Candleman: The Complete Journey Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-06-09
- Excellent and creative level design
- Excellent audio and sound design
- Unique and varied gameplay mechanics
- Difficulty spikes cause frustration
- Gameplay is weak and unoriginal
- Story is vague and unengaging
Emotions
Archetypes
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 1,256
- Positive
- 1,15692.0%
- Negative
- 1008.0%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 87,593
- Estimated revenue
- $1,313,019
- Game price
- $15
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 32.14%
- Estimated copies lost
- 209
- Estimated revenue lost
- $3,133
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 32.1% Avg playtime 1.1h | 117.9% Avg playtime 1h |
| > 2h playtime | 75% Avg playtime 8.5h | 11985% Avg playtime 11.2h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 0.1 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 4.4 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 3,047.3 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
140 total
Organic purchasers9970.7%
Voted up: 90%
Key activations4129.3%
Voted up: 100%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
140 total
First impression0-2h1812.9%
Voted up: 83%
Mid game2-10h8057.1%
Voted up: 93%
Late game10-20h3726.4%
Voted up: 97%
Endgame20h+53.57%
Voted up: 100%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
100.0%
Global baseline 92.9%
7 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 1,256 total.