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Candle cover art

Candle

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

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

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.

0
playing now
78%
positive of 1.2k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
71/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (21 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$0.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 28% of 11,432 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 30k–71k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,182 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$0.99-80%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$0.99-80%
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 $4.99 · on sale 18 of 27 observed days · $0.34 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

502026-08-06 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 4 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$15.00$0.792015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — 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 $0.992026-08-30 — best price $0.99
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

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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Similarity via IGDB.

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