Where the Water Tastes Like Wine
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- Dim Bulb Games
- Serenity Forge
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| Genre | Adventure |
| Mode | Single-player |
Where the Water Tastes Like Wine is an adventure game developed by Dim Bulb Games and Serenity Forge, and published by Good Shepherd Entertainment. It was released for Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows in February 2018. In November 2019, Serenity Forge announced that Where the Water Tastes Like Wine would also be released on the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.[1] In August 2021, PM Studios published a physical version of the game for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.
Where the Water Tastes Like Wine is a narrative-driven adventure game.[2] Players explore a Great Depression-era United States, hearing and collecting oral stories and passing them along. Stories are used as a form of progression, with characters gradually opening up to the player in response to the provided stories, which in turn allows one to learn their true stories. The player may purchase goods to replenish their hunger or tiredness, with money being earned and then spent on the aforementioned goods, or in faster means of transportation. Several means of transport are available, including walking, hitchhiking and freighthopping.
Development and release
Where the Water Tastes Like Wine was developed by Dim Bulb Games and Serenity Forge.[3] "[Going] where the water tastes like wine" is an excerpt from the traditional American folk song "Going Down the Road Feeling Bad" (also known as the "Lonesome Road Blues"). The game was published by Good Shepherd Entertainment.[4] The game was released for Linux, macOS and Microsoft Windows on 28 February 2018.[5] According to the developer, the game's initial release was a commercial disaster.[6]
On November 8, Serenity Forge announced the game would be coming to the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on November 29.[1]
In August 2021, PM Studios published a limited physical version of the game for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 via Limited Run Games.[7]