Games like CANDLES
If CANDLES is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Night Shift, Jumpscare Simulator: System Breach and Agonize — picked from the ranked list below. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About CANDLES: CANDLES is a top-down, atmospheric horror game where you collect candles scattered throughout a house to perform a sealing ritual on a demon before it gets to you first. Explore the house, find the candles, solve puzzles, and outmaneuver the demon to escape.
Players who liked CANDLES also play
Steam players who put hours into CANDLES also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
The Night Shift
WHY THIS
Top pick for CANDLES fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with CANDLES.
Trapped in a department store during a storm, survive with only a flashlight while completing tasks and evading a malevolent presence that only moves when you're not looking. Uncover secrets and face evolving horrors in this immersive first-person horror game.
Jumpscare Simulator: System Breach
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for CANDLES fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with CANDLES.
Jumpscare Simulator is a sci-fi horror game featuring a story-driven main game and two additional game modes. Pass through doors carefully, battle the simulation, and try to fall from your seat as little as possible!
Agonize
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for CANDLES fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with CANDLES.
Once a mad scientist's lab, now an abandoned manor haunted by miscreations. Work as a 1-4 player team in this online co-op, psychological horror game and discover what lurks within. Find a cure before it's too late...
Horror Story: Hallowseed
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for CANDLES fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Horror Story: Hallowseed is a story-driven psychological horror game. An obscure event causes two of your friends to disappear while you were camping in the woods. Left alone and stranded in an unknown place, you need to seek the answers about what happened, face the horror and find your friends.
The Stalked
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for CANDLES fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with CANDLES.
Escaped from Liam's obsession, Kate seeks refuge in her grandpa's mansion. Strange occurrences raise questions about Liam's presence or another figure. Unraveling mysterious letters, Kate embarks on a journey, seeking peace.
The Stalked 2
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for CANDLES fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with CANDLES.
"The Stalked 2" is a standalone horror sequel to "The Stalked", where you play as Rachel, an avid hiker. What begins as a relaxing hike to a cabin turns into a nightmare filled with eerie interactions and unsettling events. Will you survive?
STRANGER
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for CANDLES fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with CANDLES.
STRANGER is a Single-player Survival Thriller Horror Game. Choose your house and difficulty, then survive until dawn. Uncover mysterious truths about the STRANGER. Play on PC or with VR support
Dead of Darkness
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for CANDLES fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with CANDLES.
Dead of Darkness is a 2D survival-horror action-adventure. Investigate a mysterious island and unravel its disturbing secret. You’ll have to face grotesque creatures, hurdle deadly traps, solve puzzles, and most importantly, survive.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below CANDLES at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under CANDLES on Steam right now. Shares Indie with CANDLES.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under CANDLES on Steam right now. Shares Indie with CANDLES.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under CANDLES on Steam right now. Shares Indie with CANDLES.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under CANDLES on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with CANDLES.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under CANDLES on Steam right now. Shares Indie with CANDLES.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
The NOexistenceN of you AND me
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under CANDLES on Steam right now. Shares Indie with CANDLES.
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under CANDLES on Steam right now. Shares Indie with CANDLES.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with CANDLES.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with CANDLES.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with CANDLES.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with CANDLES.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with CANDLES.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with CANDLES.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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Frequently asked about CANDLES
- How much does CANDLES cost?
- CANDLES is listed on Steam at 3.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to CANDLES?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside CANDLES are The Night Shift, Jumpscare Simulator: System Breach, Agonize.
- Who developed CANDLES?
- CANDLES was developed by Proppa.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on CANDLES.
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