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2025PEGI 7PC, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck verified75 % positive19.50 €

An unconventional game where progress comes from doing nothing: across 100+ short vignettes spanning a whole life, you practice patience and learn to accept waiting.

  • Emotional impact
  • Cosy, great for unwinding
  • Pixel art
  • Lots of humour
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Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes While Waiting special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Unpacking

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2021PEGI 3PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck verified93 % positive19.99 €

Brings what grabs you about While Waiting: emotional impact, a cosy mood to unwind and pixel art.

A meditative pixel-art puzzle about emptying moving boxes and arranging belongings across several homes. Without a single line of dialogue, it tells a touching life story purely through the objects you unpack.

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Finding Paradise

Emotional impact

Two doctors dive into a dying man's memories to artificially grant his final wish. A deeply emotional, narrative-driven pixel-art adventure with light puzzles, touches of humor and a strong soundtrack.

An Arcade Full of Cats

Pixel art

A relaxed hidden-object game where you travel through different gaming eras and worlds, hunting down and petting adorable cats. Great for short, stress-free sessions full of retro gaming nods.

Donut County

Lots of humour

You play a hole in the ground that keeps growing as it swallows trash, furniture, critters and eventually whole houses. It's a short, relaxed physics puzzler with pastel low-poly visuals and dry humor about raccoons and delivery apps.

A Fisherman's Tale

Emotional impact

A short VR puzzle adventure where you play Bob, a fisherman puppet, and solve puzzles by manipulating miniature models nested inside the world itself. Clever spatial tricks and a touching story set it apart.

The Darkside Detective

Pixel art

A funny pixel-art point-and-click adventure where Detective Francis McQueen solves short, self-contained supernatural cases. Quirky puzzles and pop-culture nods keep it light and charming rather than frustrating.

Assemble With Care

Emotional impact

A gentle puzzle game from the Monument Valley studio in which you repair old objects as a restorer in the town of Bellariva, getting to know the people and their stories along the way. The tactile taking-apart and rebuilding carries a warm, thoughtful narrative.

Dropsy

Emotional impact

A quirky point-and-click adventure where you play Dropsy the clown, solving puzzles and helping people and animals through hugs rather than words. Its odd, hand-drawn look and a warm yet shadowy story about kindness and redemption set it apart.

Inbento

Puzzles and brain teasers

You pack Japanese bento lunch boxes to match recipes, solving over 120 tricky arrangement puzzles. A sweet story about a kitten family, parenthood and growing up wraps it all in a calm, charming package.

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