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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.
Well Dweller is a metroidvania, dark fantasy and action-adventure game
developed by Kyle Thompson
and published by Kyle Thompson, Top Hat Studios, Inc. and Doyoyo Games.
Released on September 22nd 2026 is available on Windows, Steam Deck and Steam Machine
in 10 languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Traditional Chinese.
It has received 2,960 reviews of which 2,871 were positive and 89 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.3 out of 10. 😍
The game is currently priced at 11.40€ on Steam with a 20% discount.
The Steam community has classified Well Dweller into these genres:
Metroidvania
Dark Fantasy
Action-Adventure
Horror
Action
Cute
Adventure
Hand-drawn
Platformer
2D Platformer
Exploration
Side Scroller
2D
Dark
Gothic
Lore-Rich
Medieval
Open World
Indie
Singleplayer
Here is the detailed breakdown of supported languages for Well Dweller:
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| English | |||
| German | |||
| French | |||
| Korean | |||
| Spanish - Spain | |||
| Simplified Chinese | |||
| Traditional Chinese | |||
| Russian | |||
| Japanese | |||
| Portuguese - Brazil |
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Windows
- 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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A metroidvania made for chill fun factor first. The game greets you with beautiful and painty visuals that reminded me a bit of stop motion vibes. This title doesn’t stun lock you with difficulty monster but lets you enjoy exploring the world and sucking in this mysterious and somewhat gloomy but charming landscape. Everything here put on purpose and unlocks with natural flow. There are no mindless running back and forth. What got me the most for surprising joy was jumping on bubbles in the air and above. One of most better done task that it gives satisfaction. Dont know how developers did it but they nailed it. If you don’t want to bash your head on hard games this game is for you. If you want to be relaxed this game is for you.
The writing is dark fairytale tone, but it's still cute and funny situations and dialog like Islets and Crypt Custodian were. I'm not a fan of platformers (but I play them when Kyle Thompson writes them) so I was really happy to see in the Accessibility menu there are some options to make it even easier than the Easy difficulty: Combat, you can do more damage and take less damage. Platforming, there are Time Trials and you can add a BUNCH of extra time to them if you want. There is an item you can get that reveals all the hidden areas, if you don't like to miss things. And once you've been to a room, if there was a collectible that you missed, the game has a place in your base that will alert you to the fact that you missed something and you can pay to have it pinned on your map. I finished the game at about 13 hours, and 100% it at about 14 hours. One of my favorite endings to a game ever, and a pretty neat epilogue segment of a few new puzzles, and I loved the reward for that little bit of extra content. 131 screenshots because what a wonderful game to have memories of.
If you enjoy the Metroidvania genre, if you want to play a game that makes you smile because of its character development (Egbert, for example), or if you simply want to play something that warms your soul with good vibes, this game is for you. Don't hesitate to buy it. Kyle Thompson absolutely deserves our support.
