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While Waiting
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.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-04 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-15.
“The embodiement of that "what if I suddently did this" question in our head. Simply an amazing experience, I felt genuine sadness seeing myself reach the end of this game but it is polished from start to finish with a charming story and a lot of humour; the art style is very…”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“I really liked the game, but there are some things that annoyed me so so much. Pros: The story is very nice, and the levels really are a connected story all together. The art is really good, and there are a lot of easter eggs and funny things. Cons: Usually, in a level based…”
— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs played“Loved it the art is super cute https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpFHvRlKiAU&list=PLHO_p3rWIB6fsThocll8xlk_TJ1_1t1Wo&index=61”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Steam Spring Sale Event! Get 35% off While Waiting for a Limited Time
The time for spring and the start of a new season is upon us, hence, a Steam Spring Sale event! Make sure to get While Waiting for 35% off from 03/19-26 -- limited time offer ⭐ Presented by the team b
While Waiting on SALE for Steam's Winter Sale Event!
35% off discount! 🎁 Give the gift of While Waiting, or play it yourself this holiday season. Presented by the team behind critically acclaimed "Moncage", this is a transformative adventure exploring t
Steam Autumn Sale is Live!
While Waiting in the Steam Autumn Sale Fall is upon us, and with the smell of freshly brewed pumpkin-spiced coffees, warm pies, and that subtle, but certain fall breeze, you can now wait - at a discou
Upcoming Summer Sale + NEW Announcement!
Hey everyone! “While Waiting” will be participating in Steam’s upcoming big “Summer Sale” event, starting this Thursday, June 26th, and running until July 10th !! 🌞🏖️ So if you or a friend is interest
An Interview with the Creator of While Waiting
While Waiting is, in fact, a long dream. In it, Adam experiences his entire life and what the future has in store for him. When players restart the game, everything resets and begins anew. So no matte
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-15.
| Genres | Adventure, Casual, Indie |
| Player tags | Adventure · Comedy · Puzzle · Cute · Wholesome · Funny · Linear · Colorful · Cartoon · Singleplayer · Indie · Narrative (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 8 |
| Official site | https://optillusion.games/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Processor: 1.2 GHz Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: 1024MB VRAM Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 3 GB available space