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2016PCPlayStationXboxNintendo SwitchSteam Deck playable78 % positive4.99 €

A hand-painted puzzle-platform adventure where you play Teku, whose left hand is a candle, lighting your way through trap-filled, dark areas to rescue your tribe's shaman.

  • Jumping and platforming
  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Lavish presentation
  • Distinctive, stylised art style

The closest matches for Candle are Unbound: Worlds Apart, Braid: Anniversary Edition and Creaks. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Candle special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Unbound: Worlds Apart

97 %Match

2021PCPlayStationXboxNintendo SwitchSteam Deck verified84 % positive19.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Candle: jumping and platforming, puzzles to figure out as well as a distinctive art style.

An atmospheric 2D puzzle-platformer where you play Soli, opening magic portals into other realities that change the physical rules of the character and the world. Its art style is a dark fairy tale told in a cartoonish look.

Braid: Anniversary Edition

Jumping and platforming

A puzzle platformer where rewinding and bending time is the key to solving clever, mind-bending puzzles. The anniversary edition adds hand-repainted visuals, reworked audio, new puzzles and extensive developer commentary.

Creaks

Puzzles and brain teasers

A hand-painted-looking puzzle adventure where you discover a hidden world of bird folk and living furniture monsters behind your bedroom wall. Its puzzles revolve around learning creature behavior patterns, and are fair and atmospheric with a lovely soundtrack.

Teslagrad

Jumping and platforming

A dialogue-free 2D puzzle platformer set in a steampunk world, where you use magnetism and electricity to solve clever puzzles and beat bosses. The story is told purely through visuals and atmosphere.

Macrotis: A Mother's Journey

Jumping and platforming

You guide Mother Bilby through a hidden underground realm in search of her children. The game blends atmospheric 2.5D platforming with clever puzzles and an emotional, heartfelt story.

Hoa

Jumping and platforming

A gentle, hand-painted platform adventure in which little Hoa travels through a magical storybook world on her way home. Relaxed jumping, light puzzles and a soothing mood take center stage.

Moss: Book II

Jumping and platforming

A storybook VR adventure where you guide the mouse heroine Quill while also manipulating the environment around her. It blends puzzles, platforming and sword combat in charming miniature worlds.

RiME

Puzzles and brain teasers

A wordless, beautifully stylized adventure where a boy explores a mysterious island and solves environmental puzzles. The meaning of the journey only reveals itself near the end, as a moving story about grief and loss.

Hob

Lavish presentation

Hob is a wordless action-adventure set in a vivid, mechanical world that you come to understand by exploring and reshaping the landscape. Puzzles, climbing and light combat make for a calm, atmospheric journey.

Leo's Fortune

Jumping and platforming

A lovingly crafted platformer where you play Leo, a fluffy mustachioed ball chasing the thief who stole your gold. Momentum-based platforming, light puzzles and painterly levels make for a charming, short adventure.

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