
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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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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Languages: English**languages with full audio support
Engagement
Hours played at review time, across 40 reviews with recorded playtime.
Reviews
Themes across 40 recent reviews and how positive each mention is. A keyword signal, not full sentiment analysis.
positive critical· bar length = how often the theme comes up
Reviews
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
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!
bought it as a joke long time ago, I respect that they made the jerma bit into an actual game but I thought it'd be more about having a time limit each run during the exploration in the manor compared to getting in and out of the place to grind currency and having a hunger bar for some reason also the candle being lit doesnt change much inside the manor visual wise I feel like its still really dark at least without it Im free to run
I was gonna talk ♥♥♥♥ about it but decided not to because there's fifty dog breeds that are in the pre-game lobby that you can like play with and pet and feed and stuff. Really distracted me from my RPGHS. (Reverse Gravitational Pull Headache Syndrome) ((It affects over 50 million Americans)) Thanks for the dogs.
Really the best horror game ive ever played in my life....i dont ever wanna touch this game ever again in my life
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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