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Candle cover art

Candle

Teku Studios · Silver Lining Interactive · 2016-11-11

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Nov 11, 2016 (Mac), Nov 11, 2016 (Linux), Jul 26, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Jul 25, 2018 (Xbox One), Jul 25, 2018 (PlayStation 4), Nov 11, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Candle is an adventure with challenging puzzles. Play as Teku, a young novice on a dangerous journey to rescue his tribe's shaman from the evil tribe of the Wakcha. But the way is littered with sinister traps and difficult obstacles.

Candle is a $0.99 Adventure and Indie game released in 2016, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (78% of 1182 reviews).

1
playing now
78%
positive of 1.2k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
71/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (21 ratings)
4.22★
PlayStation Store rating (497 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$0.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 15 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 53% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 28,778 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 30k–71k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,186 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$0.79-84%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.65 at GameBillet (2023-10-26) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 38 of 43 observed days · $0.14 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
232320172026Week of 2017-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-14 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
110Mar 2016Dec 2025Mar 2016 — avg 0 · peak 5Jun 2016 — avg 0 · peak 3Sep 2016 — avg 0 · peak 4Dec 2016 — avg 5 · peak 17Mar 2017 — avg 2 · peak 9Jun 2017 — avg 5 · peak 20Sep 2017 — avg 3 · peak 13Dec 2017 — avg 6 · peak 19Mar 2018 — avg 2 · peak 12Jun 2018 — avg 3 · peak 17Sep 2018 — avg 3 · peak 13Dec 2018 — avg 3 · peak 13Mar 2019 — avg 2 · peak 9Jun 2019 — avg 2 · peak 9Sep 2019 — avg 3 · peak 12Dec 2019 — avg 6 · peak 21Mar 2020 — avg 4 · peak 14Jun 2020 — avg 6 · peak 18Sep 2020 — avg 3 · peak 12Dec 2020 — avg 4 · peak 16Mar 2021 — avg 3 · peak 15Jun 2021 — avg 3 · peak 10Sep 2021 — avg 3 · peak 13Dec 2021 — avg 4 · peak 23Mar 2022 — avg 3 · peak 9Jun 2022 — avg 3 · peak 10Sep 2022 — avg 2 · peak 8Dec 2022 — avg 2 · peak 8Mar 2023 — avg 3 · peak 11Jun 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Oct 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Jan 2024 — avg 2 · peak 9Jun 2024 — avg 2 · peak 7Sep 2024 — avg 2 · peak 8Dec 2025 — avg 2 · peak 6
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$0.792015-01-012026-10-132015-01-01 — best price $15.002017-03-04 — best price $14.992017-06-01 — best price $13.492017-09-21 — best price $14.992018-01-16 — best price $14.992018-06-04 — best price $4.992018-09-06 — best price $4.952018-12-13 — best price $4.502019-03-26 — best price $4.942019-07-29 — best price $3.892019-11-10 — best price $3.892020-01-27 — best price $1.942020-04-13 — best price $1.952020-07-03 — best price $1.492020-09-12 — best price $14.992020-11-25 — best price $1.342021-01-18 — best price $1.502021-04-01 — best price $1.342021-05-27 — best price $9.992021-07-24 — best price $12.592021-10-14 — best price $9.992021-12-20 — best price $0.992022-03-11 — best price $0.992022-05-28 — best price $9.992022-08-19 — best price $0.992022-11-16 — best price $7.342023-02-04 — best price $7.892023-05-07 — best price $0.892023-07-31 — best price $0.992023-11-06 — best price $0.992024-01-24 — best price $9.992024-04-06 — best price $7.342024-06-11 — best price $0.992024-09-07 — best price $9.992026-03-19 — best price $0.992026-10-12 — best price $0.792026-10-13 — best price $0.79
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

23
achievements tracked
56.7%
earned "Adventure Awaits"
17.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

9 supported languages: English, Spanish - Spain, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2016-11-11 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,52023%23
PS4 (PlayStation)1,24361%24

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DIndiePuzzleFantasyAdventureHand-drawnPlatformerStory RichAtmosphericSingleplayer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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