Cinder Circle

The night is long and the dark is hungry. You are Wick, a tiny living flame guarding the last campfire in the forest. Moths, spiders, smoke crows and worse pour out of the trees — and every one of them wants to snuff your fire.

Wick shoots sparks on his own. You move: dodge the swarm, scoop up glowing embers, and feed them back to the campfire before it goes out. Every level-up lets you pick one of three cards — orbiting flames, ash bombs, a bigger ember magnet, faster fuses — and by the end of a run the screen is full of fire.

• Five-minute nights. Survive until dawn. At 4:30 the Gloom Stag charges out of the dark.
• Camp upgrades. Bank embers between runs to make Wick and the fire stronger.
• Three forests: Hollow Wood, Mire Marsh and Frost Glade, each with its own creatures.
• One-tap restart, progress saved in your browser, no sign-up, no ads.

Controls

• Keyboard: WASD or arrow keys to move · 1 / 2 / 3 to pick a card · Esc or P to pause
• Mouse / touch: hold and drag to move · tap a card to pick it