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Candlelight: Lament
Ed broke the curfew to visit his friends in order to find out the truth of his granddaughter's disappearance, but the truth was far more terrible than he thought.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.
“Get through the whole game in 6 hours without walkthrough guidance. Puzzles are all reasonable Very decent story and art, very lovecraftian . All horror scenes are expectable. Bugs do exist, don't pause and save the game while walking.”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played“An unpolished atmospheric horror puzzler, memorable enough to play, but often very rough around the edges. tl;dr below... The Good: - Some great character artwork. - An unpredictable narrative, which keeps the player engaged. - Generally good puzzle design. - An ambitious amount…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“Well... It was interesting. Until the moment when they tell me (spoiler hidden) . I could be wrong, but I think there's (spoiler hidden) , and that's a bit disappointing. I thought my decisions were supposed to have an impact. But no. Ironically, (spoiler hidden) . The stories…”
— a player, Steam review · 5 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.
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V1.9.3.5 Patch Notes
Bug Fixes In the Dawson chapter, an issue where the character would be stuck in an infinite walking loop and unable to interact after clicking on the cliffside near the jewelry store has been resolved
V1.5.9.3.4 Patch Note
Bug Fixes: Fixed an issue where Chris may be unable to move after right clicking on the item【Strange Bone】. Fixed an issue where Chris may not move successfully in the six grid chase in Chapter 4. Fix
1.5.9.3.3 BUG fixed
Fixed an issue in Chapter 4 where pollutants are not affected by save&load.
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Adventure · Lovecraftian · Old School · 1980s · 1990's · Interactive Fiction · Clicker · Puzzle · 2D · Drama · Gothic · Mystery (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Family Sharing |
| Languages | Simplified Chinese, English, Traditional Chinese |
| Achievements | 13 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows7 Processor: Intel Core i5-7200U Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 Storage: 2 GB available space