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Candleman is a running and jumping game. You play as a tiny candle in the dark lighting its way through a dark and foreboding environment. It's unusual because your candle only last for 10 seconds, after which it's dark and really hard to navigate so you must find other candles to light and extend your range so you can collect objects and navigate obstacles to the end.
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Release Date: 01/02/2017
Out Now: Android, PC, PS4, Switch, Xbox One and iOS
Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds
Players: 1
Genres: Collecting, Platform (Adventure, Puzzle, Sequencing and Traversal)
Accessibility: 0 features documented (Tweet Developer )
Components: 3D Third-Person
Developer: Candleman Games (@CandlemanGames)
Costs: Purchase cost, In-Game Purchases and In-Game Pass
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