While Waiting
A transformative adventure exploring the art of waiting. Clear the game by doing nothing, but discover the power of acceptance and patience in 100+ situations from birth to death. Learn to embrace life as you…
While Waiting is an adventure developed by Optillusion, released 5 February 2025 on Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS and Mac.
What While Waiting is
While Waiting is an adventure game developed by Optillusion and released in 2025. It is available on Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
A transformative adventure exploring the art of waiting. Clear the game by doing nothing, but discover the power of acceptance and patience in 100+ situations from birth to death. Learn to embrace life as you wait.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
While Waiting launched on 5 February 2025, within three weeks of Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, Avowed, Sid Meier's Civilization VII and Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii. It arrived 8 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, Avowed, Sid Meier's Civilization VII, Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii.
Official trailer
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