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2024USK 18PC, 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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Coffee Talk: Episode 2 - Hibiscus & Butterfly

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2023USK 12PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck verified96 % positive14.79 €

Fits your focus: Combat like While We Wait Here.

You run a late-night coffee shop in an alternate Seattle, brewing drinks for fantasy creatures and listening to their troubles. A calm, warm visual novel with lo-fi music and pixel art where conversation takes center stage.

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Coffee Talk

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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

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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.

The Red Strings Club

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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.

Closer the Distance

  • Combat like While We Wait Here

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.

Stay

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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.

Katawa Shoujo

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A story-driven visual novel set at a school for disabled students, where you live through five distinct romance routes as Hisao. It focuses on heartfelt character drama, with choices steering you onto each heroine's path.

Opus: Rocket of Whispers

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You wander snowy wastelands as survivors of a dying world, gathering rocket parts to send the dead off on a final journey to the stars. A calm, emotional narrative adventure with a moving soundtrack and a melancholic mood.

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