PAVIO: Candle Climb

Climb before the light runs out.

You are a tiny candle flame waking up at the bottom of a dark cave. The only way out is up, and the wax that feeds your flame is all you have: it is your life, your light and your time. The less wax you have, the less you can see.

HOW TO PLAY
- Tap the screen to jump. The flame walks on its own.
- Swipe sideways while jumping to turn the flame around.
- There are no buttons on screen: one hand and one finger are enough.

LIGHT IS LIFE
- Wax burns down every second, and your light shrinks with it.
- Light torches to refill your wax and leave a glow behind you.
- The master torch at the end of every 100-meter stage refills the candle and saves your progress.
- Chain lit torches in a row to multiply your score.

HAZARDS THAT WARN YOU
- Water drops put the flame out: a sign shows on the ceiling before each one falls.
- Shadow bats only move in the dark and freeze when your light reaches them.
- Spikes glint in the shade, and rotten platforms give way under your feet.
- In the Glacier the floor is slippery and the wind pushes the flame.

FOUR BIOMES IN A LOOP
Cave, Mine, Crypt and Glacier, in an endless climb that gets faster and narrower with every stage.

ITEMS
Wax drop, lens, wax shell, winged ash and spark help you climb. Each one has up to three levels.

SHORT RUNS
A stage lasts about 40 seconds and a typical run, 1 to 3 minutes. Keep your best height and score, and restart from the beginning of the highest biome you reached.

NO ADS, NO PURCHASES, PLAY OFFLINE
PAVIO works fully offline. It only asks for the notification permission (optional news through Firebase Cloud Messaging, which you can turn off in the settings) and saves your records and your settings on the device. Available in English and Portuguese.

16-bit pixel art, with original music and sound effects.

Recent changes:
New: optional notifications with PAVIO news. Turn them off anytime in Settings > News. The game still works offline.