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Games like The Candle

Games like The Candle

A short spooky adventure game about exploring a haunted manor and laying a spirit to rest, with a playful undercurrent.

Candleman: The Complete Journey
A compact, atmospheric action-adventure about a candle with a 10-second flame exploring darkness to find light.
2018-01-31
- Action

Platform

Puzzle

Adventure

Third person

Bird view / Isometric

Indie

Role-playing (RPG)

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Flicker of Hope

A brief atmospheric stealth thriller where you play a candle hiding from plague victims in a dark cathedral.

2020-08-02

Puzzle
Thriller
Adventure
Horror
Survival
Indie
Side view
Stealth
Mystery

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Wood and Flesh: A Candleforth Short Story

A short, cozy-horror point-and-click puzzle adventure in the Tales from Candleforth universe about assembling a Pinocchio-like figure, lasting about 15 minutes.

2025-01-04

First person
Adventure
Horror
Indie
Mystery
Point-and-click

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Joyville 2

A short, approachable first-person horror puzzle-adventure in an abandoned children's camp, with parallel-world exploration and a tone reviewers describe as scary but funny.

2024-12-13

Action
First person
Puzzle
Adventure
Horror
Indie

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JANITOR BLEEDS

A short, slow-paced mystery-horror adventure in an abandoned arcade where you solve mysteries and survive a hostile shelter.

2022-04-07

Action
First person
Puzzle
Adventure
Horror
Survival
Indie
Arcade
Mystery

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Creepy Shift: House For Sale

A brief ~3-hour horror-simulation game where you repair a house before dawn while uncovering dark secrets and facing jump scares.

2025-04-14

Shooter
Action
First person
Comedy
Puzzle
Horror
Survival
Indie
Simulator
Mystery

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Lightkeeper's Curse

A compact single-player horror puzzle adventure about restoring light in a cursed keep while evading lurking darkness.

2025-10-09

First person
Puzzle
Adventure
Horror
Strategy
Fantasy
Indie
Simulator

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Mind the Clown

A short, tense indie horror game about hiding from a demonic clown and burning posters to break a curse.

2025-09-19

Action
First person
Adventure
Horror
Survival
Indie
Stealth
Mystery

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Invasion of The Halloween Fiends

A brief first-person retro horror game where you survive Halloween night by dealing with candy-seeking visitors, some of whom are dangerous.

2024-10-01

Adventure
Indie

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Fooling Dead

A compact single-player horror mystery with multiple endings, mixing supernatural investigation and jumpscares in an under-an-hour April Fool's Day tragedy.

2026-02-22

First person
Puzzle
Adventure
Horror
Indie

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The Anomaly Manor

A roughly three-and-a-half-hour single-player horror adventure where you photograph anomalies in a haunted mansion and flee from wandering souls.

2026-01-16

First person
Adventure
Horror
Indie

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The House of Toys

A short, tense horror puzzle game set in an old mansion where players investigate cursed toys via clue-hunting and intricate puzzles under tight time limits.

2025-10-27

Action
First person
Puzzle
Adventure
Horror
Indie
Kids