Adventure · January 22, 2018

The Red Strings Club (2018)

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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. The professed altruistic corporation Supercontinent Ltd is on the verge of releasing Social Psyche Welfare: a system that will eliminate depression, anger and fear from society. However, the bartender of a clandestine club and a freelance hacker don't regard this evolution as an improvement but as brainwashing. Alongside unwitting company employees and a rogue empathy android, the duo will pull all the strings they can to bring down this scheme. Cyberpunk Thriller Narrative Uncover a mysterious corporate program that promises a blissful existence while debating what does happiness means and what lengths are permissible to obtain it. Psychological Bartending Read your customer's’ mood and mix the perfect cocktail to manipulate the client's emotions in order to gather the information you want and progress your agenda of stopping Supercontinent's plans. Genetic Implant Pottery Design genetic implants at a high-tech lathe to change the attitude and direction of the corporation’s most influential executives. Vocal Corporate Espionage Assume the voice of important figures in the Social Psyche Welfare project and play their own motivations against each other over the phone to uncloak their plans.

Adventure releases from 2018

73 Adventure titles launched in 2018 — top 6 by review volume.

Peer Adventure titles

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Position in Adventure

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume12.8k Steam reviewsTop 19% in Adventure
Positive rating94% positiveGenre average: 87% — this title sits in top 34%
Metacritic80/100Genre average 77 — top 44% of Adventure titles
Engagement hours4 h averageTop 67% for session depth among Adventure

Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Cyberpunk · 279
  • Pixel Graphics · 257
  • Story Rich · 234
  • Choices Matter · 196
  • Great Soundtrack · 167
  • Atmospheric · 161
  • Indie · 138
  • Adventure · 119
  • Point & Click · 112
  • LGBTQ+ · 102
  • Singleplayer · 95
  • Sci-fi · 89
  • Visual Novel · 83
  • 2D · 71
  • Nudity · 63

Reception Metrics

Steam community

94%Very Positive · 12.8k reviews

12.1k positive · 770 negative

Metacritic

80/100 critic aggregate

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Metacritic user score

7.4/10

Curator recommendations

12.2k

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (9)

  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Japanese
  • Portuguese - Brazil
  • Russian
  • Simplified Chinese
  • Traditional Chinese

Press Quotes

“The Red String Club's futuristic exploration of themes regarding human emotion, strong writing, and exciting situations create an experience that is deeply gratifying.” 9/10 – Gamespot “The Red Strings Club conceptually flourishes, with fascinating subject matter, well-written characters, and unique approaches to gameplay.” 8/10 – Game Informer “Oh boy, is the Red Strings Club interesting.” Recommended – Rock Paper Shotgun

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

4h

brief (under 5 hours)

Median

3h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

2h

Current engagement

Achievements

19

Steam unlocks available

Release & Availability

Release dateJan 22, 2018
DeveloperDeconstructeam
PublisherDevolver Digital
Base price$2.99 -80%
PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux
Estimated owners100k–1M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page · Support

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

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Editions & Packages

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