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While Waiting cover art

While Waiting

Optillusion · 2025-02-05

Steam

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Feb 05, 2025 (Mac), Feb 05, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), TBD (iOS), TBD (Android), Feb 05, 2025 (Nintendo Switch)

Presented by the team behind critically acclaimed "Moncage", this is a transformative adventure exploring the art of waiting. Clear the game by doing nothing, but discover the power of acceptance and patience in numerous situations from birth to death. Learn to embrace life as you wait.

While Waiting is a 2025 Adventure, Casual, Indie game priced at $19.99, with an owner estimate of 0 .. 20,000 and a Very Positive sentiment (80% of 344 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-10-16

80%
positive of 344 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
5h
to beat · rushed 5h
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 29% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (56 reviews).
  • · Top 23% of 29,775 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 6.9k–15k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 344 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $12.99 at Steam (2025-09-29)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days · $7.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
484820252026Week of 2025-02-05: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-02-05: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-02-12: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-02-12: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-19: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-02-19: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-26: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-02-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-05: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-05: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-12: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-03-12: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-19: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-19: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-26: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-02: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-02: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-09: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-16: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-23: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-30: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-30: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-28: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-04: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-11: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-18: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-25: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-16: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-23: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-30: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-06: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-08: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-15: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-22: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-19: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-26: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-01-07: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-28: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-28: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-18: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-04: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-04: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-25: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-25: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-26: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$12.992025-02-052026-10-152025-02-05 — best price $17.992025-02-19 — best price $19.992025-03-13 — best price $14.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-03-21 — best price $14.992025-04-04 — best price $19.992025-05-08 — best price $14.992025-05-12 — best price $19.992025-06-26 — best price $13.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-09-29 — best price $12.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992025-12-18 — best price $12.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-03-19 — best price $12.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-06-25 — best price $12.992026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-10-02 — best price $12.992026-10-15 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

8
achievements tracked
99.1%
earned "The Journey Begins"
17.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportGamepad RecommendedDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

12 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3544%8
Switch (Nintendo)40%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

CuteDramaFunnyIndieCasualComedyLinearPuzzleCartoonColorful

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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