Picture a cozy candle workshop. Now picture your candle alive, and running for its life down a conveyor belt. That is Candle Rush, and it is one of the newest games in the arcade.
What you actually do
Steer your candle left and right down the belt, collecting colored wax drops as you go. Match your candle's current color to the drop and you get double the wax. Wax gates along the way let you swap colors on purpose, so you can plan ahead instead of grabbing whatever comes.
What tries to stop you
Flame jets burn straight across the belt in bursts, and frozen spike lanes sit still waiting for you to steer into them. Neither one is fast. Both are easy to dodge once you know they are coming, which is most of the fun of a second run.
The goal
At the end of the run, you pour everything you collected into a key-shaped mold. Fill it with the right amount of wax and the treasure chest at the end opens. Run dry and it stays shut, so grabbing wax is not optional, it is the whole point.
One steering key, one clear goal, and a belt that never quite slows down. If you liked Rush Freight or Sticky Sweep, this sits right next to them on the runner games shelf.
