Candleman: The Complete Journey
Worth it · RPG · 2018
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $5.99.
- Length
- 4.4h
- Value
- $1.36/hr
- Reviews
- 92% positive
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Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, Nvidia GPU GeForce GTX460, 4 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
Despite only being able to burn for 10 seconds, a little candle journeys into the darkness, with the purpose of seeking light.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
The value story
It has never been cheaper than $5.99. That was October 2019. Its cuts run 50 percent off as a rule. There have been 71 in the 9 years tracked, about 6 weeks apart.
Value puts it in the top 1 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 77 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 95 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Outcore: Desktop Adventure (free, scores 93) beats it on value, while it beats Dungeons of Hinterberg ($22.99, scores 76).
The press gave it 76; the people who bought it give it 92 percent. A 16-point gap in the buyer's favour.
This site sampled 356 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 1 was written by a buyer who refunded it, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to September 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 78 percent of the 181 reviews written there were positive, against 92 percent overall, and those are 17 percent of everything written about it.
At 4.4 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.
The drop-off
94% start to 4% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
What players say
An extremely charming and cozy puzzle platformer that deserves far more attention than I believe it has received. The environments are stunning and varied and the mechanics are unique and fresh. The ending was endearing and I only wished I could have spent more time with the little candleman. The game is broken into 12 chapters, each with a varying number of levels. You are limited to running/walking, jumping, and...
it feels like a bedtime story i can't believe i'm going to crash out to a bedtime story
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Cite this score
Candleman: The Complete Journey scores 84/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/591630/candleman-the-complete-journeyReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 27, price as of Oct 1.
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