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Candleman: The Complete Journey
Despite only being able to burn for 10 seconds, a little candle journeys into the darkness, with the purpose of seeking light.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-13.
“An extremely charming and cozy puzzle platformer that deserves far more attention than I believe it has received. The environments are stunning and varied and the mechanics are unique and fresh. The ending was endearing and I only wished I could have spent more time with the…”
— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played“it was really fun if you like nice simple puzzle and a cute story”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played“Really, really loved the concept for this one! Having to navigate dark levels with your flame but having to balance not using too much that it kills you. The levels are well designed, with each area adding in new mechanics to keep things fresh and interesting! The story is…”
— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs playedLatest official news
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🕯️Usability Update
New accessibility feature: Skip Game Level Ideal for use when stuck on a level, you can find it in two places: Home/Help & Options/Accessibility If you fail more than 10 times in a level, the Accessib
Our new game, Exhausted Man, is out now!
Exhausted Man is a physics-comedy game. Like Candleman it's about ordinary people, only this time the theme is not about dreams, but about exhausted life. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1598580/_/
now supports Hungarian
Candleman now supports play in Hungarian. 🎮 Thanks to Ágost "The Dreadist" Veres for the localization and proofreading of the Hungarian text. 😇 Hopefully this will make the game more enjoyable for the
Spanish localization update
Hello everyone. We optimized the Spanish localization with the help of Mersus. 🙏 Hope the Spanish-speaking community would have a better gaming experience now.😊
11/5/2021
11-3 level design minor change to better support time challenge mode. Localization optimized: Arabic, Turkish language name. Thanks to Games in Arabic for the continuous improvement of the localizatio
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG |
| Player tags | Action · Indie · Adventure · RPG · Puzzle · Platformer · Story Rich · Drama · 3D Platformer · Linear · Singleplayer · Atmospheric (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Captions available · Steam Cloud · Steam Leaderboards · Remote Play on TV |
| Languages | English * , Simplified Chinese * , Japanese, Traditional Chinese, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Danish, Russian, Turkish, Norwegian, Polish, Finnish, Dutch, Portuguese - Portugal, Korean, Arabic, Hungarian * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 19 |
| Estimated owners | 20,000 – 50,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://candleman.me |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7, 64-bit Processor: Intel CPU Core i3 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GPU GeForce GTX460 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 4 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX compatible sound card