There's been a lot of great search action games over the past ten years. I don't know that Animal Well is among the greatest of these types of games, but it is one of the most unique. For the most part, it's entirely puzzle driven. There are some defensive maneuvers that the player can take, but there is no straightforward combat mechanic. By the end of it, I had convinced myself that its secretly a horror game - it's not outright scary, but there are many times when the atmosphere can be very creepy and weird. Also, I dig the look of it. It's pixel art but its not the type of pixel art that tries to evoke an older system (e.g., NES or SNES) - rather, it's kind of like a high res Lite Brite.