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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
  • Fantasy setting
  • Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)
  • Action-packed real-time combat

The closest matches for Candlelight are Adventures of Pip, Skully and Cave Crawler. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Candlelight special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Adventures of Pip

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2015PCPlayStationXboxNintendo SwitchSteam Deck verified88 % positive8.19 €

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

A retro platformer where you play a single-pixel hero who absorbs defeated enemies to switch between three forms. You use those forms for jumping challenges and light puzzles, backed by a catchy chiptune soundtrack.

Skully

Jumping and platforming

As Skully, a rolling skull, you traverse a colorful fantasy island solving platforming challenges and puzzles. Rolling physics and different clay forms add variety as you try to settle a feud among divine siblings.

Cave Crawler

Jumping and platforming

Cave Crawler is a short 2D side-scrolling action platformer that sends you through caves full of varied enemies and playful platforming challenges. Its appeal lies in a tight, compact loop of action and jumping.

Hocus Pocus

Jumping and platforming

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.

Pac-Man World

Pure single-player experience

A colorful 3D platformer celebrating Pac-Man's 20th anniversary, where he rescues his friends on Ghost Island. Classic arcade elements and retro mini-games are woven into the levels.

Croc: Legend of the Gobbos

Jumping and platforming

A classic 3D platformer from the PlayStation era: as the little crocodile Croc you hop through colorful levels to rescue the kidnapped Gobbos from the evil Baron Dante. Collecting and precise jumping define the experience.

Alwa's Awakening

Jumping and platforming

A charming Metroidvania with an authentic 8-bit look, pixel art and chiptune music. You wield a magic staff to explore an interconnected world, solve puzzles and beat bosses.

Klonoa: Door to Phantomile

Jumping and platforming

A charming 2.5D platformer where Klonoa grabs enemies with his wind ring and uses them as a double-jump boost or projectile. Short, inventive stages and a surprisingly emotional story make it a PlayStation classic.

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