We do not score the game ourselves. Every number below is somebody else's, quoted with its source.
How to read this page
Three rules apply to everything here:
- A score belongs to a platform. Metacritic computes its averages per platform, so a "91" is a PC figure, not a Well Dweller figure.
- Every figure carries the date it was read. Review averages move as critics file; ours are readings from 2026-09-24.
- Small samples are labelled as small. Several of these averages rest on a handful of reviews, and we say so next to the number instead of leaving it to the reader to work out.
Metacritic, platform by platform
Read on 2026-09-24:
| Platform | Metascore | Critics counted | Metacritic's own label |
|---|---|---|---|
| PC | 91 | 7 | Universal Acclaim · 100% positive |
| PlayStation 5 | 88 | 4 | — |
| Xbox Series X | 85 | 5 | — |
| Nintendo Switch | no score yet | 3 reviews | Metacritic has not published an average for this platform |
| Nintendo Switch 2 | no score | — | The platform is listed on the game's page; no score row was published |
Note the arithmetic honesty required here: the PlayStation figure rests on four critics and the Xbox figure on five. Those are the counts Metacritic published, and a four-review average is a much softer number than a twenty-review average — which is exactly why the column is printed.
The Switch row is the one to watch. Metacritic shows three Switch reviews without publishing a Metascore, so we publish it as "no score yet" rather than computing a number of our own or borrowing the PC figure for it.
Metacritic's user score
Also read on 2026-09-24, from the same page:
- PC user score: 8.2, from 16 ratings.
- Split: 88% positive (14), 0% mixed, 13% negative (2).
Sixteen ratings is a very small base, and the percentages above round to slightly more than 100% because that is how the source presents them. Treat the user score as a direction of travel, not a measurement.
OpenCritic
OpenCritic's game page carries a 90 average with 100% recommended, across 16 reviews. That reading comes from the game-information block of the r/Games review thread for the launch, which quotes OpenCritic's own figures; the OpenCritic page itself is linked from the footer of this site. It is one average across all platforms rather than a per-platform set, which is simply how OpenCritic aggregates — do not read it as contradicting the Metacritic table above, because the two sites are counting different pools.
Steam user reviews
The Steam store page publishes one headline review figure — the All Reviews line — and that is the only Steam review total this site quotes. As read from the store page on 2026-09-24:
| What Steam shows | Value |
|---|---|
| All Reviews | Very Positive — 96% of 464 user reviews are positive |
Read it as a dated snapshot, because that is what it is. The field moves by the minute and the page is served from a CDN cache, so the same page re-read minutes later can return a different total while the percentage sits still. We therefore publish the reading we actually took, with its date, rather than a total from one moment paired with a percentage from another.
Two rules follow, and both are about scope rather than arithmetic:
- One reading, one figure. A count read on one visit and a percentage read on another visit are not a single measurement, even when the store page prints them together. Do not recombine them.
- Do not set a total from another Steam surface beside the headline. Steam's review data can be cut by purchase type and by language, and those cuts cover wider pools than the store page's own All Reviews line. They are different statistical scopes, so none of them is a second count "of the same reviews", and none of them belongs in a table next to the headline. For the same reason the All Reviews line must not be described as covering all languages, and it must not be treated as the Steam-purchasers total — Steam does not label the line with either scope.
This game's store page also carries no Recent Reviews row — the All Reviews line is the only summary it publishes — so no recent-review figure is quoted on this site. The small-sample caveat that applies everywhere else on this page applies here too: 464 reviews is a working number, not a verdict.
Critics, quoted with their own numbers
These are the scored reviews Metacritic listed for the PC version on 2026-09-24, with each outlet's own score:
| Outlet | Score |
|---|---|
| Console Creatures | 100 |
| Loot Level Chill | 95 |
| Worth Playing | 90 |
| Hardcore Gamer | 90 |
| The Indie Informer | 90 |
| Noisy Pixel | 90 |
| Oyungezer | 80 |
A wider set of scored reviews — around seventeen outlets, including several console-specific ones — is collected in the launch review thread on r/Games, which we describe on what the community is saying. We do not reproduce every quote from that thread here; the table above is the set Metacritic itself counted toward the PC average, so it is the set that explains the 91.
Why we do not average these into one number
Adding Metacritic's PC 91, OpenCritic's 90 and Steam's 96% into a single headline would produce a number that no source published and that no platform actually received. The three are also counting different things: Metacritic averages critics, OpenCritic averages critics across platforms, and Steam averages players. Keeping them apart is the honest presentation, and it is why the home page quotes the PC Metacritic figure with its critic count and its date rather than presenting a blended score.
What would change this page
- A Metascore appearing for Nintendo Switch. Three reviews are already recorded there; if Metacritic publishes an average, this page gains a row.
- The PC critic count growing. The 91 rests on seven critics; more reviews will move it, in either direction.
- Any movement in the Steam count, which changes the All Reviews line — its total and its percentage move together as the field is re-read.
There is also a reception question this page cannot answer with numbers — whether the "horror metroidvania" framing fits — and that argument is happening in the community rather than in the review averages. It is recorded on what the community is saying, with the disagreement left visible.
Checked 2026-09-24 against the Metacritic game page, the Steam store page and the r/Games launch review thread (for OpenCritic's figures). Every count, average and percentage on this page is a dated reading of a named source and should be treated as one; nothing here combines a figure taken at one moment with a figure taken at another.
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