I’ll be the first to admit that interactive novels as games don’t typically do it for me, they too often either lack in richness I expect in a well-written narrative or I just don’t find there’s enough for me to do other than click along to advance to the next block of text. While I’m not sure Waderlust Travel Stories will necessarily bring new people into the genre I do respect that it manages to walk the tightrope of my own expectations telling unexpected stories that are rich in their characterization, allow for choices that I’m not sure cause the ultimate outcome to shift too significantly but that feel like they matter, and then periodic images that convey the beauty of the places being visited. It certainly doesn’t have any action to speak of but if I’m going to read a bunch of text while on my Switch I’m thankful there are options like this one that are actually worth reading through.