Cooking Horror game releases on October 23

Key Takeaways

While We Wait Here combines horror with a kitchen management simulator, with dialogue choices and multiple endings.
Developer Bad Vices Games’ previous game, Ravenous Devils, also mixed horror with cooking, raising expectations for While We Wait Here.
The game will be released on October 23 for $4.99 with a launch day discount.

While we wait here has released a launch trailer with a release date of October 23rd. Bad Vices Games While we wait here is a story-driven title that seems poised to combine aspects that fans of psychological horror and thriller films love about the genre with the perspective of a kitchen management game. The game will also feature different dialogue choices and multiple endings.

While we wait here is not Bad Vices Games’ first title, nor is it the developer’s first release to involve cooking in a horror setting. Hungry Devils blended his cooking background with a more practical approach to horror, allowing players to participate in the slaughter of civilians, drawing Sweeney Todd comparisons. Some gamers considered Hungry Devils to become an indie horror gem, setting high expectations for Bad Vices Games’ next title.

While we wait here releases on October 23 for $4.99 on PC, PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo Switch. Players who purchase it on launch day will get a discount. While we wait here aims to combine the elements of a horror experience with the more relaxed approach of a kitchen management simulator. This gameplay style may allow for a more creative approach to storytelling, as there are plenty of horror games that rely on mechanics like hunting the player, but there are few notable horror releases that use cooking as a focus. This game takes advantage of the monotony of running a restaurant and serving customers with their own view of the world, and juxtaposes it with the absurdity of a world-ending catastrophe.

While We Wait Here sets a release date of October 23rd

While we wait here takes on the background of a kitchen management simulator like the cozy title Venbabut infuses it with psychological horror tropes, seemingly aimed at provoking the player’s thoughts and asking meaningful questions about mortality. The game’s launch trailer raises the question of whether the protagonists have the right to make decisions that seemingly determine the fate of themselves and others.

People seem to be excited about the possible ideas the story brings to the table. In the comments section of 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 for personal relationships and feelings, which is an element present in many of the best psychological horror games out there. The developer has favorited the comment, showing that the viewer seems to have a good idea of what’s coming While we wait here. Gamers can try out a demo on the Steam page, but the full release of While we wait here will arrive soon.