Comparison

Candleman vs Games Fair

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 10-second light mechanic
  • Light and shadow gameplay
  • Challenging levels
  • Enchanted environments
  • Fairytale story
Features
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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.

About

Games Fair

A free, open-source collection of classic puzzle and arcade games. Enjoy timeless gameplay with features like haptic feedback, high score tracking, and auto-save. Play offline with a comfortable dark theme.

Highlights
  • Block Blast puzzle game
  • Classic falling-block gameplay
  • Tap-based arcade challenges
  • Brick-breaking action
  • Sudoku with multiple difficulties
  • Tile-merging number puzzles
  • Haptic feedback
  • Offline play
Features
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Games Fair is a free, open-source collection of classic puzzle and arcade games, in one app that never asks you for anything. SOLITAIRE Klondike, turning one card at a time or three. With Winnable Deals Only on, a solver plays every deal through to a win before it reaches the table, and Hint shows a move on the way. Once every card is face up, the rest fly home by themselves. BLOCK BLAST Drag pieces onto the board and fill rows and columns to clear them. Clear on back-to-back moves for a combo, or empty the whole board for a 5,000-point bonus. BREAKOUT Clear the bricks. Power-ups widen the paddle, slow the ball, or let it smash straight through. Levels get faster. FALLING BLOCKS The one you already know how to play. Lines clear, the level climbs, the pieces come quicker. SUDOKU Puzzles at several difficulties, with the number pad where your thumb already is. 2048 Slide the tiles, watch them merge, chase your best score. Reaching 2048 is not the end if you do not want it to be. CHARADES Hold the phone to your forehead while your friends give clues, nod when you guess right, and tip your head back to pass. Decks run from animals and movies to sayings and things to act out, and the screen stays on for the whole round. MINES The classic sweeper. Your first tap is always safe, holding a square plants a flag, and a number with all its flags opens the rest around it. Three board sizes, each shaped to fit your screen. LANGUAGES Menus, instructions and accessibility labels are in 13 languages. Charades has localized animal and food decks in each of them, and twenty-one themed decks in English. WHAT IT DOES NOT DO No advertising. No purchases. No account. No network access at all — every game runs entirely on your device. Your progress is saved when you leave a game and restored when you come back, including if the phone puts the app to sleep mid-round. Games Fair is published by the App Fair Project and is free software under the GNU Affero General Public License, with an exception for distribution through the app stores. It is built with the Day framework: one Rust codebase drawing itself with each platform's real native widgets. github.com/Games-Fair/Games-Fair

Screenshots

Candleman4 screens
Games Fair4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Games Fair at none against Candleman's 1. Games Fair also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 11 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Candleman's advantage is ratings volume (43 vs 3) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, monetization model and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Candleman sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Games Fair asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Games Fair holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Candleman has 43 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of Candleman's written reviews are positive against 100% of Games Fair's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Candleman ships an update every 11 months, Games Fair every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Candleman versus Games Fair: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCandlemanGames Fair
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (43 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews88.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings43 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 11 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size1.3 GB27 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperMing GaoThe App Fair Project Inc

Customer experience

Candleman

All ratings43 ratings
Positive90.7%
Neutral2.3%
Negative7.0%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive88.5%
Neutral3.8%
Negative7.7%

Games Fair

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Candleman

One-time1
  • Candleman full game$4.99
None

Games Fair

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Candleman free?
Candleman is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Games Fair free?
Games Fair is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Candleman or Games Fair?
Games Fair is rated higher. Candleman averages 4.6 out of 5 from 43 ratings, while Games Fair averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Candleman or Games Fair have ads?
Neither Candleman nor Games Fair shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Candleman or Games Fair?
Candleman ships an update every 11 months, and Games Fair every 4 days. Most recently, Candleman was updated on November 2, 2026 and Games Fair on October 31, 2026.

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