Well Dweller: Steam reviews, players & page score
View on Steam ↗Capsule 78Page copy 78Screenshots 78Setup 81checked 2026-11-07
Well Dweller at a glance
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.
- Price
- $15.99 (20% off now)
- Release
- Sep 22, 2026
- Steam reviews
- 4,340 reviews, 97% positive recently
- Playing now
- 218 players
- Followers
- 11,756
- Demo
- Yes, free demo
- Developer
- Kyle Thompson
- Languages
- 10 (English, French, German, Spanish - Spain…)
Similar games: screenshots 51/255 · 4 trailers · 11 languages
Well DwellerKyle Thompson · 20 tags · 8 screenshotsSection scores weights from methodology v1
Compare with the best pages in its genre: Horror · Cozy & Relaxing · Platformer & Metroidvania
A live badge that links to this report and updates when the page is re-checked.
<a href="https://www.steampagechecker.com/report/well-dweller"><img src="https://www.steampagechecker.com/badge/well-dweller.svg" alt="Well Dweller Steam page score on StoreCheck: 79/100" height="22"></a>Side by side with the 3 games Steam shows next to it, section by section. Free, shareable link.
The score measures. Player Jury shows your capsules to real players inside a Steam layout, next to games from your genre, and reports the pick rate with an honest margin of error. 2 tests a month are included in Indie Monitor Pro, or earn one free by voting on 15 games.
Fixes, ranked by estimated impact 6 ISSUES
high1 of your first 5 screenshots is near-black+2 pts
Screenshots #3 (19) of 255 at thumbnail size. Steam shows the first 4 to 5 before the arrow.
Move your brightest shots forward: #1 (82) and #2 (66).
mediumCapsule is darker than most+1 pts
Average brightness 69/255.
Brighten the focal subject so it separates from Steam's dark #1b2838 background.
lowOpens with the game's name+1 pts
Starts "Well Dweller is a…", which wastes the first words.
Open with what the player does instead.
lowNo section headers+1 pts
The description has no headers to scan.
Break it up with 3 to 5 headers.
How you look on Steam
Measured at 231 × 87: brightness 69/255, contrast 64, colorfulness 51, 43% near-black pixels.
Store copy short 75 · long 82
Short description · 212 / 300Well 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.
Opens with the game's name. Starts "Well Dweller is a…", which wastes the first words.
A rewritten draft built from your own words is in the full report.
Screenshot audit measured brightness, store order
Steam shows 4 to 5 thumbnails before the arrow. Red = near-black (under 30/255), amber = dark (under 45).
First five screenshots vs the games Steam shows next to you average brightness, 0–255
Trailer, tags and setup
- warn3 trailers; the games Steam shows next to you have 4.
- warnTop five tags include Action.
- warnOnly Discord linked.
- ok97% positive recent reviews.
- okAll 20 tag slots used.
- ok10 languages.
- ok9 GIFs or clips in the long description.
Games Steam shows next to you
Diagnose with your Steamworks numbers stays in your browser
Is it the capsule, the page, or the traffic? Copy three numbers from Steamworks → Traffic, last 30 days.
Example numbers. Replace with yours. Nothing leaves your browser.
1.3% of impressions become visits. Below 2% usually means the capsule doesn't read at small size.
What's working
- ✓ All 20 tag slots used
- ✓ 9 GIFs or clips in the description
- ✓ Short description uses 212 of 300 characters
- ✓ 97% positive recent reviews
- ✓ 3 trailers
Pricing the score is always free · no account · 5 checks a day
- ✓ Score + 9 sections
- ✓ Measured screenshots
- ✓ Funnel diagnosis
- ✓ Top 4 fixes
- ✓ Full report included
- ✓ Real wishlists + sales
- ✓ Daily rival tracking
- ✓ Pro dashboard
- ✓ All fixes, ranked
- ✓ Description draft
- ✓ Screenshot order
- ✓ No tracking
- ✓ 25 games
- ✓ White-label PDF
- ✓ Read-only API
- ✓ 8 jury tests a month
YouTubers & streamers who play Well Dweller
12 Twitch streamers streamed it or had clips from it in the last few months. Making a game like this? These creators already have an audience for it.
- merrykish Twitch · 1.5K views on these streams and clips“I got to go live on Tuesdays more often during work” · Oct 13, 2026
- KSPKSP Twitch · 199 views on these streams and clips“【KSP】先破關黯井微光 破完玩一下Valor Mortis -w- | !gta6 !風扇 !斗內 !手機殼 !FFZ | @kspksp” · Oct 13, 2026
- soyvitox Twitch · 46 views on these streams and clips“goku paga la comida xd” · Oct 14, 2026
- DuchessCats Twitch · 27 views on these streams and clips“💟!huggies💟Who is this little guy? Well Dweller, Let's get started!💕!boop💕Raids: @InuwuVT @OniNoKageVT @ZeElmo” · Oct 13, 2026
- TigerNationTV Twitch · 46 views on these streams and clips“🐯 !DROPS WOW FOREVER & NEW GAMES🐯” · Oct 13, 2026
- velociroger Twitch · 19 views on these streams and clips“surely an intended mechanic” · Oct 15, 2026
- manda_panda225 Twitch · 34 views on these streams and clips“When did she get 4 arms?! Surprise... there were always there” · Oct 11, 2026
- lele_fae Twitch · 29 views on these streams and clips“easier to jump on the left b” · Oct 11, 2026
- ghaaolee Twitch · 28 views on these streams and clips“Яйберт (концовка !СПОЙЛЕР!)” · Oct 13, 2026
- ShizuIsora Twitch · 11 views on these streams and clips“【我還需要用兩隻手才能通過！：前一天最終𝒃𝒐𝒔𝒔打完後結果卡在這關卡三個多小時，隔天突然悟了..】” · Oct 11, 2026
- Blundingen Twitch · 10 views on these streams and clips“Towdan Face Reveal” · Oct 14, 2026
- Quiggy_ Twitch · 10 views on these streams and clips“group” · Oct 12, 2026
From the YouTube Data API and Twitch API. Only videos whose title names the game, or streams filed under its Twitch category, are counted. StoreCheck isn't affiliated with YouTube, Twitch or Valve.
Well Dweller: common questions
Is Well Dweller on Steam?
Yes. Well Dweller is on Steam (app ID 3699590) at store.steampowered.com/app/3699590.
When did Well Dweller come out?
Well Dweller was released on Steam on Sep 22, 2026.
How much does Well Dweller cost on Steam?
Well Dweller costs $15.99 on Steam in the US, 20% off when we last checked. Regional prices differ.
Are Well Dweller's Steam reviews good?
Well Dweller has 4,340 Steam reviews and 97% of recent reviews are positive (Overwhelmingly Positive).
Does Well Dweller have a demo?
Yes, Well Dweller has a free demo on its Steam page.
Who made Well Dweller?
Well Dweller is made by Kyle Thompson.
What kind of game is Well Dweller?
Steam players tag it Metroidvania, Dark Fantasy, Action-Adventure, Horror, Action. 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.
Which YouTubers and streamers play Well Dweller?
Recent Well Dweller videos and streams include merrykish (Twitch), KSPKSP (Twitch), soyvitox (Twitch), DuchessCats (Twitch), TigerNationTV (Twitch). StoreCheck lists 12 of them on this page, with subscriber counts and their latest Well Dweller video.
Scored with methodology v1. A higher score means a clearer page, not guaranteed sales.