
The Candle - Rated R. As night falls and a storm rises over the annual county carnival, you are visited by a mysterious spirit. Tasked with laying his soul to rest, you must brave his long dilapidated manor and avoid the horrifying remnants of his estate staff.
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Every price cut of more than 20% we have observed, in each market that quoted one, with this game's chart position on either side of it. These are episodes, not a model: a sale is one event, and one event cannot tell you what the next one will do.
Reviews, worldwide (the counter carries no country): 0/day in the week to Sep 1 → 0.14/day in the week after.
Reviews, worldwide (the counter carries no country): 0/day in the week to Jul 21 → 0/day in the week after.
For scale, across Steam · Top Sellers · Brazil over the last 30 days: the 26 chart moves that followed a price cut of more than 20% went a median of 7 places towards #1, and the 2,400 moves with no price cut behind them went 2 away. One store, one chart, one country — it is the only place we have enough observations to say even that.
Prices outside the United States have been collected since 6 August 2026 and chart positions since 19 July 2026, so a cut older than that has no market to compare and a market that joined later has no history yet. Nothing here is converted between currencies.
About
Your candle burns in real-time over up to 4 hours
Once its light goes out, it cannot be lit again
Explore the decrepit manor and rummage through drawers for loot
Avoid 4 unique spooky scary monsters on your quest to reach the hidden chamber
Play 6 different minigames at the carny's stalls for tickets
Exchange your tickets at the carnival office for fun prizes
Make allies or build rivalries with those who remain
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Esc / Spacebar: Settings + Inventory
WASD: Move
Shift: Sprint
E: Interact
Left Click: Throw / Fire Weapon
Right Click: Inspect
Right Click + F: Blow Out Candle (If Lit)
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Reviews
Themes across 41 recent reviews and how positive each mention is. A keyword signal, not full sentiment analysis.
Reviews
The Candle - Rated R, truly a master craft in story telling and a game full of discovery, It taught me how to endure through the odds that were stacked against me, nevertheless I pushed forth and became a stronger, more careful, and thoughtful individual. I truly would recommend this game to anyone who enjoys dungeon crawlers or just any experience that is fun, you like to feel joy, right?
If you go for the true ending, you'll spend like two and a half hours trying not to fall asleep, followed by 20 to 30 minutes of extreme tension. I got the true ending ten minutes ago and my heart is still pounding out of my chest. It's genuinely a good game underneath the tedium
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Languages: English**languages with full audio support
Hours played at review time, across 41 reviews with recorded playtime.
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Has to be the best most intuitive and majestical game experience I've had in my entire life, this game has no distractions and one focussed story especially at the beginning, this is also the most fair and balanced game I've ever seen. 985/10 YOU NEED THIS GAME!
I'm the fool for grabbing something from a Fanatical bundle trash sale that was highly rated with no other research but this game is ass For the Steam awards I opened this one again but it's still ass (I nominated it for 3 categories)
https://youtu.be/DdQBvSTCLSc Intentionally antagonistic towards the player is definitely a choice in some regards but even with that overt decision the 'perfect run' requirement is just not rewarding enough of a goal.
GOTY 2025
A masterpiece of a game. Pure perfection. Who knew a game about a candle could have so much depth, so much lore, so much gameplay. Everything from the carnival to the manor is a master-class in game design. The Candle has forever changed my life. 🕯
Holy freaking crap dude
Message to the developer - as a Redditor, I appreciate the cute pupperinos and fun carnie games. But... maaaaybe tone it down on the horror next time? This game is a little too much for a creaky xillennial! 😂😂
Its got action Its got candles Its got potty mouthed kids It even has OBADOBAS I have only 3 words for you... BUY THIS GAME AND BECOME BIG MOONGOONER
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