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2024PCPlayStationXboxNintendo SwitchSteam Deck verified90 % 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.

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  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Distinctive, stylised art style
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The closest matches for While We Wait Here are Milky Way Prince: The Vampire Star, Train of Afterlife and Emily is Away. 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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Milky Way Prince: The Vampire Star

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2020PCPlayStationXboxNintendo SwitchSteam Deck verified83 % positive14.79 €

  • Strong, story-driven narrative
  • Accessible and relaxed
  • Dark, serious atmosphere

A visual novel about a dysfunctional, abusive romance over one summer, with branching paths and unexpected twists. Its standout mechanic lets you choose sensory interactions with the protagonist's boyfriend.

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Train of Afterlife

Strong, story-driven narrative

A short visual novel in which you wake without memory or body on a nameless train and talk with five fellow passengers to uncover their pasts and your own truth. It focuses on dialogue, mystery and an eerie afterlife mood.

Emily is Away

Linear, curated structure

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.

Buddy Simulator 1984

Strong, story-driven narrative

A retro 1980s-style computer game pastiche in which a seemingly friendly AI buddy leads you through mini-games while an unsettling secret gradually unfolds. A short, surprising experience that plays with your expectations.

Monorail Stories

Linear, curated structure

A calm, narrative-driven adventure where you ride the monorail and uncover the small and big stories of ordinary commuters. It focuses on encounters, friendship and intertwined fates rather than combat.

Missed Messages.

Strong, story-driven narrative

A short, text-message-driven visual novel where you chat with a mysterious goth girlfriend through a phone. It blends romance, memes and horror, and hinges on a surprising shift in perspective.

Katawa Shoujo

Linear, curated structure

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.

Videoverse

Distinctive, stylised art style

A nostalgic narrative adventure set in the era of early internet forums and retro consoles. It centers on friendship, romance and conversations within an online social community.

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.

Amplitude: A Visual Novel

Strong, story-driven narrative

A story-focused visual novel where you play a murder victim who strikes a shady deal, using a borrowed body to seek revenge and uncover the truth. Mystery and romance drive the experience.

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