While We Wait Here (2024)

- Developer
- Bad Vices Games
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS
- Genres
- Adventure, Casual, Simulation
- Rating
- 4.5 of 5, 2,372 player ratings
- Typical playtime
- about 3.1 hours
- Where to get it
- Steam

The catalog in 3D
The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A tense, darkly humorous kitchen management game where ordinary cooking shifts into existential dread as the world ends outside your diner.
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What players say
Players praise the narrative and character backstories, though some find them predictable. The game is very short at around two hours, blending a cozy diner simulation with horror elements, but some feel the horror tag is misleading. A few players note AI-generated dialogue, and the controls are described as cumbersome initially.
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