Creature in the Well

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App ID	852300
App Type	Game
Developer	Flight School Studio, MWM Interactive
Publisher	Flight School Studio
Supported Systems	Windows
Technologies	Unreal Engine
Last Changenumber	28979525
Last Record Update	14 May 2025 – 11:27:39 UTC ()
Release Date	6 September 2019 – 15:44:41 UTC ()

❓ 74.27%

339 reviews

In-Game

Unlock the power of an ancient facility and face the ominous, all-seeing Creature in this unique pinball-inspired hack & slash!

Additional Information

Developer

Flight School Studio

metacritic_name

Creature in the Well

controller_support

full

metacritic_score

metacritic_fullurl

https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/creature-in-the-well?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f

community_visible_stats

Yes

ReleaseState

released

Publisher

Flight School Studio

Store Release Date

6 September 2019 – 15:45:03 UTC ()

osarch

empty string

community_hub_visible

Yes

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/creaturewell/
https://x.com/CreatureWell
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_UoBAtgwYzty_Cam5fbaQQ/

Primary Genre

Action (1)

Store Genres

Action (1), Indie (23)

Steam Release Date

6 September 2019 – 15:44:41 UTC ()

Store Asset Modification Time

22 November 2022 – 16:50:31 UTC () (1669135831)

library_assets

library_capsule	en
library_hero	en
library_logo	en
logo_position ↴
pinned_position	BottomLeft
width_pct	46.20770128354725
height_pct	62.004274519116564

review_score

review_percentage

Detected Technologies (?)

Unreal Engine, CEF SDK, FMOD SDK, NVIDIA_APEX SDK, NVIDIA_Nsight_Aftermath SDK, NVIDIA_PhysX SDK, NvCloth SDK, Ogg SDK, Vorbis SDK

Steam Deck Compatibility

Steam Deck:
Some in-game text is small and may be difficult to read
All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
This game shows Steam Deck controller icons
This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
Note: This game does not default to external Bluetooth/USB controllers on Deck, and may require manually switching the active controller via the Quick Access Menu
SteamOS:
This game runs successfully on SteamOS
Note: This game does not default to external Bluetooth/USB controllers on SteamOS, and may require manually switching the active controller via the Quick Access Menu
category: Playable
steamos_compatibility: Compatible
test_timestamp: 6 May 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
tested_build_id: 4163981

configuration:

supported_input	gamepad
requires_manual_keyboard_invoke	0
requires_non_controller_launcher_nav	0
primary_player_is_controller_slot_0	1
non_deck_display_glyphs	0
small_text	1
requires_internet_for_setup	0
requires_internet_for_singleplayer	0
recommended_runtime	proton-stable
requires_h264	0
requires_voice_files	0
gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported	0
hdr_support	0

First seen on SteamDB

20 April 2018 – 19:00:04 UTC (), in changelist #4340487

Supported Languages

10 Languages	Interface	Subtitles	Achievements
English	Yes	Yes	Yes
French	Yes	Yes	Yes
German	Yes	Yes	Yes
Simplified Chinese	Yes	Yes	Yes
Korean	Yes	Yes	Yes
Spanish - Latin America	Yes	Yes
Japanese	Yes	Yes	Yes
Portuguese - Brazil	Yes	Yes
Spanish - Spain			Yes
Portuguese - Portugal			Yes

Hardware Categories

Full Controller Support

Assets

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clienticon

c7ff05dc3d73623f36cd5f3e62c9c1b1630acad7

clienttga

9e13b9d6bd98785f10922951904c182ad1160100

icon

65b5cb2feb61dd7fcd6de59eb0c3a1e9d5c7bb64

logo

446734713a01155b425b1427be77d0cbd0979ed2

logo_small

446734713a01155b425b1427be77d0cbd0979ed2_thumb

small_capsule

english

capsule_231x87.jpg

header_image

english

header.jpg

library_assets_full

library_capsule ↴
image/english	library_600x900.jpg
image2x/english	library_600x900_2x.jpg
library_hero ↴
image/english	library_hero.jpg
library_logo ↴
image2x/english	logo_2x.png
image/english	logo.png
logo_position/pinned_position	BottomLeft
logo_position/width_pct	46.20770128354725
logo_position/height_pct	62.004274519116564

Assets

main_capsule	capsule_616x353.jpg
small_capsule	capsule_231x87.jpg
header	header.jpg
page_background	page_bg_generated_v6b.jpg
hero_capsule	hero_capsule.jpg
library_capsule	library_600x900.jpg
library_capsule_2x	library_600x900_2x.jpg
library_hero	library_hero.jpg
community_icon	65b5cb2feb61dd7fcd6de59eb0c3a1e9d5c7bb64.jpg
page_background_path	app/852300
raw_page_background	page_bg_raw.jpg
timestamp	22 November 2022 – 16:51:59 UTC

Trailers

256782186 ↴
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timestamp	1587154883
256782183 ↴
trailer_name	Launch Trailer
trailer_category	0
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is_highlight	true
timestamp	1617684396
256759474 ↴
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trailer_category	0
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trailer_base_id	238945
all_ages	true
is_highlight	true
timestamp	1617684403
256744611 ↴
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microtrailer/video/mp4	852300/212072/876ef9393550beca114c885aa1f93b755c04cbe8/1751153522/microtrailer.mp4
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trailer_base_id	212072
all_ages	true
is_highlight	true
timestamp	1553097013

Depots

ID	Configuration	Size	DL.
228986	Windows Shared InstallDepot from 228980VC 2015 Redist	No size
228990	Windows Shared InstallDepot from 228980DirectX Jun 2010 Redist	No size
852301	Windows CITW Content	1.91 GiB	613.33 MiB

Total size on disk is 1.91 GiB and total download size is 613.33 MiB.

Branches

Name	Description	Build ID	Time Updated
public		4163981	4 September 2019 – 21:36:19 UTC
beta		4163981	3 September 2019 – 18:57:57 UTC

Other

Name	Value
privatebranches	1

Creature in the Well

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