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2024PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck verified89 % positive4.99 €

You run a diner serving the last customers while the world ends outside. Between flipping burgers and talking with guests, a quiet, reflective story about time and human psychology unfolds.

  • Post-apocalyptic setting
  • Emotional impact
  • Pixel art
  • Dialogue and role-playing
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In short: Games like While We Wait Here

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes While We Wait Here special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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The Red Strings Club

86 %Match

2018USK 18PC, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck verified93 % positive14.79 €

Brings what grabs you about While We Wait Here: emotional impact, dialogue where you play your role and pixel art.

A dense cyberpunk narrative game where you work as a bartender, potter and phone impersonator to steer people and expose a corporate conspiracy. It raises thoughtful questions about fate, happiness and the ethics of technology.

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Coffee Talk

Dialogue and role-playing

You run a late-night coffee shop in an alternate Seattle full of elves, orcs and vampires, mixing drinks and listening to your customers. Gentle, heartfelt conversations, lo-fi music and pixel art make for a calm, warm experience.

Emily is Away

Emotional impact

A nostalgic interactive story told entirely through an early-2000s instant messenger, where your chat replies over several years shape a bittersweet relationship with Emily.

Stay

Strong, story-driven narrative

You talk with an abducted man trapped in an abandoned house, trying to help him through text conversation and light puzzles. Your choices and the time you take shape multiple endings in this tense, emotional tale.

Closer the Distance

Emotional impact

An emotional small-town life sim in which you step into the shoes of different residents after a loss, nurture relationships and uncover hidden secrets. The focus is on story and human bonds rather than combat.

Winion Virus

Strong, story-driven narrative

A pixel-art horror visual novel with point-and-click gameplay where you fix errors inside a computer. Cute graphics contrast with a dark fairy-tale story full of twists.

Little Kite

Strong, story-driven narrative

A short, narrative-driven indie game about one tragic evening in a dysfunctional family where tensions boil over. The focus is on emotion and atmosphere rather than mechanics.

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