I haven’t played a single one of Kyle Thompson’s games and I didn’t have this game on my radar at all. I randomly stumbled upon it on Steam, saw the screenshots and the overwhelmingly positive reception and was quite baffled to find out that it was only about 10€. This was an instant buy. The art-style of Well Dweller is amazing. It’s a unique combination of the cozy and the bizarre. Character designs range from the absolute cutest little animals you have seen in your life to the most grotesque horror-adjacent creatures that look like they jumped right out of a nightmare. It’s very Tim Burton; very autumn-coded and therefore, just the perfect game for the season. I was quite surprised by the writing too. It’s nowhere near as deep and thought-provoking as the best in the genre like Silksong, but it is charming, heartful and often quite unexpectedly funny. You play as the little bird Glimmer who is on a personal quest to find his siblings and mother, who have been taken by the ominous evil queen. On your way, you are acquainted with a variety of characters from the animal kingdom, each with their own personality and quirks, each with their own story and personal quest that you can accompany them on. What I genuinely respect about Well Dweller is how it doesn’t try to be the hardest game in the universe. We have entered an age where every Metroidvania seems to want to be Dark Souls or Hollow Knight and while I love these games for what they do, I long for these simpler experiences that are focused on more than just excruciatingly difficult boss fights. That is not to say that Well Dweller is super easy. There are challenging fights and platforming sections aplenty in this game. However, you are never required to spend multiple hours learning boss attack patterns and dying over and over again. Many bosses I first-tried but I never felt bored or unaccomplished when fighting them. The game manages to put you into a flow-state and you are rarely pulled out of it or interrupted by insurmountable obstacles which I appreciate. I also love how the game takes a step back when it comes to player guidance. The game opens up really early and lets you explore the world quite freely. You are not completely left alone though. In your tent, which functions as a movable headquarters of sorts, you can buy map markers for stuff you missed along the way. I love this idea – you can explore at your leisure and ignore this feature entirely but if you are truly lost, there are options available to you. One thing I am not super keen on is how formulaic some of the level design tends to be. Every puzzle room follows a similar pattern: You have some platforming challenge or puzzle to solve; you get to the end of it and unlock a short-cut that lets you skip that section the next time you need to get through the area. It’s not a big deal but it leads to some rather dull and unimaginative level design. Overall, this was a huge surprise for me. I had a really good time with Well Dweller and I can recommend it wholeheartedly. The writing is charming and funny, the combat is fluid and sharp as are the overall controls. I liked the whole “dark fairytale with a wholesome core” vibe of the world with many allusions to classical myth and fables. It’s a short experience of about 10 hours and it is just what I needed right now.
---See where this game landed on my Metroidvania Tier List beneath this rec!--- Another banger by Kyle Thompson. The games level design is dominated by the 'throw javelins to make platforms' mechanic and I can't think of a better implementation of it - it flows so seemlessly. There's often multiple ways to traverse an area with the movement tech. I played on hard difficulty which felt just right and I 100%'d the achievements (easy to do thanks to map markers). Some of the boss fights took a few tries (I didn't stall for long on any of them) so I'm glad that I chose hard mode - presumably on a lower difficulty they wouldn't have put up much of a fight. Despite getting through the bosses fairly quickly I thought they were all very well done and had some tricky patterns to adjust to. The game looks and sounds great. It's a bit on the shorter side with emphasis on the platforming and boss fights. Reminded me a little bit of Before I Go . The music was good. One tune really got in my head and felt like it would be right at home in the game Fez . A —-------------------------------- There isn't enough space in a Steam Rec to post my entire Tier List, so I cut off the bottom tiers and just left the games I liked. You can find the latest (and better) version of the Tier List on this google doc which I routinely update, located here: [url=https://docs.google.com/document/d/13Se-Ue2asUfA9uu4VVTEN4MLPCEr9SCPoSrtk109Y44/edit?usp=sharing]Tier List ===================== My Metroidvania Tier List (PC) (excluding Metroid & Castlevania titles) ===================== -Not an objective list, purely how much I enjoyed the games- S+ Aeterna Noctis | S Tier (Truly Special) Astalon: Tears of the Earth | Hollow Knight: Silksong | MIO: Memories in Orbit | Hollow Knight | Master Key³$ | Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom | S- Solateria | Blasphemous 2 | Cathedral | Crypt Custodian³ | A+ Afterimage | The Last Faith | Supraland³ | Supraland: Six Inches Under³ | Oolo³ | Frogmonster³ | A Tier (Amazing) Elderand | Ori and the Will of the Wisps | Doomblade^ | BioGun | Well Dweller | Zexion | Chronicles of the Wolf | Kotama and Academy Citadel | Blossom Tales 2³$ | A- Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights | Depths of Sanity | F.I.S.T. | Pampas & Selene | Ender Magnolia | Mandragora | B+ Blast Brigade | Haak | Turbo Kid | Nine Sols | Bo: Path of the Teal Lotus | Biomorph | Minishoot’ Adventures³ | Banjo-Kazooie³ | Banjo-Tooie³ | Donkey Kong 64³ | B Tier (Really Enjoyed) Animal Well | Alwa’s Legacy | Aggelos 2 | Steamworld Dig 2 | Islets | Blasphemous | After Death | Pronty^ | Mortal Manor* | Escape From Tethys | Outbuddies DX* | Monster Sanctuary | Elliot Quest | Rebel Transmute | Moonlight Pulse | Environmental Station Alpha | Twilight Monk | Death’s Door³ | Pipistrello and the Cursed Yo-yo³ | Yooka-Laylee³ | Raider Kid and the Ruby Chest | B- Shadow Labyrinth | Haiku, the Robot | Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown | The Mobius Machine | Ultros | Voidwrought | Crystal Project³ | Shattered Divinities | Unsighted³ | Tunic³ | Prey (2017)³ | Possessor(s) | Before I Go | C+ (Fun) Lone Fungus | Lone Fungus: Melody of Spores | Guns of Fury | Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night | Laika: Aged through Blood | Ghost Song | Kunai | Kingdom Shell | Axiom Verge | Treasure Adventure Game | GigaSword* | Infernax | Flipwitch# | Momodora 4 | Momodora 5 | HunterX | HunterX: code name T | Gestalt | Alruna and the Necro-Industrialists | Super Roboy | BladeChimera | AntiChamber³ | Blossom Tales³$ | Mask of Soul | Tiny Dangerous Dungeons Remake | MF-01 Aerostrike^ | Infinitevania* | Fatal Claw | Xanthiom 2 | C Tier (Enjoyed) The Throne | Plague of Yamorn* | Constance | Column on the Sea | 9 Years of Shadows | Jrago* | Xanthiom Zero | Carrion^ | Chasm | Wuppo | The Mummy Demastered | Catmaze | Curse of the Sea Rats* | Death’s Gambit: Afterlife | Castle In The Clouds DX# | Omega Strike | Aggelos | Midnight Castle Succubus# | Overbowed | Rabi-Ribi | TEVI | Far Star | Sheepo | Skelethrone: The CoE* | Unworthy | Undivine | Somber Echoes | Oirbo* | Ato | Side Scape³$ | And All Would Cry Beware³ | Lycanthorn 2³ | Gravethorn | Vomitoreum³ | Maid of Salvation³ | Kalinur | 100 Pumpkins 2 | Grumpy Jack³ | Sealed Bite | Jedi: Fallen Order³ | Little Nemo and the Guardians of Slumberland | Arkham Asylum³ | Omnigon | SJ-19 learns to Love | Paradox Vector³ | The Prisoning: Fletcher’s Quest | Hargrave | Bread Adventure | EldritchVania |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Well Dweller is currently priced at 11.40€ on Steam.
Yes, Well Dweller is currently available at a 20% discount. You can purchase it for 11.40€ on Steam.
Yes, Well Dweller received 2,871 positive votes out of a total of 2,960 achieving an impressive rating of 9.28.
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Well Dweller was developed by Kyle Thompson and published by Kyle Thompson, Top Hat Studios, Inc. and Doyoyo Games.
Yes, Well Dweller is playable and fully supported on Windows.
No, Well Dweller is not playable on MacOS.
No, Well Dweller is not playable on Linux.
Yes, Well Dweller is playable and fully supported on Steam Deck.
Yes, Well Dweller is playable and fully supported on Steam Machine.
No, Well Dweller does not support VR.
Well Dweller is a single-player game.
No, Well Dweller does not currently offer any DLC.
No, Well Dweller does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
No, Well Dweller does not support Steam Remote Play.
Yes, Well Dweller is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Well Dweller.
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Developer
Kyle Thompson
Publisher
Kyle Thompson,
Top Hat Studios, Inc.,
Doyoyo Games
Release
22 Sep 2026
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