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Where the Water Tastes Like Wine

PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2018

Should you play it?

Where the Water Tastes Like Wine is a Narrative-Adventure game about traveling, sharing stories, and surviving manifest destiny.

What works

  • Unique narrative and storytelling mechanics
  • Rich cultural and historical content
  • Excellent voice acting and soundtrack
  • Beautiful art style
  • Immersive atmosphere and emotional depth

Things to keep in mind

  • Slow and sometimes tedious walking mechanics
  • Technical issues and bugs reported
  • Minimal gameplay challenge
  • Lack of clear tutorials for mechanics
  • Map navigation can be confusing

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Disillusion ST

  • Great God Grove

  • Mondealy: Day One

  • Chicory: A Colorful Tale

  • Ritual of Raven

  • Heaven's Vault

Less idle-friendly

Games that feels like Where the Water Tastes Like Wine but with less of an idle filler feel

  • The Last Campfire

  • The Crown of Leaves

  • Scarlet Hollow

  • ZERO PARADES: For Dead Spies

  • Paper Lily - Chapter 1

  • Finding Paradise

Less fellowship-oriented

Games that feels like Where the Water Tastes Like Wine but with less of a community feel

  • NORCO

  • Decarnation

  • A Guidebook of Babel

  • Pentiment

  • Röki

  • Anodyne 2: Return to Dust

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Where the Water Tastes Like Wine: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Idle, Fellowship, Intimacy.

Last update: 04/08/2026