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While We Wait Here

Bad Vices Games · 2024-10-23

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AdventureCasualSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 23, 2024 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 23, 2024 (PlayStation 4), Oct 23, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Oct 23, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S), Oct 23, 2024 (Xbox One), Oct 23, 2024 (Mac)

Share thoughts and hot food with your last ever clients, as you wait for the world to end.

12
playing now
89%
positive of 2.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (14 ratings)
3h
to beat · rushed 2h · completionist 4h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$3.59
steam price (US)

12 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Run a small diner located near a mountain range, take orders from your customers, cook them good food and serve them refreshments. The equilibrium of an ordinary working day is shattered when news of an impending catastrophe is broadcasted. Now looming over the characters is the catastrophic threat of the end of the world. At the diner, some of your customers seem to ignore it, blinded by their own problems they play the whole thing down or even refuse to believe it. Others welcome it as punishment for what they have done in their life. As you wait inside the diner, listen to their stories a(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 12 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 79 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~10/week).
  • · Review velocity up 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (486 reviews).
  • · Top 20% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 49k–109k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,428 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$3.59-28%
Microsoft Store$4.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.74 at Steam (2025-11-15)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 9 of 18 observed days · $2.25 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
43443420242026Week of 2024-10-23: 434 positiveWeek of 2024-10-23: 52 negativeWeek of 2024-10-30: 139 positiveWeek of 2024-10-30: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-11-06: 66 positiveWeek of 2024-11-06: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-11-13: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-11-13: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-11-20: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-11-20: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-27: 139 positiveWeek of 2024-11-27: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-04: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-12-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-11: 51 positiveWeek of 2024-12-11: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-12-18: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-12-18: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-25: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-12-25: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-08: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-08: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-15: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-01-15: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-22: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-01-22: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-29: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-01-29: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-05: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-02-05: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-12: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-02-12: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-19: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-02-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-26: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-03-05: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-05: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-12: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-03-12: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-19: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-03-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-26: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-02: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-04-02: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-09: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-16: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-04-23: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-04-30: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-04-30: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-07: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-14: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-05-21: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-05-28: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-05-28: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-04: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-06-11: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-06-11: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-18: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-25: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-06-25: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-02: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-02: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-09: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-09: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-16: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-23: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-07-30: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-07-30: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-06: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-08-06: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-13: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-08-13: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-20: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-08-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-27: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-03: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-03: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-10: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-17: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-09-24: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-08: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-08: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-15: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-15: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-22: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-22: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-29: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-05: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-12: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-11-12: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-11-19: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-11-19: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-11-26: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-11-26: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-03: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-12-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-10: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-12-17: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-12-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-24: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-12-24: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-31: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-12-31: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-07: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-01-14: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-01-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-21: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-21: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-28: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-04: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-02-04: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-11: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-02-11: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-18: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-02-18: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-25: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-02-25: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-04: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-03-04: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-11: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-18: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-25: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-25: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-08: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-15: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-04-15: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-22: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-04-29: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-05-06: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-13: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-20: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-27: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-03: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-06-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-10: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-17: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-06-17: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-24: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-08: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-07-08: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-15: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-22: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-07-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-29: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-05: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-08-12: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-19: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-08-26: 6 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1212026-08-11 19:00 — 6 players2026-08-12 11:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 03:00 — 4 players2026-08-13 19:00 — 4 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 7 players2026-08-16 10:00 — 4 players2026-08-17 02:00 — 4 players2026-08-17 18:00 — 6 players2026-08-18 10:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 4 players2026-08-19 17:00 — 3 players2026-08-20 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 5 players2026-08-22 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 00:00 — 6 players2026-08-23 16:00 — 5 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 5 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-27 00:00 — 3 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 5 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 4 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 10 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 6 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 12 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$2.742024-10-232026-08-272024-10-23 — best price $4.492024-10-30 — best price $4.992024-12-09 — best price $3.992024-12-16 — best price $4.992025-02-01 — best price $3.492025-02-08 — best price $4.992025-03-13 — best price $3.242025-03-20 — best price $4.992025-05-25 — best price $2.992025-06-01 — best price $4.992025-07-26 — best price $3.492025-08-02 — best price $4.992025-08-26 — best price $2.992025-09-02 — best price $4.992025-10-20 — best price $3.242025-11-03 — best price $4.992025-11-15 — best price $2.742025-11-22 — best price $4.992025-12-18 — best price $3.492026-01-05 — best price $4.992026-02-17 — best price $2.992026-02-23 — best price $4.992026-04-13 — best price $3.242026-04-20 — best price $4.992026-06-02 — best price $3.992026-06-09 — best price $4.992026-06-25 — best price $3.742026-07-02 — best price $3.992026-07-09 — best price $4.992026-08-24 — best price $3.592026-08-27 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

16
achievements tracked
75.6%
earned "The hunter's training"
48.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsAdjustable Text SizeColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsPlayable without Timed InputDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller Support1 DLC

14 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Turkish, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,08529%16
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)10152%15
Switch (Nintendo)100%0

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

Player tags

FunnyCasualHorrorMysteryControllerSimulationStory RichFirst-PersonChoices MatterPixel Graphics

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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