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Candleman: The Complete Journey cover art

Candleman: The Complete Journey

Candleman Games · 2018-01-31

SteamGOG

ActionAdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 31, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 31, 2018 (Mac)

Despite only being able to burn for 10 seconds, a little candle journeys into the darkness, with the purpose of seeking light.

1
playing now
92%
positive of 1.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
73/100
IGDB user rating (9 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-29 23:00 UTC (census sample)

Candleman is a 3D puzzle-platform game developed by Chinese studio Spotlightor Interactive and published by Indienova and Zodiac Interactive. It was created as a prototype for a Ludum Dare game jam. Following positive reception, a full version of the game was released for the Xbox One and was published on February 1, 2017. It was updated later the same year to Candleman: The Complete Journey with a downloadable Lost Light add-on. The game received positive reviews for its graphics, concept, music, and story, with complaints coming from a lack of depth in the story and difficulty.

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 31% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 32k–76k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,264 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$14.99
lowest across shops (ITAD)$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.99 at Fanatical (2019-08-28)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 15 of 27 observed days · $9.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

402026-08-12 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 06:00 — 4 players2026-08-23 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-25 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 23:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$5.992018-02-012026-08-302018-02-01 — best price $13.492018-08-29 — best price $14.992018-11-28 — best price $14.992019-06-26 — best price $7.492020-01-27 — best price $14.992020-05-29 — best price $12.482020-06-21 — best price $11.012020-07-25 — best price $14.992020-08-16 — best price $13.392020-09-09 — best price $14.992020-10-04 — best price $13.392020-10-27 — best price $14.992020-11-18 — best price $14.992020-12-12 — best price $14.992021-01-11 — best price $12.632021-02-04 — best price $14.992021-03-03 — best price $14.992021-03-25 — best price $12.632021-04-30 — best price $12.632021-05-23 — best price $14.992021-06-25 — best price $5.992021-09-22 — best price $11.012021-11-25 — best price $11.012022-02-16 — best price $11.012022-06-08 — best price $11.012022-09-26 — best price $7.492023-01-06 — best price $11.012023-05-01 — best price $14.992023-11-23 — best price $11.012024-03-14 — best price $7.492024-06-19 — best price $7.342024-08-02 — best price $11.892024-11-28 — best price $11.012025-03-19 — best price $5.992025-05-20 — best price $6.742025-07-30 — best price $11.892026-03-26 — best price $14.992026-08-30 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2912026-06-01 — 5 pageviews2026-06-04 — 12 pageviews2026-06-07 — 5 pageviews2026-06-10 — 7 pageviews2026-06-13 — 4 pageviews2026-06-16 — 6 pageviews2026-06-19 — 6 pageviews2026-06-22 — 8 pageviews2026-06-25 — 6 pageviews2026-06-28 — 28 pageviews2026-07-01 — 8 pageviews2026-07-04 — 29 pageviews2026-07-07 — 4 pageviews2026-07-10 — 3 pageviews2026-07-13 — 9 pageviews2026-07-16 — 5 pageviews2026-07-19 — 8 pageviews2026-07-22 — 8 pageviews2026-07-25 — 9 pageviews2026-07-28 — 2 pageviews2026-07-31 — 9 pageviews2026-08-03 — 9 pageviews2026-08-06 — 3 pageviews2026-08-09 — 10 pageviews2026-08-12 — 4 pageviews2026-08-15 — 7 pageviews2026-08-18 — 6 pageviews2026-08-21 — 21 pageviews2026-08-24 — 7 pageviews2026-08-27 — 8 pageviews2026-08-29 — 3 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

19
achievements tracked
94.2%
earned "Spark to a Flame"
23.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing1 DLC

18 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Danish, Russian, Turkish, Norwegian…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)86512%19

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

Player tags

RPGDarkDramaIndieActionHorrorLinearPuzzleAdventurePlatformer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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