Games Like Where the Water Tastes Like Wine

Roadwarden is an illustrated text-based RPG that uses isometric pixel art and combines mechanics borrowed from RPGs, Visual Novels, adventure games and interactive fiction.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 30.4%, RPG 20.2%, Story Rich 13.2%, Adventure 11.5%, Indie 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: This text-based RPG emphasizes the journey and the importance of every choice made while traveling through a dangerous, atmospheric world.

KENTUCKY ROUTE ZERO is a magical realist adventure game about a secret highway running through the caves beneath Kentucky, and the mysterious folks who travel it.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 31%, Adventure 19.9%, Atmospheric 16.7%, Story Rich 16.3%, Indie 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the same surreal, Americana-infused road trip atmosphere and deep, poetic storytelling found in the seed game.

NORCO is a dialogue-focused point & click adventure that immerses the player in the sinking suburbs and industrial swamplands of an increasingly surreal and distorted South Louisiana.

Why similar: Story Rich 45.5%, Atmospheric 27.3%, Adventure 22.1%, Singleplayer 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: This Southern Gothic narrative game captures a similar sense of place and melancholic, atmospheric storytelling.

1872, with a steampunk twist. Phileas Fogg has wagered he can circumnavigate the world in just 80 days. Travel by airship, submarine, mechanical camel, steam-train and more. Race other players and a clock that never stops in TIME Magazine's Game of 2014.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 33.6%, Story Rich 18.8%, Adventure 15.6%, Great Soundtrack 15.4%, Indie 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly captures the spirit of a grand, choice-based journey where the stories you encounter are as important as the destination.

NIGHT IN THE WOODS is an adventure game focused on exploration, story, and character, featuring dozens of characters to meet and lots to do across a lush, vibrant world.

Why similar: Story Rich 37.1%, Adventure 21.9%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Atmospheric 18.3%, Singleplayer 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: It excels at character-driven, small-town storytelling that explores the anxieties of life and the weight of personal history.

Firewatch is a single-player first-person mystery set in the Wyoming wilderness, where your only emotional lifeline is the person on the other end of a handheld radio.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 25.6%, Walking Simulator 24.4%, Story Rich 19.3%, Adventure 12.5%, Atmospheric 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a masterclass in atmospheric, dialogue-driven storytelling set against the backdrop of a vast, lonely wilderness.

What Remains of Edith Finch is a collection of strange tales about a family in Washington state. As Edith, you’ll explore the colossal Finch house, searching for stories as she explores her family history and tries to figure out why she's the last one in her family left alive.

Why similar: Story Rich 26.1%, Great Soundtrack 24.7%, Walking Simulator 22.4%, Atmospheric 11%, Adventure 7%

Why You'll Like It: Like the seed game, this title functions as an anthology of interconnected, deeply personal stories told through exploration.

Disco Elysium - The Final Cut is a groundbreaking role playing game. You’re a detective with a unique skill system at your disposal and a whole city to carve your path across. Interrogate unforgettable characters, crack murders or take bribes. Become a hero or an absolute disaster of a human being.

Why similar: Story Rich 28.3%, RPG 23%, Great Soundtrack 17.8%, Atmospheric 9.5%, Visual Novel 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: It offers unparalleled depth in choice-driven narrative and philosophical exploration, mirroring the intellectual weight of the seed game.

Roleplaying in the ruins of interplanetary capitalism. Live the life of an escaped worker, washed-up on a lawless station at the edge of an interstellar society. Inspired by the flexibility and freedom of TTRPGs, explore the station, choose your friends, escape your past and change your future.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 37%, Story Rich 19.6%, RPG 15.7%, Adventure 10%, Atmospheric 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-heavy experience that focuses on the existential journey of an individual trying to survive and find meaning in a complex world.

If Found... is a game about going home, coming out and erasing everything.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 29.3%, Interactive Fiction 21.4%, Story Rich 12.3%, Visual Novel 11.2%, Indie 11%

Why You'll Like It: A deeply emotional and intimate story told through the act of erasing and uncovering memories.

