pros

Smooth, charming metroidvania
Gorgeous art and music

Cons

Generic and repetitive
Skills unlocked too late

Mixed

Some call it a smooth vania with great art, others say it is generic

Media

Announcement Trailer (YouTube)

Release Date Trailer (YouTube)

Trailer (YouTube)

System requirements

Minimum:

OS: Windows 10

Processor: Intel Pentium E2180 (2 * 2000), AMD Athlon Dual Core 4450e (2 * 2300), or equivalent

Memory: 4 GB RAM

Graphics: GeForce GT 220 (1024 MB), Radeon HD 4650 (1024 VRAM), or equivalent

Storage: 1 GB available space

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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.

Ratings

80IGDB players9 ratings
90Critics3 reviews
85Overall12 scores

Time to beat

8 hStory onlyto the credits
9 hStory and extraswith side content
10.3 hCompletionist100%

Details

Publisher

Top Hat Studios

Languages

Language	Interface	Full audio	Subtitles
Chinese (Simplified)
Chinese (Traditional)
English
French
German
Japanese
Korean
Portuguese (Brazil)
Portuguese (Portugal)
Russian
Spanish (Mexico)
Spanish (Spain)