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Games like Candlelight

2016PCPlayStation

A small indie action platformer where you play as a lone candle, jumping, shooting and burning your way through varied lands such as islands, deserts and volcanoes.

  • Jumping and platforming
  • Pixel art
  • Fantasy setting
  • Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

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Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Candlelight special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Umihara Kawase

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1994PCSteam Deck verified91 % positive−80 % 9.75 € 1.95 €

Fits your focus: Systems like Candlelight.

A physics-driven platformer where you use a fishing line as a grappling hook to swing through surreal stages. Mastering the momentum is tricky but deeply satisfying.

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MO:Astray

  • Systems like Candlelight

A pixel-art platformer where you guide the slime-like MO through hazardous levels full of traps and strange enemies. Precise jumping and the character's special abilities drive the challenge.

Wunderling

  • Systems like Candlelight

You play a lowly villain minion who runs forward automatically and can only jump, so every move must be planned ahead. A humorous, precise platformer that cheekily flips the usual hero role.

Stolen Hearts: Wolf Knight

  • Systems like Candlelight

A challenging precision platformer where you dash through tough obstacles as a wolf knight, fight enemies and guide lost hearts safely home. Expect puzzle-like levels, hard-to-reach fireflies and a showdown with the Wolf King.

On a Roll 3D

  • Systems like Candlelight

A colourful 3D ball-rolling platformer where you steer through 24 levels across six themes filled with traps, switches and hazards. Precise control and timing are the core of the experience.

Jump King

  • Systems like Candlelight

A merciless platformer where you climb a huge tower using only precisely charged jumps, and a single misstep can send you tumbling far back down. Frustration and triumph sit very close together.

Job the Leprechaun

  • Systems like Candlelight

A small retro-style platformer in which you guide the leprechaun Job to rescue his friend Eri. Classic jumping action with light puzzle elements and a pixel look.

Splodey

  • Systems like Candlelight

A pixel-art platformer with no jump button: you launch yourself through levels using explosive potions, demanding precise timing and creative thinking.

Hocus Pocus

  • Systems like Candlelight

A classic DOS platformer where you play the young wizard apprentice Hocus, blasting monsters with lightning bolts and collecting keys and treasure across many levels to pass the Council of Wizards' trial.

Eryi's Action

  • Systems like Candlelight

A cute-looking 2D platformer that keeps killing you with sneaky, hidden traps. You learn the layouts through trial and error and laugh at the cruel surprises.

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