A mutant soap opera where small-town gossip meets the supernatural. Explore the Mutazione community as Kai as she cares for her ailing grandfather. Discover magical gardens, new friends & old secrets. They can survive an apocalyptic meteor strike, but can they survive their small-town drama?

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 27.4%, Interactive Fiction 26.2%, Walking Simulator 16.3%, Story Rich 13.4%, Atmospheric 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on community, folklore, and the personal stories of its inhabitants, mirroring the anthology feel of the seed game.

The Red Strings Club is a cyberpunk narrative experience about fate and happiness featuring the extensive use of pottery, bartending and impersonating people on the phone to take down a corporate conspiracy.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 46.8%, Story Rich 22.8%, Atmospheric 9.4%, Adventure 7.4%, Indie 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: This narrative-driven game explores complex themes through dialogue and choices, much like the interactive fiction elements of the seed game.

Step into a living illustrated world in a time when Europe is at a crossroads of great religious and political change. Walk in the footsteps of Andreas Maler, a master artist who finds himself in the middle of murders, scandals, and intrigue in the Bavarian Alps.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 52.3%, Story Rich 28.4%, Adventure 16.1%, Singleplayer 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: A historical narrative game that focuses on the impact of time and the stories of ordinary people within a changing community.

In this narrative card game about relationships and communication, navigate conversations in a colorful world reminiscent of our own. Learn and grow through the cards you choose to play. Who will you become? What will you leave behind?

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 37.4%, RPG 15.8%, Story Rich 12.3%, Adventure 12.1%, Visual Novel 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: It uses a unique conversation-based mechanic to explore the difficulty of maintaining connections while traveling and growing.

Embark on an unique and unforgettable journey and guide Sable through her Gliding; a rite of passage that will take her across vast deserts and mesmerizing landscapes, capped by the remains of spaceships and ancient wonders.

Why similar: Story Rich 33.3%, Adventure 21%, Atmospheric 20.5%, RPG 20.4%, Singleplayer 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game prioritizes the feeling of a personal journey and quiet, atmospheric exploration across a vast and beautiful landscape.

Set out on a cross-country journey to win back the love of your life and endure the hardship of making story-defining choices that affect your life and the lives of those around you.

Why similar: RPG 25.3%, Great Soundtrack 22.3%, Story Rich 19%, Indie 15.6%, Walking Simulator 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the messy, unpredictable nature of life and the consequences of the choices you make on your journey.

Spiritfarer® is a cozy management game about dying. As ferrymaster to the deceased, build a boat to explore the world, care for your spirit friends, and release them into the afterlife. The Spiritfarer Farewell Edition includes the heartwarming base game and three major content updates.

Why similar: Story Rich 43.2%, Adventure 20.9%, Indie 18%, Atmospheric 17.9%

Why You'll Like It: An emotional journey that focuses on the stories of those you meet, emphasizing empathy and the importance of saying goodbye.

Oxenfree is a supernatural thriller about a group of friends who unwittingly open a ghostly rift. You are Alex, and you’ve just brought your new stepbrother Jonas to an overnight island party gone horribly wrong.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 34.3%, Story Rich 26.6%, Atmospheric 11.6%, Adventure 9.9%, Walking Simulator 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: It features a heavy emphasis on dialogue and supernatural mystery, creating a tense yet intimate narrative experience.

LOSE YOUR MIND. EAT YOUR CREW. DIE. Take the helm of your steamship and set sail for the unknown! Sunless Sea is a game of discovery, loneliness and frequent death, set in the award-winning Victorian Gothic universe of Fallen London.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 32.1%, Story Rich 22.6%, RPG 13.5%, Adventure 11.9%, Atmospheric 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, atmospheric exploration game where the stories you uncover are the primary reward for your perilous journey.

