While Waiting
Skip · Narrative · 2025
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 38, under the fair line, at $19.99. Fair at $6.65, lower than any Steam price we have tracked since Feb 2025 (lowest $12.99, Sep 2025).
- Length
- 4.5h 13.6h to 100%
- Value
- $4.44/hr
- Reviews
- 80% of 344 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at $6.65 or less.
Buy now or wait
Next discount: likely in the Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4, at about $12.99 (35% off). Calls like this were right 89% of the time in a backtest over 70 weeks.
Discounted in each of its last 7 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 3 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
About the game
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.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, 1024MB VRAM, 3 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
The value story
10 discounts in the 2 years on record, a median of 35 percent off across all of them, roughly 11 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 3 days ago.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 40 percent on value. It is pricier than 86 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 66 percent. Lil' Guardsman ($19.99, scores 69) outscores it, and so does PHOGS! ($4.99, scores 55). Both sit among its closest neighbours.
More about While Waiting
Steam's global achievement data puts about 15 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On a 4.5-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour. 1 of the 232 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here comes from a buyer who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written February 2025 to July 2026.
Finishing takes 4.5 hours; clearing it takes 14, which is 3.0 times the campaign.
Valve rates it Steam Deck Verified, and at 4.5 hours it is short enough to finish on one.
The drop-off
99% start to 15% finishA normal fall-off for a game this long. Steam global achievements
Players
- Players online
- 1 when we last checked, on Oct 1, 07:53 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
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 unique and I love it.
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
A journey of life, from start to finish, with it's joyous ups and tearful downs, and everything inbetween. Very simple gameplay, with a surprisingly touching story.
I'll start by pointing out the same thing as other people: this is not worth full price. The idea had potential, and some levels were fun, but this is a game that fundamentally does not respect your time. Some objectives require perfect performance on a task in the middle of a level, which is already challenging given the often hostile control scheme, but you MUST start the level over and fulfill all the...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
While Waiting scores 38/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/2449160/while-waitingReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.