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The Candle cover art

The Candle

Candle Dev · 2025-02-14

Steam

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Feb 14, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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.

91%
positive of 86 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$4.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 43% of 29,789 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.7k–3.9k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 86 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.99-40%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.49 at Steam (2026-02-09) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 11 of 21 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
161620252026Week of 2025-02-14: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-02-21: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-28: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-02: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-05-09: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-05-09: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-30: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-27: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-04: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-18: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-21: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-28: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-24: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-04: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$4.99$2.492025-02-142026-10-122025-02-14 — best price $2.992025-02-21 — best price $4.992025-04-18 — best price $2.992025-04-25 — best price $4.992025-05-25 — best price $2.992025-06-01 — best price $4.992025-06-27 — best price $2.992025-07-10 — best price $4.992025-07-14 — best price $2.992025-07-18 — best price $4.992025-07-21 — best price $4.992025-08-25 — best price $2.992025-09-01 — best price $4.992025-09-29 — best price $2.992025-10-13 — best price $4.992025-11-17 — best price $2.992025-11-24 — best price $4.992025-12-18 — best price $2.992026-01-05 — best price $4.992026-02-09 — best price $2.492026-02-16 — best price $4.992026-03-19 — best price $2.992026-03-26 — best price $4.992026-04-27 — best price $2.992026-05-04 — best price $4.992026-06-08 — best price $2.992026-06-15 — best price $4.992026-07-03 — best price $2.992026-07-09 — best price $4.992026-07-20 — best price $2.992026-07-27 — best price $4.992026-08-31 — best price $2.992026-09-07 — best price $4.992026-10-01 — best price $2.992026-10-08 — best price $4.992026-10-12 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

Player tags

3DFPSIdlerArcadeCasualHorrorStylizedRogue-likeExplorationPerma Death

Census log

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

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