The Candle Steam news

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• SteamPulse tracked peak4
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• Review score90% positive
• Total reviews83
• Release dateFeb 14, 2025
• DeveloperCandle Dev
• PublisherCandle Dev

Genres: Adventure, Casual, Indie

Company pages: Developer: Candle DevPublisher: Candle Dev

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The Candle Steam news

The Candle news collects recent Steam feed items, update posts, and announcements that SteamPulse can associate with this app.

Latest Steam announcements

• 1 Year of The Candle® - 14 February 2026

  It has been one (1) full year since the indie smash-hit record-destroying commercial failuresuccess The Candle's initial release.I've tried my hardest to keep my initial promise and intention of never updating the game, but I've re-emerged from the ether here and there to make things a tad bit more refined for you lovely players. Notably, I added some on-screen indicators and sound effects for interactions, the ability to walk during (and skip) Count Gerald's exhaustingly long intro dialogue, subtitles to character dialogue, and an optional easy mode beta branch (with disabled steam achievements).Today, one year after I brought this game to the world, I now add its final QOL improvements.This has been perhaps the single most requested update since launch. The game's set volume level persists between runs and between game sessions. Hooray!!1! Also you can now set mouse sensitivity manual…

• Easy Mode (for losers) - 22 July 2025

  You can now opt-in to the "Easy Mode" Beta branch of the game by right clicking the game, clicking "properties," and navigating to the "Betas" tab.Enter the password "EasyBabyMode" to activate the easy mode branch.This branch lets you:move significantly fasterstart with packed pockets at the carnivalheal more from petting dogswear night vision goggles when the candle is blown outHOWEVERThis branch disables steam achievements. No one will know if you beat the game this way!

• Game-breaking mega 6-month update #2 - 22 July 2025

  This update adds MAJOR improvements to petting the dogs that can be found outside of the castle.This update also adds MAJOR subtitle fixes (I forgot to type a single word)This update also also adds MAJOR new mechanics. You can now blow out the candle manually by pressing 'F' while holding right-click.And also a minor addition I guess is monitor-based framerate limiting. I didn't realize this was an issue so hopefully the game will stop eating up your GPU lol

• This dev LOVES to lie - 19 February 2025

  I broke my promise and and listened to feedback. Subtitles have been added to the game, along with other minor QOL improvements. Enjoy.

• The Candle - Out Now! +OST Release! - 14 February 2025

  Hello everyone! One guy here. I wanted to firstly thank you for looking at my game. I have been hard at work on this project since early-mid November, working as the solo developer. This is my first ever game, and I am incredibly proud of what I've accomplished in such a short time-frame. The game is going to be at a discount for the first week after release, so get it while it's cheap. Here is a link to the full OST playlist on YouTube: (Note) This contains heavy spoilers. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5aHc3SaNyRgOXF9LnqkYS5k4NJBJ3R5g After several months of development done in secret, I put out an initial feeler on Reddit about my work. Graciously, several people reached out wishing me good luck, but one user, William J McLeod (@DirtyTailsOfficial), offered to compose a custom soundtrack for me. This is that soundtrack. I created nearly every other part of the game from scra…

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