PREVIEW | WELL DWELLER | WHEN ART BECOMES ATMOSPHERE

A tiny black bird carrying a burning matchstick should not look like the natural answer to a kingdom ruled by a murderous queen, yet Well Dweller makes that image feel completely convincing within seconds. Kyle Thompson’s next game takes the approachable exploration structure seen in Islets and Crypt Custodian and pushes it into a much darker fairy-tale direction, where twisted creatures, decaying ruins and strangely lovable survivors occupy the same...