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Candellum
Play as a candle warrior fighting to keep your flame alive in a world where fire means life and death. Steal wax from enemies to survive, wield your flame tactically in intense hack-and-slash combat, and uncover the dark secrets of a dormant wax factory filled with danger !
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.
“a fun 30 minute proof of concept action rpg. could be turned into the prologue/tutorial dungeon for a more fleshed out game.”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played“It's a very short game that can be beat in less than 30 minutes very easily. It's beautiful and free, so that's that. The fun part is that there is no UI. You see your own and enemy health visually : the length of candle indicates the health. I do recommend trying it, but…”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played“What an incredible little experience ! Wish it was a full game but what an amazing work for just students ! Short but satisfying little short game. (30 minutes to do 100% of the game) Great job !”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Candellum is selected for the BAFTA Student Awards longlist!
Hey folks 🔥 In the meantime, while we prepare to share with you more news about the game and what's next for us, we’ve just found out that our game is one of the five titles selected for the BAFTA Stu
We’ve just hit 3,000 unique players!
Hey folks, We’re incredibly proud to share that Candellum has already reached over 3,000 unique players just 10 days after is launching on Steam. As a young team of developers, seeing so many of you e
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Free To Play |
| Player tags | Action · 3D Fighter · Adventure · Hack and Slash · Indie · Metroidvania · Action-Adventure · Exploration · 3D · Isometric · Atmospheric · Fantasy (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Custom Volume Controls · Adjustable Difficulty · Gamepad Recommended · #category_playable_at_your_own_pace · Playable without Timed Input |
| Languages | English, French |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 7 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 x64 Processor: Intel Core i5-8250U (4*1800) or eq.; AMD Phenom II X4 965 (4*3400) or eq. Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce MX 150 (2048 MB); Radeon R7 260X (2048 MB) Storage: 5 GB available space