Where the Water Tastes Like Wine (2018)

Developer: Dim Bulb Games, Serenity Forge
Publisher: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux
Genres: Adventure, Indie, RPG
Rating: 3.8 of 5, 1,730 player ratings
Typical playtime: about 4.4 hours
Where to get it: Steam

How it feels

A slow, contemplative journey across a folkloric Depression-era US where the core loop of listening and retelling stories creates a quiet, atmospheric rhythm of discovery.

atmosphericslow pacedstory richreflectivemelancholicwanderingnarrative drivencontemplative

What players say

Players are split: some praise its writing and atmosphere as a unique experience, while others call the walking and story-telling mechanics tedious and buggy. The core loop of collecting over 200 unmarkable stories to tell NPCs feels poorly executed to many.

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