Fit check
Is Where the Water Tastes Like Wine worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Players who prefer narrative discovery and conversation to combat-focused play
- Fans of folkloric settings who want a journey across Depression-era America
- Players who enjoy returning to characters and choosing stories for particular conversations
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking frequent combat or action-driven encounters rather than travel and conversation
- Players who prefer a short, linear story rather than recurring meetings and evolving retellings
- Players looking for a conventional fantasy setting rather than a surreal take on the United States
Our take on Where the Water Tastes Like Wine
Stories act as the progression currency: each changes as it travels, and pairing one with the right character can reveal that person’s true story.
What is Where the Water Tastes Like Wine?
Travel through a mythic Depression-era America shown as a 3D map layered with illustrated 2D artwork.
Meeting strangers along the way provides stories that can be retold to create new conversations. Each tale shifts as it passes from person to person, and matching the right one to an individual may uncover their personal history. The protagonist journeys while working to settle a debt and uncovering the genuine lives of 16 major figures, including migrant laborers, an itinerant preacher, and a Navajo woman removed from her home during the Long Walk. This narrative adventure features original writing, voiced characters, a score arranged by Ryan Ike, and a dreamlike, surreal setting.
How Where the Water Tastes Like Wine plays
- 01Story-Based Progression
- Sharing collected tales in fitting conversations opens new interactions and can reveal characters’ personal histories.
- 02Sixteen Main Characters
- The journey involves learning the true stories of 16 figures from varied American experiences.
- 03Changing Tales
- Stories transform as they are retold and may return in altered forms during later encounters.
- 04Fully Voiced Characters
- The cast includes performances by Sting, Dave Fennoy, Cissy Jones, Kimberly Brooks, and Sarah Elmaleh.
- 05Mixed Visual Formats
- A three-dimensional United States map is paired with hand-drawn two-dimensional illustrations.
Where the Water Tastes Like Wine compared to similar games
Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition also centers on an unconventional story and characters, while this game uses collecting and retelling changing stories as its progression system. Ghost of a Tale combines exploration with stealth, disguises, and conversations; this game focuses on travel, story exchange, and uncovering characters’ histories.
Where the Water Tastes Like Wine: platforms & release
Is Where the Water Tastes Like Wine worth it?
It is worth it if: players who prefer narrative discovery and conversation to combat-focused play. Skip it if: players seeking frequent combat or action-driven encounters rather than travel and conversation.
Where can I download Where the Water Tastes Like Wine?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Where the Water Tastes Like Wine's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Where the Water Tastes Like Wine on?
Windows, macOS and Linux.
