Will You Snail?
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| Developer(s) | Jonas Tyroller |
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| Engine | GameMaker |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows Nintendo Switch macOS PlayStation 4 Xbox One |
| Release | March 9, 2022 |
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| Mode(s) | Single-player |
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Search Will You Snail? on Amazon.Will You Snail? is a 2022 platform video game created by German indie developer Jonas Tyroller. The player controls a small blue snail called Shelly. The goal is to each to the end of level, with the Artificial intelligence antagonist sentient named Squid, it predicts your movement, laying traps in different places depending on how you act.
Development was supposed to be completed in two weeks, but ended up taking four years to make. Influences include GLaDOS from Portal 2 for the character, and Super Meat Boy and Celeste for the difficulty.
It was published by Tyroller and No Gravity Games and released on March 9, 2022. Reception was received positively from game critics for its unique and challenging gameplay and soundtrack, although reaction to the story was mixed.
Gameplay and plot
Will You Snail? is a two-dimensional puzzle platforming game. The player controls a small blue snail called Shelly. Each level has its own theme. With Artificial intelligence, it alters the rules based on difficulty and adjust the challenge based on each performance, predicting the movement, laying traps in different places.[1][2] The goal is to make it to the end while hazards constantly changes. Hazards include turrets, underwater level, and boxes. At the end of each of the chapters, there is a boss fight.[3]
The AI, who's an antagonist sentient AI named Squid, takes delight in the suffering of people and wants you to do the same. Between the two characters, in the form of a conversation gradually get more and more stark, eventually revealing a threat to the entirety of humanity. The snippets of the story can be found through hidden conversations scattered throughout the levels. There are over a thousand lines of narration from Squid.
Development and release
 4 Years of Game Development | Making of Will You Snail? on YouTube |
Will You Snail? was development by German indie developer Jonas Tyroller,[4] whom previously was known for helping to make Islanders and would later help make Thronefall.[5][6] It started out as a “silly little side project” before eventually becoming into a game that Tyroller spent four years working on.[7] The project was supposed to be completed in two weeks. AI Squid was influenced by GLaDOS from Portal 2. The difficulty was influenced by Super Meat Boy and Celeste.[7] It cost roughly $20,000 to make.[citation needed] Will You Snail? released on March 9, 2022.[8] It was sold digitally on Nintendo Switch via the eShop.[9]
Reception
Lua error in Module:Video_game_wikidata at line 361: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). On the review aggregation website Metacritic, Will You Snail? has a "generally favorable" score of 82 based on five critics.[10] The gameplay was praised by critics for its uniqueness,[9] and for being "challenging".[1][2][12][13] The story got a mixed reception. Nintendo World Report called it "a bit hard to follow."[9]
GameSpot listed it as one of the best Nintendo Switch platformers. Adding that Will You Snail? is a "challenging game" that also "one of the most inventive platformers" for the Switch.[12] NintendoLife said it was a "unique single-player experience" and called it "challenging".[13][14] TouchArcade said that it's a "decent enough example of this type of game with a solid gimmick in the form of that dastardly AI that taunts you and dogs you so mercilessly."[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "SwitchArcade Round-Up: 'F-Zero X' Comes to Switch Online Expansion Pack, Plus Today's New Releases and the Latest Sales – TouchArcade". toucharcade.com. Archived from the original on 2024-09-09. Retrieved 2026-01-11. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Sprinks, Harry Ted (2024-11-24). "Hard Indie Games With Simple Controls". Game Rant. Retrieved 2026-01-11.
- ↑ Ramírez, Julián (2022-03-08). "Will You Snail? - Reseña". GamerFocus (in español). Retrieved 2025-12-04.
- ↑ Brin, Zvan; Schifter, Mathias (June 2022). "There is no Abusive Game Design: A typology of Counter Game Design" (PDF). IT University of Copenhagen: 15.
- ↑ Life, Nintendo (2022-02-09). "Islanders Developer Releases His Next Game, A "Rage Platformer" Called 'Will You Snail'". Nintendo Life. Retrieved 2026-01-09.
- ↑ "Paul Schnepf: Easy accessibility is particularly important to us". www.berlin.de. 2025-08-13. Retrieved 2025-12-03.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "AI2Dアクション『Will You Snail?』2週間で終わらせるはずのプロジェクトが、結局は4年かけるプロジェクトに【開発者インタビュー】". Game*Spark - 国内・海外ゲーム情報サイト (in 日本語). 2022-03-22. Retrieved 2025-12-02.
- ↑ Deschamps, Marc (2022-11-25). "Video Game Release Dates 2022 Calendar". ComicBook.com. Retrieved 2026-01-12.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 "Will You Snail? Review - Review". Nintendo World Report. Retrieved 2025-12-04.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Will You Snail? Reviews". www.metacritic.com. Retrieved 2025-12-03.
- ↑ "Will You Snail? Reviews". OpenCritic. Retrieved 2025-12-04.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "The Best Nintendo Switch Platformers". GameSpot. Retrieved 2025-12-02.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Life, Nintendo (2022-03-03). "Nintendo Download: 3rd March (North America)". Nintendo Life. Retrieved 2026-01-09.
- ↑ Life, Nintendo (2022-03-10). "Nintendo Download: 10th March (Europe)". Nintendo Life. Retrieved 2026-01-09.
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