Candleman vs Leaving home
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Candleman
Embark on an action-adventure journey as a small candle with a limited light source. Navigate challenging levels in darkness, utilizing light and shadow mechanics to overcome obstacles and uncover hidden treasures in an enchanting fairytale world.
- 10-second light mechanic
- Light and shadow gameplay
- Challenging levels
- Enchanted environments
- Fairytale story
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Despite only being able to burn for 10 seconds, a little candle journeys into the darkness, with the purpose of seeking light. Candleman is a distinctive action adventure story entwined with low-light gameplay. Acting as a little candle who can burn for only 10 seconds, venture through an unsettling darkness with challenging levels and a smooth difficulty curve. Struggle to overcome obstacles based on the mechanics of light and shadow, explore a wide range of enchanted environments, and unveil hidden treasure as you seek the distant light. Features • Journey through dark, enchanting worlds with 10 seconds of light. • Face innovative challenges rooted in the mechanics of light and shadow. • Be immersed in a stunning fairytale that highlights everyday issues.
Leaving home
A handcrafted point-and-click adventure game featuring quirky challenges and surreal surprises. Solve original puzzles across eight interconnected rooms, each with its own soundtrack, to escape.
- Point-and-click adventure gameplay
- Handcrafted puzzles
- Eight interconnected rooms
- Unique soundtrack per room
- Surreal surprises
- Quirky challenges
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It’s 7:00 AM, the alarm rings. Some mornings feel heavier than others... From puzzle maestro Bart Bonte comes a point-and-click adventure filled with quirky challenges, surreal surprises and moody tunes. Undo the knots in your mind, one click at a time... Leaving Home is a completely handcrafted point-and-click adventure that takes you through eight interconnected rooms, each with its own soundtrack, full of original puzzles that you must solve to make your way out.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Candleman at none against Leaving home's shown. Candleman also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Leaving home's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 11 months) and ratings volume (435 vs 43). On price, rating, review sentiment and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Candleman sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Leaving home sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Candleman against 4.8 for Leaving home. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Leaving home has 435 ratings behind it against 43, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 88% of Candleman's written reviews are positive against 94% of Leaving home's.
Candleman ships an update every 11 months, Leaving home every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Candleman | Leaving home |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (43 ratings) | 4.8 (435 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 88.5% of reviews | 93.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 43 | 435 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1.3 GB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Beijing Jiao Dian Chuang Yi digital technology Co.,Ltd. | Bart BONTE |
Customer experience
Candleman
Leaving home
Bugs and requests
Candleman
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Leaving home
Requested features
2 requests- More games like this
- Longer game duration
In-app purchases
Candleman
- Candleman full game$4.99
Leaving home
- no ads$2.99
