Wait: The Patient is a non-combat mystery horror game, that takes place in the 90s and follows the story of Dr. Alice Fincher. After a new patient arrives in the mental hospital she works in, strange events start to unfold.

Based in in the mid '90s, the game follows Dr. Fincher, a psychologist who has recently begun working at a mental hospital until her typical work day gets disrupted by the arrival of a new, strange patient - a young man surrounded by an eery air. An ominous chemistry builds between the two, and at the same time, an onset of strange phenomena begins within the hospital. Dr. Fincher decides to investigate.