Animal Wellis an indie Metroidvania unlike any we’ve seen before, featuring no combat but plenty of ways to fail as you explore this creepy, interconnected world. Everyday items turn into lifesaving, terrain-changing gear that helps unravel a dense, unsettling story.
The information you have going in isextremelylimited, and while we at TheGamer love explaining games – it’s kind of our thing – we feel like you should go in blissfully unaware. But if you’re curious about the time investment required to undertake this surprising smash hit, we’ll at least tell you how long it takes to beat Animal Well.
We’ve made this HLTB guide as spoiler-free as possible, but just tread carefully - the less you know ahead of time, the better!
How Long Does It Take To Finish Animal Well?
Metroidvanias always lend themselvesto plenty of exploration, map unveiling, and requisite backtracking, andAnimal Well is no different. However, becauseAnimal Well is a non-linear gameand you can proceed through the map in whatever order you feel is best for you, plenty of players find that their playtime here varies.
According to the websiteHowLongToBeat,the consensus for “how long” Animal Well is seems to bearound six hoursif you’re seeking only to complete themain storyof the game.
After this amount of time is when you’ll likely be seeing the end credits of the game, but the site reports players takingbetween six and eight hours,depending on how you choose to play the game.
There’s Much More To Do After The Credits
We’re aiming to give as little away about Animal Well as possible in this article - the game isso muchbetter the less you know about it before you head in - so all we’ll say is,Animal Well isn’t finished when the credits rollat the end of that six to eight hours.
Animal Well is a game absolutelyrife with secretsthat an avid community online is still working together to unravel, with some of these post-game puzzles requiring a staggering amount of nuance and teamwork to complete. We won’t tell you exactly what we mean here, but there areat least three, if not more layersto Animal Well, and playing the game through to the credits is only the very first of them.
Should you choose to explore more after the game, HowLongToBeat.com puts a completionist run of Animal Well atapproximately 12.5 hours, with times ranging from 11 to 15hoursof playtime. And that’s not even to count how much you’ll want to keep digging into the game’s many, many secrets!
