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Flicker of Hope
Flicker of Hope is a suspense thriller where you play as a small candle in the ruins of a dark cathedral. Though the halls are littered with victims of a mysterious plague, you are not the only soul left. Use the properties of a candle, and a trusty douter to prevent yourself from being discovered.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-29 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-16.
“Feels like a spiritual successor to both Little Nightmares and Candleman, makes for one very cute game with a few decent jump scares. It takes about 45 minutes to finish and it seems like you have to beat the entire game in one playthrough, there are checkpoints but I was unable…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“Developed over an eight month period by a group of students at Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy, Wick is a 30-minute horror thriller where you control the actions of a little candle named Jean Wick. Traveling through a plague-ravaged cathedral, Jean must carry on a dead…”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played“The cuteness and the thrill is comparable to Little Nightmares. The best part would be.. being able to play it for free. The sad counterpart of it would be the game-length as the game is super short and can be finished in one sitting for approximately 30 mins which explains why…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players, self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Wick Update: Version 1.0.2
Thank you to all our players who made us aware of a bug that was preventing progression past the Library! This bug has been fixed now. Thank you all, Studio Whip
Wick Update: Version 1.0.1
Thank you to all our players who have been pointing out bugs to us! We have been trying to get to all the bugs we've been made aware of, and we've fixed a couple so far. Bug fixes in this update inclu
Thank you Wick Players!
Hello, players of Wick ! We want to thank everyone for showing their love of our game and making tons of content with it. We truly appreciate everyone's input and feedback in their videos and also the
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-14.
| Genres | Indie |
| Player tags | Horror · Stealth · Indie · Dark · Resource Management · Short · 3D · Medieval · Atmospheric · Choices Matter · Action · Demons (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Full controller support |
| Languages | English * * |
| Controller | Full support |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core i7 - 9750H CPU @ 2.60GHz Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1070 DirectX: Version 12 Storage: 2 GB available space