Impossible Steam Achievement Has A Great Story

The designer of Where the Water Tastes Like Wine had a good reason to make its final achievement unobtainable

An unobtainable achievement in the game Where the Water Tastes Like Wine, which is out on every major console and PC, is confounding achievement hunters and folks who like nice round numbers.

Where the Water Tastes Like Wine (which will hereafter be referred to as WtWTLW because...no) is part visual novel, part puzzle game. You play a vagabond criss-crossing America collecting stories, which you then share with other travellers in hopes of eventually reaching a legendary, nirvana-like place...where the water tastes like wine. (Full disclosure: Former Kotaku staffer Gita Jackson contributed writing to the game.)

On Steam, the game has 38 achievements. Only 37 are attainable. The last achievement, “Where the Water Tastes Like Wine,” cannot be earned, and it’s causing Steam players a great deal of heartache.

But there’s a good reason why your PC copy of WtWTLW might sit at an ADHD-distressing 99% completion.

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