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Dawnsbury Studios · Published by Dawnsbury Studios
Very Positive — 98% positive (330 reviews) · 5 achievements
Last updated 27 Sept 2026
Lead a group of childhood friends in a series of difficult encounters played under the rules of PF2E, the second edition of a powerful tabletop OGL ruleset.
Free to PlayDJCTQ 10
Free
RPG, Strategy · 2023 · More free games
Embark on a thrilling quest as you lead your old friends through treacherous encounters in Quest for the Golden Candelabra, a blend of role-playing and strategic gameplay from Dawnsbury Studios.
About this game
Quest for the Golden Candelabra is a 2D turn-based tactics game based on the rules of PF2E, the second edition of a powerful tabletop OGL ruleset. You lead a group of four colorful characters through a series of encounters, fighting against monsters, acquiring loot and eventually -- hopefully -- recovering the ancient artifact that's the object of your quest.
For an experienced player of tabletop roleplaying games, the entire game takes about 40 minutes to play through, from beginning to end.
You can preview the effects and success probability of all actions before you commit and weigh your options. All combat encounters are balanced but difficult: To win the game reliably and consistently, you will need to make use of almost all of your options.
For an experienced player of tabletop roleplaying games, the entire game takes about 40 minutes to play through, from beginning to end.
- Five difficult encounters in varied locations against varied monsters
- Four interesting characters to play as (an honorable orc fighter, a silent rogue, a well-spoken sorcerer, and an excitable cleric)
- A complex OGL-based rule system which makes for strong strategic gameplay
Cut straight into the gameplay
This game is a cinematic experience, where you fight one combat encounter after another, and these fights are interspersed only with (voiced!) cinematic cutscenes. The game doesn't waste your time: animations are lightning fast, cutscenes skippable, and you can really focus on the engaging combat experience.Powerful rule system
Each turn, you get three actions to spend on moving, attacking, casting spells, taking combat maneuvers, drinking potions and defensive or other actions.You can preview the effects and success probability of all actions before you commit and weigh your options. All combat encounters are balanced but difficult: To win the game reliably and consistently, you will need to make use of almost all of your options.
Story of the Dawnsbury Four
Experience the first steps of an up-and-coming party of young adventurers as they take on their first quest and attempt to recover an artifact that has once protected their beloved home town.A taste of Dawnsbury Days
This game is greatly expanded upon in the follow-up game, Dawnsbury Days, which contains the content from Quest for the Golden Candelabra but also allows you to create and customize your own characters, enhances art and rules fidelity and otherwise greatly improves upon this game, and most importantly, adds additional combat encounters and additional character levels. You don't need to play this game first. Dawnsbury Days contains the full story that's contained in this game.System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
Minimum:
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 64bit
- Processor: Intel i5 2.9 GHz
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: GTX 970
- DirectX: Version 9.0
- Storage: 800 MB available space
- Additional Notes: 1920x1080
Recommended
Recommended:
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 64bit
- Processor: Intel i7-7700K
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: GTX 1070
- DirectX: Version 9.0
- Storage: 800 MB available space
- Additional Notes: 2560x1440
Supported Languages
English*
*languages with full audio support
*languages with full audio support
Latest news
AnnouncementsOfficial
Dawnsbury Days, the sequel, is now released!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2693730/Dawnsbury_Days/ Dawnsbury Days, the sequel to Quest for the Golden Candelabra, has just been released. It includes all the content in this game and more: A more advanced implementation of the PF2E tabletop system, with more rules fidelity and more options A character builder 12 classes, from the Fighter to the Wizard to the Kineticist, each with different play patterns 110+ feats and 70+ spells to further customize your characters 20+ encounters in the main story-driven adventure path, and 10+ additional scenarios in free encounter mode Character level cap is 4. The continuation of the story of the Dawnsbury Four Support for custom maps, encounters and portraits Support for custom mods to add new ancestries, feats, rules and more Let me show you some screenshots! First, the main battle screen has a minor visual overhaul, notably for the map itself: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44022309/2492da68ff70de6f5847c6c74aa08468fddb7cbc.png Next, it contains an advanced character builder that lets you build a variety of characters (I'll repeat: 12 classes, 110+ feats, 70+ spells): {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44022309/a4e7a8195ab4635334bb4fb7558658df3d64a9f3.png There is also a very large number of items — weapons, armor, consumables and other useful things you can take with you on the adventure: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44022309/464583a5c0f7945ec9beacd4f7b99b7b36947cc5.png Of course, the main mode in the Story mode which contains an extended campaign that takes you from level 1 to level 4: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44022309/b66b63e95c13e044298335a441572bdfde889446.png And finally, the new game supports modding. Already 17 mods are available from the Steam Workshop, including, for example, DawnniExpanded, which adds an additional class, 35+ additional feats, 7 additional spells, dozens of new items and more: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44022309/677a0f178ef6a77567a740ddba01de660f3b714a.png If you find any of this of interest, please consider checking out Dawnsbury Days! https:...Read full article on Community Announcements (Dawnsbury Studios)AnnouncementsOfficial
Dawnsbury Days releases March 8th
Dawnsbury Days, the sequel to Quest for the Golden Candelabra, will be released in three weeks, on March 8th! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2693730/Dawnsbury_Days/ Dawnsbury Days includes Quest for the Golden Candelabra, improves on it and then continues where it left off! Dawnsbury Days also allows you to build your own characters from among 12 classes, over 100 feats and over 70 spells! Please consider wishlisting Dawnsbury Days to get an alert when it releases!Read full article on Community Announcements (Dawnsbury Studios)AnnouncementsOfficial
Dawnsbury Days playtest begins
The sequel to this game, Dawnsbury Days, is now feature-complete and entering a playtest. If you're interested in participating in this playtest, please sign up at this Google form.Read full article on Community Announcements (Dawnsbury Studios)AnnouncementsOfficial
You can now wishlist Dawnsbury Days on Steam!
Dawnsbury Days, the sequel to Quest for the Golden Candelabra, now has its own Steam page at https://store.steampowered.com/app/2693730/Dawnsbury_Days/. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44022309/2492da68ff70de6f5847c6c74aa08468fddb7cbc.png The sequel builds on top of this game, and adds among other things: A level 1-4 adventure path with 16 additional encounters; plus an extra 10+ extra encounters Character customization with 4 ancestries, 9 classes, over 100 feats and over 60 spells A character level cap of 4. Modding support for custom encounters, feats, spells, classes and more A more complete PF2E ruleset implementation If you liked Quest for the Golden Candelabra and want to experience the continuation of the story of the Dawnsbury Four or just more tactical gameplay, please go ahead and wishlist Dawnsbury Days!Read full article on Community Announcements (Dawnsbury Studios)AnnouncementsOfficial
Announcing Dawnsbury Days
I'm opening a Patreon campaign at https://www.patreon.com/dawnsbury to help fund the development of Dawnsbury Days, an expansion or a sequel to Quest for the Golden Candelabra. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44022309/a4e7a8195ab4635334bb4fb7558658df3d64a9f3.png I plan for Dawnsbury Days to contain all the content in Quest for the Golden Candelabra, plus an additional 15 encounters, a downtime mode, a character builder allowing you to create characters up to level 4, inventory management, more OGL content, a more complete PF2E implementation as well as the ability to play custom encounters. By becoming a Patreon patron, you gain access to the development build of the game, the ability to vote for content, and possibly to also suggest content for inclusion in the game. I plan to use funds from the Patreon to commission art, and to purchase assets I will need for the greater scope of Dawnsbury Days. If: you're interested in seeing this new turn-based tactics game with cRPG elements come to life; you're interested in living through more adventures with the Dawnsbury Four; you want to create your characters to fight in difficult encounters within the PF2E rules system then please consider joining the Dawnsbury Days Patreon! Here's the full plan for Dawnsbury Days content: A campaign of 20 encounters. The story of the Dawnsbury Four will continue after they retrieve the Golden Candelabra in another 15 encounters, with each encounter having an opening and closing cutscene. All cutscenes will still be voice acted. Better downtime mode. There will be no exploration mode, but at some points in the main adventure path, you get access to downtime and shops. Character advancement. You will advance characters from level 1 up to level 4 (one level up after every 5 encounters). Inventory management. There will be a true inventory, which also includes the armor slot. You will also earn gold to purchase magic items with during downtime. OGL content: 20 encounters; 20 monsters and hazards; 50 spe...Read full article on Community Announcements (Dawnsbury Studios)
