AdventureIndie
Candle
Give it 7 hours
Gets good by 7h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 10h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 57% of owners
Steam reviews 78% positive of 1,190
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (57%); after 10h it's 1 in 14 (7%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- The opening is criticised more than in 86% of games we track.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- Only 57% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 1,193 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 291 reviews: 11.2h for positive, 4.6h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (56.7% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.
All achievements (23)
- Adventure Awaits Your journey is just beginning... 100%
- Back Slap Think carefully how to protect yourself from that rock 69%
- Run, Teku! Escape from a chasing Wakcha 51%
- Rainmaker Use the light burst power of your candle to unveil a hidden painting 42%
- Across the marshes Complete Act 1 41%
- Alley-oop Jump over a Wakcha 40%
- Do not annoy the animals Monkeys don't want to be disturbed 38%
- Hara-Kiri I'm sure this is not what you wanted to do here... 37%
- Sticky Plants Jumping is not always possible 35%
- The great storm Complete Act 2 33%
- Feels like Another World This rings a bell... 33%
- The light of hope Complete Act 3 31%
- Oops! Remember to turn off your candle while you are hidden 30%
- Nice try... Your candle is not THAT powerful 28%
- Light Guide Ignite all the fire spots throughout the adventure 27%
- Bird Mother A mother always protects her children 25%
- Dammit! Fall into the same trap twice 24%
- How ironic! Fire is not always your ally 23%
- Leap of Faith Drop from a high spot and stay alive 22%
- Your courage is not enough Try to confront the monster on your own 21%
- Perfect Match Win the game and do not lose more than 1 token 19%
- Merman Survive underwater for over a minute 18%
- My Baby Blue Spread the blue fire as much as possible 17%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.