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Where the Water Tastes Like Wine

Dim Bulb Games · Good Shepherd Entertainment · 2018-02-28

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games Store

AdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 29, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Feb 28, 2018 (Mac), Nov 29, 2019 (PlayStation 4), Nov 29, 2019 (Xbox One), Feb 28, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 28, 2018 (Linux)

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

1
playing now
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (9 outlets, IGDB)
67/100
IGDB user rating (17 ratings)
15h
to beat · rushed 12h · completionist 26h
$19.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Players wander across a folkloric Depression era United States at their own pace, meeting strangers with their own stories to tell. Through these interactions, players will be able to collect unique stories which can then be re-told to unlock new interactions. In this way the in-game stories themselves act as a currency to progress through the game, and it’s up to the player to pair the right story with the unique needs of each of the characters that you will encounter throughout your travels. Only through these right pairings will characters reveal their true selves, and bestow you with the m(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

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Current store prices

Humble Store$1.99-90%
Steam$1.99-90%
GOG$2.19-89%
GOG$2.19-89%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

12-month high $3.45 · on sale 20 of 25 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

912026-08-11 21:00 — 3 players2026-08-12 12:00 — 4 players2026-08-13 04:00 — 4 players2026-08-13 20:00 — 7 players2026-08-14 12:00 — 7 players2026-08-15 04:00 — 3 players2026-08-15 19:00 — 5 players2026-08-16 11:00 — 9 players2026-08-17 03:00 — 8 players2026-08-17 19:00 — 7 players2026-08-18 11:00 — 5 players2026-08-19 03:00 — 3 players2026-08-19 18:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 02:00 — 6 players2026-08-21 18:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 09:00 — 4 players2026-08-23 01:00 — 4 players2026-08-23 17:00 — 5 players2026-08-24 09:00 — 4 players2026-08-25 01:00 — 2 players2026-08-25 17:00 — 3 players2026-08-26 09:00 — 3 players2026-08-27 01:00 — 3 players2026-08-27 17:00 — 4 players2026-08-28 09:00 — 3 players2026-08-29 02:00 — 8 players2026-08-29 18:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 10:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$3.45$1.992026-08-062026-08-302026-08-06 — best price $3.452026-08-07 — best price $3.452026-08-08 — best price $3.452026-08-09 — best price $3.452026-08-10 — best price $3.452026-08-11 — best price $1.992026-08-12 — best price $1.992026-08-13 — best price $1.992026-08-14 — best price $1.992026-08-15 — best price $1.992026-08-16 — best price $1.992026-08-17 — best price $1.992026-08-18 — best price $1.992026-08-19 — best price $1.992026-08-20 — best price $1.992026-08-21 — best price $1.992026-08-22 — best price $1.992026-08-23 — best price $1.992026-08-24 — best price $1.992026-08-25 — best price $2.192026-08-26 — best price $2.192026-08-27 — best price $2.192026-08-28 — best price $2.192026-08-29 — best price $2.192026-08-30 — best price $2.19
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

4 supported languages: English, French, German, Russian

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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