I was pleasantly surprised by this experience. Animal Well is a tightly designed metroidvania that focuses on clever puzzles that will test your knowledge of each item that you obtain, as well as your surroundings. The cherry on top is the amazing atmosphere that really draws you into this world excellently crafted by Billy Basso.

My only few complaints are that I find the fast travel system so tedious that I barely use it, which made going around the map back and forth just tedious eventually & the player's hit feedback could be better in certain moments that I don't want to spoil to rob your experience, but that is my overall advice.
Play this game as blindly as you can, similar to The Outer Wilds, which I have heard a lot of comparisons to (although I haven't played that yet). I am definitely glad to have played this and it will likely be in my top games of the year.