Animal Well speedrunners are already beating the game in under five minutes<p><a data-i13n="cpos:1;pos:1" href="
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Animal Well[/url] is one of the hottest <a data-i13n="cpos:2;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/gaming/">games[/url] around. It quickly shot to the <a data-i13n="cpos:3;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/the-rogue-prince-of-persia-is-delayed-because-hades-ii-is-a-juggernaut-144229150.html">top of Steam's top-seller chart[/url] after it was released to <a data-i13n="elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:4;pos:1" class="no-affiliate-link" href="
https://www.metacritic.com/game/animal-well/" data-original-link="
https://www.metacritic.com/game/animal-well/">glowing reviews[/url] last Thursday. </p>
<p>While most players complete the main story in <a data-i13n="cpos:5;pos:1" href="
https://howlongtobeat.com/game/109108">four to six hours[/url], it hasn't taken long for speedrunners to figure out how to blaze through solo developer Billy Basso's eerie labyrinth. YouTubers are already posting runs of under five minutes and the any% record (i.e. the best recorded time without any restrictions) is being smashed over and over. </p>
<span id="end-legacy-contents"></span><p>Within a couple of hours of Hubert0987 claiming the world record with <a data-i13n="elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:6;pos:1" class="no-affiliate-link" href="
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECukMmdcouY" data-original-link="
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECukMmdcouY">a 4:44 run on Thursday[/url], The DemonSlayer6669 appeared to snag bragging rights with one that was 18 seconds faster and perhaps <a data-i13n="elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:7;pos:1" class="no-affiliate-link" href="
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QISs1zuuVBk" data-original-link="
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QISs1zuuVBk">the first recorded sub-4:30 time[/url]. (Don't watch the video just yet if you haven't beaten the game and would like to avoid spoilers.)</p>
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Animal Well hasn't even been out for a week, so you can expect records to keep tumbling as runners optimize routes to the game's final plunger. It's cool to already see a speedrunning community form around a new game as skilled players duke it out, perhaps for the chance to show off their skills at the next big <a data-i13n="cpos:8;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/tag/games-done-quick/">Games Done Quick event[/url].</p>This article originally appeared on Engadget at
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Animal Well speedrunners are already beating the game in under five minutes