A narrative road trip game set in the roaring Italian 70s, it tells the story of Lella, a restless woman driving on the roads of the western coast of Italy, the famous “Via Aurelia”.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 26.7%, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Adventure 16.2%, Indie 12.8%, Story Rich 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A road-trip narrative game that captures a specific time and place through dialogue-heavy interactions.

Coffee Talk is a coffee brewing and heart-to-heart talking simulator about listening to fantasy-inspired modern peoples’ problems, and helping them by serving up a warm drink or two.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 40.4%, Story Rich 20.9%, Visual Novel 16%, Atmospheric 12.9%, Indie 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: It serves as a collection of short, intimate stories told by patrons, capturing a similar anthology-style narrative structure.

It's 1986 - Meredith Weiss takes a break from her career in the big city to deliver mail in her hometown. How will she experience two weeks in beautiful Providence Oaks, with its iconic lake and quirky community? And what will she do next? It's up to you.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 36.5%, Story Rich 31.4%, Atmospheric 14.9%, Adventure 14.5%, Singleplayer 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a relaxing, narrative-focused experience centered on the simple act of traveling and connecting with people in a small town.

An immersive, narrative videogame that retells Joel Green’s 4-year fight against cancer through about two hours of poetic, imaginative gameplay that explores themes of faith, hope and love.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 27.4%, Story Rich 16.5%, Walking Simulator 16.2%, Narration 15.1%, Indie 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: A deeply personal and emotional narrative experience that uses interactive elements to tell a true, heart-wrenching story.

A top-down adventure game in a coloring book world full of vibrant characters. Use painting powers to explore, solve puzzles, make friends, and draw on anything! From creators on Wandersong + Celeste.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 37.9%, RPG 18.3%, Adventure 17.7%, Indie 14.6%, Story Rich 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: It uses a creative mechanic to explore themes of self-worth and community, wrapped in a charming and emotional adventure.

You didn’t ask to lead this expedition, but here you are. Stuck in the ice, Captain missing, miles from civilisation. Someone has to take charge. Manage your meagre resources, balance safety and morale, make the hard calls, and head in the only direction you can - through The Pale Beyond.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 38.3%, Story Rich 27.3%, Adventure 16.7%, Atmospheric 13.7%, Singleplayer 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: A choice-heavy survival narrative that forces you to manage relationships and stories under extreme pressure.

Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 50.6%, Story Rich 19.9%, Adventure 11.3%, Atmospheric 10.1%, Indie 6%

Why You'll Like It: It centers on the joy of discovery and uncovering the history of a lost civilization through exploration and curiosity.

Wanderlust: Travel Stories is a bridge between literature and gaming. Step into the shoes of modern travelers—explore their desires, hopes and fears, and shape how their stories unfold. Make this journey your own.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 43.2%, Story Rich 18.3%, Adventure 16.6%, Visual Novel 13.8%, Atmospheric 8%

Why You'll Like It: A game explicitly focused on the act of travel and the diverse, personal stories one encounters along the way.

Traverse a dried-out seabed littered with the remains of a decaying civilization. Keep your unique vessel going, overcome numerous obstacles and withstand the hazardous weather conditions. How far can you make it? What will you find?

Why similar: Story Rich 29.7%, Atmospheric 25.9%, Adventure 24.3%, Indie 14.8%, Singleplayer 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: A purely atmospheric journey that relies on visual storytelling to convey the feeling of a long, lonely trek.

A deep, interactive adventure about love and loss, beautifully depicted and offering an intense cinematic experience. What would you do to save the one you love?

