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Candle Prick cover art

Candle Prick

moraguma · 2022-11-03

Steam

CasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Nov 04, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 04, 2022 (Linux)

Candle Prick is a crunchy pixel adventure about stabbing enemies and using them as extensions of yourself to solve increasingly complex puzzles

96%
positive of 55 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$7.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 52% of 18,807 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.1k–2.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 55 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2025-04-21)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 7 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
101020222026Week of 2022-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$7.99$1.992022-11-042026-07-092022-11-04 — best price $7.192022-12-22 — best price $5.352023-02-18 — best price $4.792023-03-16 — best price $3.992023-04-24 — best price $3.992023-06-29 — best price $3.992023-08-03 — best price $3.992023-11-21 — best price $3.992023-12-21 — best price $3.992024-02-14 — best price $3.192024-03-14 — best price $3.992024-05-23 — best price $3.192024-06-27 — best price $3.992024-11-27 — best price $3.992024-12-20 — best price $3.192025-02-28 — best price $3.192025-03-13 — best price $3.992025-04-21 — best price $1.992025-05-29 — best price $1.992025-06-27 — best price $3.192025-09-29 — best price $3.192025-11-14 — best price $1.992025-12-18 — best price $3.192026-02-13 — best price $1.992026-03-19 — best price $3.192026-05-28 — best price $1.992026-06-25 — best price $3.192026-07-09 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Portuguese - Brazil

Player tags

2DIndieLogicCasualLinearPuzzleSokobanTop-DownDifficultController

Census log

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

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