While Waiting

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• Community & Events·19 Mar 2026Official

  Steam Spring Sale Event! Get 35% off While Waiting for a Limited Time

  The time for spring and the start of a new season is upon us, hence, a Steam Spring Sale event! Make sure to get While Waiting for 35% off from 03/19-26 -- limited time offer ⭐Presented by the team behind critically acclaimed "Moncage," and now the upcoming game, "Rinthine." 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. 💛Stay tuned for some exciting new games brought to you by our indie studio teams!👀 Already interested?Make sure to check out our studio's socials for more upcoming events, game updates, devlogs, and more!Twitter/X | Instagram | Facebook | Bluesky | TikTok | YouTube | Discord From,The While Waiting Team
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• Community & Events·18 Dec 2025Official

  While Waiting on SALE for Steam's Winter Sale Event!

  Get a lovely 2D-styled puzzle game with a limited-time 35% off discount! 🎁 Give the gift of While Waiting, or play it yourself this holiday season.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. 💛*The Steam Winter Sale event ends January 05, 2026, @ 10 AM PST. We hope you all have a wonderful, warm, and peaceful Winter Holiday Season ☃️ See you in 2026. Stay tuned for some exciting new games brought to you by our indie studio teams!👀 Already interested? Check out our studio's socials and our NEW game in the works, "Project R":Twitter/X | Instagram | Facebook | Bluesky | TikTok | YouTube | Discord From,The While Waiting Team
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• Announcements·30 Sept 2025Official

  Steam Autumn Sale is Live!

  While Waiting in the Steam Autumn Sale Fall is upon us, and with the smell of freshly brewed pumpkin-spiced coffees, warm pies, and that subtle, but certain fall breeze, you can now wait - at a discount! For seven days only, While Waiting is on sale for 35% off!If you or your friends have been looking for an excuse to pick up the game at a great price, now's the time to do it! So what are you waiting for? Come play today!
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• Announcements·24 Jun 2025Official

  Upcoming Summer Sale + NEW Announcement!

  Hey everyone! “While Waiting” will be participating in Steam’s upcoming big “Summer Sale” event, starting this Thursday, June 26th, and running until July 10th!!🌞🏖️So if you or a friend is interested in finally playing this transformative adventure exploring the art of waiting, now’s the best time! WE ARE ON KICKSTARTER!Due to popular request, we have brought back this beloved game and characters in a unique comic art book form! This comic art book will not only showcase scenes and concepts from the game, but also tell you fun facts in certain scenes, evolve the story of the characters, and feature comic pages starring "Adam" from the game.To support our team and this new project from the universe of “While Waiting,” click the link below to be notified when the release is officially live! KICKSTARTER PRE-RELEASE PAGEREWARDS & MOREWe have included several tiers to purchase from with all sorts of goodies! Want to enjoy the art book in digital/physical paper form? There's a tier just for you.More curious about the game, "While Waiting," this art book is based on? We have bundle tiers that include a discounted copy, along with never-before-seen concepts!If we surpass our initial fundraising goals, we'll add even more content! Want more comics? How about art? What about a poster? Oh! What if this becomes a series! YOU can help us get there.Regarding Digital Copy Sales: Summer Steam Sale - $6 off "While Waiting" Benefit? You get the game immediately after purchase.Kickstarter's "Game Edition" Reward Tier - $5 off "While Waiting"Benefit? You get not just the game, but also extra rewards and our new comic art book! BUT you will receive these rewards after the campaign is a success.If you decide to invest in supporting our Kickstarter campaign, we greatly appreciate it! We'll talk to you all again soon 💚 - The While Waiting Team 
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• Announcements·31 May 2025Official

  An Interview with the Creator of While Waiting

  {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44166345/234eaf5ab7c58551b564bcc0c45c12a9b9007dc8.png While Waiting is, in fact, a long dream. In it, Adam experiences his entire life and what the future has in store for him. When players restart the game, everything resets and begins anew. So no matter what Adam does, he always reaches the same ending. This shows the theme of our game, which is like determinism. So like everything is determined. The reason the setting is Times Square, NY is because, as most people know, the main “New Year's Eve celebration” in the US and is one of the most iconic celebrations in the world. In the game, we have several New Year levels. It is more like the ending of the chapter, where players can see Adam grow up later. This is why the first level, the New Year level, is in Times Square. So that's why. We hope players will learn to accept and embrace their life and discard the attachment. The game includes so many stickers, but aside from the “doing nothing” sticker, none of them actually affect the game's progress in any way. Some stickers are designed to be very, very difficult, and in most levels, it's impossible to collect them in one run. That's because we intentionally make it difficult and want the players to learn how to give up. Here's a short story: So when I was young, I loved playing games, especially JRPGs. But as I get older, I was trying to complete every side quest. I know what the structures of these games are, and I tried to get all the achievements, but I never had the same feeling when I was playing JRPGs as a child. It became more like a complete to-do list. An attachment. This kind of attachment made it hard for me to truly enjoy the game. The intention behind making this game was to help players learn to let go, to experience a game with just their pure heart, feel free, and not care too much about the ending. Just enjoy the game itself. Yes, it's a very simple thing and pretty hard to do, but that is how we designed the game and hope playe...
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