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Animal Wellis the first release from publisher Bigmode,fronted by YouTuber videogamedunkeyand developed by Billy Basso over the course of seven years. Now, the game is out, and it’s taken the internet by storm, sitting pretty at a 91 on Metacritic and making one heck of a splash around the web.
We’ve fallen down the rabbit hole on Animal Well, too, and we’ve found that the more you discover about the game itself, the more questions you unravel. Our complete Animal Well guide is a round-up of all the guide, list, and feature content we’ve published since launch.
Updated on June 26, 2025:Now that we’ve finished the biggest parts of our complete Animal Well walkthrough, we’re giving this directory one more update to make sure it includes everything we’ve got. This way, you’ll find any Animal Well guide you may need - as well as listicles, features, news, and more - right here.
The less you know before you begin playing Animal Well for yourself, the better, but our Animal Well walkthrough contains puzzle solutions and spoilers. Final warning for the Animal Well guide ahead!
General Content And How-To Guides
Animal Well is unique in that it features three “layers” of the game. The majority of the content in our complete Animal Well guide is broken down below into those layers, but for beginner’s tips and general guides that don’t fit neatly into one of the layers, you’ve come to the right section.
First Layer Guides
From the time you launch Animal Well for the first time and emerge from your little bud to the time you hit the switch and roll the credits on the final puzzle of the first layer, there’s a whole lot to see, do, learn, and collect! Everything you’ll need for the first section of the game can be found in the guides below.
Second And Third Layer Guides
Just when you thought you finished playing Animal Well, the second layer peels back and invites you into a second pass of the same areas you’ve just finished exploring. But, did youreallycheck every nook and cranny? Did you double back to every room after obtaining tools and inventory items from different areas of the map? There’s plenty more to see in Animal Well - the real game starts when the credits roll.
Meanwhile, the third “layer” of the game covers the hunt for the remaining background secrets, like all the hidden rabbits around the map. Since it’s not quite big enough for its own section, you can find info on the third layer of Animal Well in this section as well.
Features And Lists
Finally, with Animal Well making one heck of a splash around the internet since its launch, the last section of our Animal Well walkthrough is all of our additional content on the game. We’ve written plenty of features, news articles, and lists since Animal Well launched, and all of TheGamer’s opinion pieces on the game can be found below.
