Move through the wave
Use positioning to open escape lanes and pull enemies into the paths of Split-Buy Drones, the Moving Average, the Volume Bomb, and other automatic weapons. A good survivor keeps moving without abandoning useful drops.
A five-minute market survivor
Candle Survivor
Survive the market. Step onto a living price chart, weave through waves of candle monsters, and build an automatic arsenal before the closing bell.
Every survivor run is compact, readable, and unpredictable: market conditions shift, level-up cards reshape your build, and the pressure keeps climbing until you are liquidated or make it through all five minutes.
What you trade
A stock-market survivor-like with no time to stand still
Candle Survivor turns chart language into an arcade survival arena. Red and green candle monsters close from every direction while your equipped weapons fire automatically, leaving you free to steer, collect Market Data Shards, and choose the next market edge.
Pick one market edge
Experience triggers level-up cards. Add a weapon, raise an existing weapon toward level six, or improve a passive stat. Later choices can unlock overclocks and powerful weapon evolutions when their conditions are met.
Recover the chart
Health Candles restore HP, Magnet Orders increase pickup range, Shield Hedges block a hit, and Bonus Dividends add seed money on the result screen. Drops are opportunities, but reaching one safely is part of the decision.
Core systems
The market changes the rules around your build
Bull Market, Bear Market, Sideways Market, Volatility Spike, and Panic Sell phases alter the pressure during a run. A survivor must read the phase banner, the crowd around the player, and the next available route rather than relying on one fixed rhythm.
Survival Dividends
Reach the 90, 150, 220, and 285 second milestones to claim a Market survival reward. Dividend choices strengthen the run, but they also raise Threat, so every payout makes the next wave hit harder.
Circuit Breakers
The rare Circuit Breaker drop deals heavy damage to on-screen enemies and briefly halts them. Its banner says it plainly: “Spawns halt and enemies freeze.” Use that pause to rebuild space instead of wasting it.
Boss pressure
Boss encounters add shockwaves, liquidation zones, minions, and danger zones to an already crowded chart. Defeating a boss releases an XP wave and may leave a Golden Chest with an evolution or premium upgrade choice.
Final Liquidation
The closing stretch is not a safe victory lap. Rising Threat and market events test whether your damage, defense, pickup reach, and movement plan grew together. The strongest survivor build still needs careful steering.
Between runs
Build a portfolio, then choose your trader
Results award Portfolio Seed Money. Spend it in the local portfolio shop on Bonds, Growth, Dividend, and Derivatives nodes that improve future starting stats. Opening Capital and Stop-Loss Line support durability; Analyst Terminal and Leveraged Bet support offense; Magnet Wallet and Dividend Reinvestment improve collection and recovery.
Trader choices change the opening profile. The Retail Investor starts available with Split-Buy Drones. The Day Trader and Value Investor can be unlocked through continued play, offering different starting weapons and stat tradeoffs. Best score, longest survival, most kills, portfolio progress, and language preference remain in this browser through local storage.
Play anywhere
Free in a browser
Candle Survivor runs on the web with keyboard controls on desktop and a touch joystick on supported mobile devices. There is no installer and no account gate. Open the game, choose a trader, and start a new five-minute run.
Ready for the opening bell?
Start playing now, or use the guides to learn the controls, milestones, evolution priorities, and portfolio order first.