Choose Where the Water Tastes Like Wine
Choose Where the Water Tastes Like Wine if you want a RPG experience. Where the Water Tastes Like Wine launched in 2018.
Where the Water Tastes Like Wine vs Herald: The Interactive Period Drama – Complete Edition
Where the Water Tastes Like Wine and Herald: The Interactive Period Drama – Complete Edition both land in Indie, Adventure on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both share Indie, Adventure on Steam. Where the Water Tastes Like Wine (2018) is 7 years older than Herald: The Interactive Period Drama – Complete Edition (2025). Herald: The Interactive Period Drama – Complete Edition scores higher on Steam reviews (88.2% positive) than Where the Water Tastes Like Wine (75.5% positive). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose Herald: The Interactive Period Drama – Complete Edition
Choose Herald: The Interactive Period Drama – Complete Edition if it's the newer release (2025) and ships with the modern feature baseline. Herald: The Interactive Period Drama – Complete Edition launched in 2025.
Both Where the Water Tastes Like Wine and Herald: The Interactive Period Drama – Complete Edition sit in Indie and Adventure on Steam, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Use the side-by-side table for the feature view, or follow the "Games like" links below to see ranked alternatives for either title.
Side-by-side comparison
 Where the Water Tastes Like Wine |  Herald: The Interactive Period Drama – Complete Edition | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2018 | 2025 |
| Genres | Indie, Adventure, RPG | Indie, Adventure |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| Steam Deck | Deck Playable | Unrated |
| Price | 19.99 USD | 19.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 75.5% positive (682 reviews) | 88.2% positive (17 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | Dim Bulb Games, Serenity Forge | Wispfire |
Side by side
- Both share Indie, Adventure on Steam.
- Where the Water Tastes Like Wine (2018) is 7 years older than Herald: The Interactive Period Drama – Complete Edition (2025).
- Herald: The Interactive Period Drama – Complete Edition scores higher on Steam reviews (88.2% positive) than Where the Water Tastes Like Wine (75.5% positive).
- Herald: The Interactive Period Drama – Complete Edition is currently ~0% cheaper on Steam than Where the Water Tastes Like Wine (19.99 USD vs. 19.99 USD).
- Where the Water Tastes Like Wine is Deck Playable on Steam Deck; Herald: The Interactive Period Drama – Complete Edition has no Deck rating yet.
Where the Water Tastes Like Wine vs Herald: The Interactive Period Drama – Complete Edition — FAQ
- Should I play Where the Water Tastes Like Wine or Herald: The Interactive Period Drama – Complete Edition first?
- If you want chronology, Where the Water Tastes Like Wine (2018) came out before Herald: The Interactive Period Drama – Complete Edition (2025). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
- Are Where the Water Tastes Like Wine and Herald: The Interactive Period Drama – Complete Edition similar?
- They overlap on Indie, Adventure on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.
- Does Where the Water Tastes Like Wine run on Steam Deck?
- Yes — Where the Water Tastes Like Wine is rated Deck Playable by Valve. Herald: The Interactive Period Drama – Complete Edition doesn't have a Deck rating yet, so its Deck behaviour is currently unverified.