Animal well is one of the hottest Games around. He quickly headed towards the Tops Steam Best Sellers Chart after its broadcast to rave reviews last Thursday.
While most players complete the main story in four to six hours, it didn't take speedrunners long to figure out how to navigate solo developer Billy Basso's strange maze. YouTubers are already publishing sequences of less than five minutes and the any% record (i.e. the best time recorded without any restrictions) is constantly being broken.
Hours after Hubert0987 won the world record with a 4:44 run on ThursdayThe DemonSlayer6669 seemed to have bragging rights with one being 18 seconds faster and maybe the first hour recorded below 4:30. (Don't watch the video yet if you haven't completed the game and want to avoid spoilers.)
Animal well hasn't even been out for a week, so you can expect the records to continue to fall as racers optimize routes to the game's final piston. It's cool to see a speedrunning community already form around a new game as experienced players compete against each other, perhaps for the chance to show off their skills at the next big event. Games Completed Event (Quick).