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 35%, Story Rich 18.2%, Adventure 12.7%, Atmospheric 11.3%, Walking Simulator 9.4%

On their last night together, three friends embark on one final adventure. Play through a mixtape of memories, set to the soundtrack of a generation.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 55.8%, Adventure 17.1%, Visual Novel 8.4%, Atmospheric 8%, Story Rich 6.4%

Empathy: Path of Whispers is an atmospheric and story-driven adventure game where you explore a seemingly abandoned world through the emotions and memories of the people who once inhabited it, trying to restore the world’s lost balance by journeying through its past.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 36.2%, Walking Simulator 16.4%, Adventure 16.4%, Story Rich 15.2%, Atmospheric 8.2%

Where the Water Tastes Like Wine: Fireside Chats is a free standalone experience which acts as a companion to Where The Water Tastes Like Wine.

Why similar: Adventure 58.2%, Indie 41.8%

Home is Where One Starts... is a short, first-person exploration game in the same vein as Dear Esther or Gone Home. It’s a story about childhood, hope, and the miracle of memory. You play as a little girl from a broken home somewhere in the American South.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 24.9%, Great Soundtrack 20.7%, Adventure 16.5%, Indie 11.6%, Narration 9.4%

N.E.R.O. is a wonderful journey in a world of incredible beauty, a story driven first-person game with puzzles and intuitive controls where the environment is connected to the characters and their past. The world of N.E.R.O. is magical and varied, making exploring an ongoing challenge.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 18.6%, Narration 17.4%, Adventure 14.2%, Story Rich 13.4%, Great Soundtrack 11.8%

Explore a deeply emotional story about love and sacrifice, and the hope that exists in us all.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 30.6%, Adventure 18.5%, Indie 12.5%, Visual Novel 10.8%, Story Rich 10.5%

What Comes After is a side-scrolling adventure and a short heartwarming story about learning how to love yourself. Help Vivi in her journey on the train to the afterlife and back.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 48.9%, Great Soundtrack 14.8%, Narration 10.7%, Story Rich 8.3%, Adventure 7.6%

A surreal post-life adventure

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 33.6%, RPG 19.6%, Adventure 15%, Story Rich 12.8%, Indie 11.4%

The Witches Tea Party is a story-driven adventure game with a magical world and colourful characters. There will be small quests, collectables, mysteries, disturbing rooms and multiple endings. Having tea with witches is probably not an easy task...

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 50.4%, Story Rich 18.8%, Adventure 18.1%, Indie 12.7%

Play as an Artificial Intelligence guiding a stranded xenobiologist through a beautiful and mysterious alien ocean. A non-violent sci-fi story, enter a world of wonder, fear and vulnerability, unraveling the history and ecology of an impossible planet. What will you discover together?

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 44.5%, Story Rich 18.9%, Adventure 12.7%, Atmospheric 11.7%, Indie 9.3%

The Magnificent Trufflepigs is a first-person, metal-detecting narrative game. It combines laid-back detecting and exploration with a dramatic story, all set in a beautiful English countryside. It’s a game about trying to find something.

Why similar: Story Rich 25%, Interactive Fiction 20.4%, Adventure 16.7%, Atmospheric 13.7%, Walking Simulator 13.1%

A musical platforming adventure with an emotional story. Play as a silly bard and use music to interact with everything on a journey around the world. Along the way you'll explore, solve puzzles, and meet a huge cast of characters!

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 54.5%, Story Rich 19.6%, Adventure 16.1%, Indie 9.8%

A thoughtful and deeply personal title with stripped-down mechanics. The lack of dialogue or text allows you to create your own narrative through your time with four characters. Each short story will allow players to be swept away by the haunting lyrics of over twenty original, nostalgic songs.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 41.9%, Walking Simulator 23.8%, Story Rich 14.3%, Visual Novel 9.2%, Indie 8.6%

ORACLE is a single player, open world experience with dozens of locations to explore, great soundtrack and an awesome story ready to be unraveled.

