CANDLES

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CANDLES

Short description

CANDLES is a top-down, atmospheric horror game where you collect candles scattered throughout a house to perform a sealing ritual on a demon before it gets to you first. Explore the house, find the candles, solve puzzles, and outmaneuver the demon to escape.

Developer
Proppa
Publisher
Proppa
Release
Thu, Mar 07, 2024
Price
$3.99
Reviews
4
Positive
100%
Followers
n/a
Owners (estimated)
0 – 20K
Concurrent players
n/a
Genres
Indie, Strategy
Features
DualShock Controller Support, Partial Controller Support
Tags
Strategy Survival Horror Exploration Immersive Top-Down Singleplayer Linear Difficult Horror Dark Atmospheric Puzzle Psychological Horror Thriller Replay Value Real-Time Artificial Intelligence Indie Supernatural Soundtrack
Revenue (estimated, gross)~$718somewhere between $319 and $1k · roughly 80–320 copies

Review count and SteamSpy's owner range agree well enough to narrow the estimate down to this band. Multiplied by the $3.99 launch price — there is not enough price history for this game to weight the copies by what they actually sold for. Before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.

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History

Tracking started Aug 14, 2026. Charts appear once there is more than one data point — nothing has changed since.

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