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
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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