Why does my candle keep getting shorter?

It is burning. A lit candle burns down the whole run; roll over wax drops to feed it. Drops that match your colour give twice as much.

What happens if a draught blows my flame out?

You have three seconds to reach a brazier, which stands on the sheltered half of the bench a few metres after the draught. Touch it and the flame relights; miss it and the run is over. The freeze shield also keeps the flame in.

What is the key mould for?

At the end the wax you have left is poured into a key mould. The fuller it gets, the bigger the reward, and the win screen also shows how many little candles you lit.

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Your candle burns as it rolls. Keep the flame alive to the end.

A lit candle rolls down a workbench in a candle workshop, burning down the whole way. Feed it wax drops to keep it going, steer round the draughts that blow the flame out (or reach a brazier in three seconds to relight), light the little candles on the bench as you pass, and pour what is left into a key mould at the end.

Free to play, no download, no sign-up. Hosted with ❤ by GamerX.

How to play Candle Rush

You steer a lit candle down a workbench, dragging or using the arrow keys, and it burns down the whole way: the wax meter on the left is your clock as well as your size. Wax drops on the bench feed it, and a drop that matches your colour gives twice as much, so the colour gates matter. Draughts from open windows blow across half the bench, marked in blue on the floor; ride through one and the flame goes out, and you have three seconds to reach the brazier further on to relight it, or the run is over. Burners and spikes burn wax off. Little candles stand on the bench, and passing one with your flame alight lights it. At the end whatever wax is left is poured into a key mould, and the fuller the mould the bigger the reward.

Tips

Watch the floor for the blue strip of a draught and take the other half of the bench. Going round is always cheaper than relighting.
If the flame does go out, look for the brazier straight away. It stands on the sheltered half a few metres on, and three seconds is not long.
The candle burns all the time it is alight, so a stretch with no drops costs you. Take the drops when they come.
Matching drops give double. Pick the colour gate that suits the drops ahead, not the ones behind.

About Candle Rush

Candle Rush is a runner where the thing you steer is also the clock. The candle burns from the first second, so wax is not a score you pile up but fuel you have to keep finding, and every stretch of empty bench is a cost. The draughts give it its other decision: a strip of the bench where the flame goes out, with a brazier beyond it as the only way back, so each one asks whether you can go round it or must commit to the relight. Lighting the little candles as you pass leaves a trail of lit wicks behind you, which is the visible record of how well the run went. Babylon.js, so it is WebGL like almost everything else here.

What you need

Graphics: WebGL, which every browser from the last decade has switched on already
Controls: Keyboard or touchscreen
On a phone: Yes
Install: Nothing. It runs in this tab.

Questions

Why does my candle keep getting shorter?: It is burning. A lit candle burns down the whole run; roll over wax drops to feed it. Drops that match your colour give twice as much.
What happens if a draught blows my flame out?: You have three seconds to reach a brazier, which stands on the sheltered half of the bench a few metres after the draught. Touch it and the flame relights; miss it and the run is over. The freeze shield also keeps the flame in.
What is the key mould for?: At the end the wax you have left is poured into a key mould. The fuller it gets, the bigger the reward, and the win screen also shows how many little candles you lit.