While Waiting (2020) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

While Waiting

While Waiting is a single-player story and exploration game which utilises one single space to reveal a fascinating story to you, the player. You play as Henry, a young man who revisits his old life to find…

18 September 2020

What While Waiting is

While Waiting was released in 2020. It is available on Nintendo Switch, Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

While Waiting is a single-player story and exploration game which utilises one single space to reveal a fascinating story to you, the player. You play as Henry, a young man who revisits his old life to find out things he never wanted to find out. You will help him to find his way through his various mental stages.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

While Waiting launched on 18 September 2020, within three weeks of Marvel's Avengers, Hades, Hades and Genshin Impact. It arrived 3 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Marvel's Avengers, Hades, Hades, Genshin Impact.

While Waiting — frequently asked questions