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Tales from Candleforth

Tales from Candleforth

Tales from Candleforth is a folk horror 2D point and click game with puzzles and escape room mechanics, that narrates the fairy tales from the village. The text contained in this ancient and evil book is now bleeding out, mixing the world of nightmares with the real one through handmade 2D graphics.

Released Apr 30, 2024 Developer Under the Bed Games Publisher Feardemic Platforms Windows Hand-drawnHorrorPuzzleSurrealHidden Object
View on Steam ↗ $11.99 (US · as of 2026-05-18)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.

85.6%positive181 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Decent narrative and simple puzzles, though the game doesn't exactly break new ground. It’s a pretty good plot concept, but it feels like something is missing. The visuals are excellent. I want to support the artists as they put a lot of efforts into achieving such high-quality…”

— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Very nice point and click narrative game, I really recommend it. The aesthetic reaaly speek for itself.”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“for those that love fran bow or little misfortune or any creepy/cute puzzle games. a delightful little world with puzzles that are engaging but not difficult if you let yourself sit with them”

— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played
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Achievement 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.

22achievements
58.6%median completion
11.9%rarest: Through the looking glass
85.9% of players 83.9% of players 83.1% of players 80.2% of players 71.8% of players 70.4% of players 65.1% of players 65.1% of players 60.4% of players 60.4% of players 58.6% of players 58.6% of players 37.5% of players 31.6% of players 30.3% of players 23.9% of players 20.0% of players 19.6% of players 15.7% of players 14.4% of players 13.0% of players 11.9% of players 85.9% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
85.9%Sing out loud — It was music for my ears!
83.9%It’s just a crack — Don’t be such a crybaby
83.1%The Last Night — Hidden achievement
Rarest badges of honor
11.9%Through the looking glass — You always find your way
13.0%Meticulous hairdresser — Hidden achievement
14.4%Simple alchemy — One drop at a time

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Jan 04, 2025
FREE New story set in the Tales from Candleforth universe.

Wood and Flesh: A Candleforth Short Story is a free game that tells the first part of a new story set in the Tales from Candleforth universe. A wooden piece of art. A carefully carved puppet. But ther

May 09, 2024
Tales From Candleforth Patch Notes (1.2.2.)

Fixes Fixed a bug where a blank textbox froze the game if the player tried to leave the apothecary just after getting the first ingredient. Fixed some minor localization bugs (english, japanese, germa

Apr 30, 2024
Tales from Candleforth OUT NOW! Launch discount -20%!

📃Tales from Candleforth OUT NOW! -20%📃 The book has opened! You can now read the Tale yourself! ────────────────────────────────────────── Watch the Launch Trailer!!! Go along with Sarah on this trip

Apr 09, 2024
Tales from Candleforth launches on April 30th

📃Tales from Candleforth launches on April 30th📃 Put your slippers on and sit down in your favorite rocking chair because you're about to solve puzzles like never before. ──────────────────────────────

Jan 29, 2024
Tales from Candleforth nominated at Premios DeVuego 2023!

Hello, fairytale fans! We’re very happy to announce, that Tales From Candleforth has been nominated for The most Anticipated Game of 2024 at Premios DeVuego 2023! For us, it is already an award itself

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.

GenresAdventure, Casual, Indie
Player tagsHand-drawn · Horror · Puzzle · Surreal · Hidden Object · Old School · Dark Fantasy · Cute · Conversation · Adventure · Singleplayer · Psychological Horror (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, Spanish - Spain, Spanish - Latin America, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Polish
ControllerFull support
Achievements22
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7, 8, 10 Processor: 2.4GHz Dual Core Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: 12 MB NVIDIA GeForce 9800 / ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT Storage: 290 MB available space Sound Card: Any