The Well Is Not Empty

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Release: game · September 2026 · 2026-09-08
Release: game · September 7 · 2026-08-09
Noted: The game costs 1,350 yen, discounted to 1,215 yen until September 15. · 2026-09-08
Noted: Early Steam reviews sit at 96 percent positive from roughly 30 reviews. · 2026-09-08

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1d ago

Spoon-Digging Horror THE WELL IS NOT EMPTY Launches on Steam

Solo developer tweakEra released first-person horror adventure THE WELL IS NOT EMPTY on Steam. The no-combat game sends players down a dried well to investigate a mystery, hiding from monsters that fear light and digging through rubble with a spoon. Low-poly visuals evoke the original PlayStation era. Early Steam reviews sit at 96 percent positive from roughly 30 reviews. The game costs 1,350 yen, discounted to 1,215 yen until September 15.

Aug 9

The Well Is Not Empty Sets September 7 Release, Solo Dev Details Design

tweakEra's first-person horror The Well Is Not Empty will launch on September 7. Lead developer tweakEra, working solo on the project for about a year and a half, described the game as a fusion of Zelda-like adventure and deep horror, with a rusty spoon as the player's only tool in a nightmare underground facility.