Why similar: Walking Simulator 27.3%, Adventure 22.1%, Great Soundtrack 17.2%, Story Rich 12.3%, Indie 11%

Roadtrip across the country. Confront a tyrant. The revolution will be messy—but the relationships will be messier.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 27.7%, Story Rich 23.8%, Interactive Fiction 19.3%, Visual Novel 11.8%, Adventure 9.6%

Radiant One is art. It makes you think about the meaning of human existence in today's rapidly changing world.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 28.1%, Interactive Fiction 14.8%, Walking Simulator 12.6%, Story Rich 11%, RPG 10.7%

From the creator of The Stanley Parable and The Beginner’s Guide comes Wanderstop, a narrative-centric cozy game about change and tea.

Why similar: Story Rich 33.5%, Adventure 31.5%, Great Soundtrack 17.5%, Indie 13.7%, Singleplayer 3.9%

A narrative delivery simulator following the Postman, a Postal Worker new to a small fishing village off the coast of a volcano. They begin to experience space-warping aberrations as the village withers.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 24.3%, Great Soundtrack 15%, Story Rich 14.9%, Walking Simulator 14.1%, RPG 12.1%

A thrilling Western adventure in the alternate 19th century world of Lamplight City! Embark on a harrowing journey across the frontier with Harley Leger and her ragtag posse, encountering bandits, rebels, visionaries, eccentrics, and many more friends and foes on your quest for fame and riches.

Why similar: Western 36.4% ★, Interactive Fiction 19.6%, Story Rich 13%, Adventure 9.3%, RPG 7.5%

The War of 1812. Northwest Frontier. William Aubrey, a rogue redcoat of the once-glorious 41st Regiment of Foot, is on the run. Wounded and tired, he seeks shelter during a thunderstorm inside an abandoned barn. But when he gets there, he finds he’s not alone...

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 31.9%, Interactive Fiction 19.1%, America 14.6% ★, Visual Novel 13.3%, Indie 10%

Immerse yourself in an enchanting narrative experience as Fortuna, a fortune-teller Witch condemned to exile on her asteroid home. Craft your own Tarot deck, regain your freedom, and shape the fate of the cosmic Witch society.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 40%, Great Soundtrack 17%, Story Rich 14.5%, Visual Novel 11.5%, Adventure 9%

West of Loathing — a slapstick comedy stick-figure wild west adventure role-playing game.

Why similar: Western 35.9% ★, Great Soundtrack 24.4%, RPG 14%, Story Rich 9.9%, Adventure 8.9%

A choices-matter spy thriller told through interactive postcards. Play a secret agent racing across 1930s Switzerland, sending coded reports to your handler. Charm, deceive or strong-arm your way through a Hitchcockian tale where every choice shapes the story.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 29.8%, Interactive Fiction 23.1%, Story Rich 17%, Adventure 10%, Indie 6.9%

Grotto is a mystical, narrative-focused experience. You are the Soothsayer. The one capable of talking with the stars and unveiling their messages. In a time of turmoil, the tribe of the valley turn to your powers of divination and come to you for guidance.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 40.1%, Walking Simulator 21.7%, Story Rich 13.3%, Atmospheric 8.9%, Adventure 7.3%

Featuring a beautiful, detailed open-world and a haunting soundtrack, Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture is non-linear storytelling at its best.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 37%, Walking Simulator 31%, Story Rich 9.6%, Atmospheric 8.8%, Adventure 6.6%

A cozy visual novel about running a tavern in a D&D-inspired fantasy! Gather rumors, serve magical drinks, and meet adventurers on a life-changing quest.

Why similar: Interactive Fiction 45.8%, Story Rich 21.7%, Visual Novel 16.5%, Atmospheric 12.3%, Singleplayer 3.7%

Memory note is a slice-of-life visual novel with meaningful player choices, several endings to explore, and a story that will touch your heart.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 35.6%, Adventure 18.5%, Indie 14.1%, Narration 13.8%, Visual Novel 10.6%

Enigma is an atmospheric, full-length visual novel where you discover the secrets of Enigma, a worldwide epidemic, and a forest on a lonely island that bears its name.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 45.7%, Adventure 17.2%, Visual Novel 15.5%, Indie 11.8%, Story Rich 8.6%