Flicker of Hope
Worth it · Short indie · 2020
The verdict
PLAY IT.
Worth it, and it costs nothing.
- Length
- 0.4h 0.8h to 100%
- Price
- Free to play
- Reviews
- 93% of 1,063 positive
What drives the score
How to read this
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About the game
Flicker of Hope is a suspense thriller where you play as a small candle in the ruins of a dark cathedral. Though the halls are littered with victims of a mysterious plague, you are not the only soul left. Use the properties of a candle, and a trusty douter to prevent yourself from being discovered.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070, 2 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
The value story
On value it sits in the top 3 percent of its genre. It is better reviewed than 97 percent of its genre. Among the games closest to it, Bleak Faith: Forsaken ($29.99, scores 38) and Gravewood High (free, scores 1) both come in lower.
1 players were online in it when we last checked, on Oct 17, 17:56 UTC.
More about Flicker of Hope
The main story runs 0.4 hours. Doing everything runs 1, 2.0 times as long.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
Flicker of Hope scores 76/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1314460/flicker-of-hopeReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 27. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.