Name: Nintendo Switch
Brand: Nintendo
Price: 292 USD

Summary

While We Wait Here blends horror with a kitchen management simulator, offering dialogue choices and multiple endings.
The previous game by developer Bad Vices Games, Ravenous Devils, also mixed horror with cooking, setting expectations high for While We Wait Here.
Set to release on October 23 for $4.99, the game will offer a discount on launch day.

While We Wait Here released a launch trailer with an October 23 release date. Bad Vices Games' While We Wait Here is a story-driven title that appears poised to blend aspects that psychological horror and thriller movie fans love about the genre with the perspective of a kitchen management game. The game will additionally feature various dialogue choices and multiple endings.

While We Wait Here is not Bad Vices Games' first title, nor is it the first release by the developer to involve cooking in a horror setting. Ravenous Devils mixed its cooking background with a more hands-on approach to horror, allowing its players to participate in butchering civilians, drawing Sweeney Todd comparisons. Some gamers considered Ravenous Devils to be an indie horror gem, which sets high expectations for Bad Vices Games' next title.

Ravenous Devils promotional photo on left and screenshot from the gruesome cooking simulator on the right

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By Jeff Drake

While We Wait Here will release on October 23 for $4.99 on PC, PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch. Players who purchase it on launch day will receive a discount. While We Wait Here sets out to blend the elements of a horror experience with the more laid-back approach of a kitchen management simulator. This style of gameplay may allow for a more creative approach to storytelling, as there are plenty of horror games that hinge on mechanics like hunting the player, but there are few notable horror releases that use cooking as its focus. This game will use the monotony of running a diner and serving customers with their own perspectives on the world, and juxtapose it with the absurdity of a world-ending catastrophe.

While We Wait Here Sets October 23 Release Date

While We Wait Here takes on the backdrop of a kitchen-management simulator like the cozy title Venba, but imbues it with psychological horror tropes, seemingly aimed at provoking the player’s thoughts and asking meaningful questions about mortality. The game's launch trailer opens up questioning whether its protagonists are in the right for making decisions that seemingly shape the fate of themselves and others.

People appear to be hyped about the possible ideas raised by the narrative. In the comment section for the trailer, a user asks "Is holding on to your memories and your special place worth the end of the world?" This question could be used as an allegory to personal relationships and feelings, which is an element present in plenty of the best psychological horror games around. The developer favorited the comment, showing that the viewer seems to have a strong idea of what's to come in While We Wait Here. Gamers can try out a demo on its Steam page, but the full release of While We Wait Here will arrive soon.

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