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The Red Strings Club
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.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
66 of the 88 reviews raise this.
“It's not a very complicated game, but the gameplay aspects it has are nice. Mix up drinks in order to steer conversations in the right direction in order to solve a mystery. Odd as it is, the game also has a pottery…”
23 of the 88 reviews raise this.
“A cheesy story with slow text display speed. Pros -The mini games are fun and a bit challenging -The choices actually mater, you often only have a few questions you can ask, and you want to make sure you ask them at the…”
“It's not a very complicated game, but the gameplay aspects it has are nice. Mix up drinks in order to steer conversations in the right direction in order to solve a mystery. Odd as it is, the game also has a pottery…”
20 of the 88 reviews raise this.
12 of the 88 reviews raise this.
“Premise looked interesting but the game is overall garbage. I love sci-fi, cyberpunk, pixel graphics and point-and-click adventure games... and this game is not very good. [b]Graphics[/b]: They are nice. Best aspect of…”
“This is one of the best stories I have ever experienced. The Red Strings Club makes you think. the world has a ton of weight to it, nothing happens without a reason, the characters are likeable, the themes are intensely…”
“Nice little playthrough, playable with mouse only. Loved this thematically and stylistically. Also insane 10/10 soundtrack”
11 of the 88 reviews raise this.
“A great game ive played multiple times Came to drop an RIP to Gost, glad he got immortalized in this masterpiece.”
“Now i want to [spoiler]make myself the final drink[/spoiler] so i could experience playing this game for the first time again”
“This is closer to a graphic novel than a "game". The gameplay elements are very basic and only there to drive dialogue forward. But here's where it shines: it takes on concepts like morality, humanity, society and so on…”
15 of the 88 reviews raise this · 15 of them still recommend the game.
“It's not a very complicated game, but the gameplay aspects it has are nice. Mix up drinks in order to steer conversations in the right direction in order to solve a mystery. Odd as it is, the game also has a pottery…”
“8/10. Man, I love a game about serving beverages and getting info out of people lol. This is a great one of those with some extra interesting mechanics and the backdrop of existentialism makes for a very interesting…”
9 of the 88 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“Pretty captivating the first few hours, despite the janky and repetitive mini-games. Then the game lost me with his blatant virtue-signaling discourse, a mix of wokeness and globalism. If it was written in a more subtle…”
“This is closer to a graphic novel than a "game". The gameplay elements are very basic and only there to drive dialogue forward. But here's where it shines: it takes on concepts like morality, humanity, society and so on…”
“Premise looked interesting but the game is overall garbage. I love sci-fi, cyberpunk, pixel graphics and point-and-click adventure games... and this game is not very good. [b]Graphics[/b]: They are nice. Best aspect of…”
8 of the 88 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Pretty captivating the first few hours, despite the janky and repetitive mini-games. Then the game lost me with his blatant virtue-signaling discourse, a mix of wokeness and globalism. If it was written in a more subtle…”
“A cheesy story with slow text display speed. Pros -The mini games are fun and a bit challenging -The choices actually mater, you often only have a few questions you can ask, and you want to make sure you ask them at the…”
“It's not a very complicated game, but the gameplay aspects it has are nice. Mix up drinks in order to steer conversations in the right direction in order to solve a mystery. Odd as it is, the game also has a pottery…”
4 of the 88 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“The game is bugged and unplayable for me. I can't craft the first node at the very start of the game. The android's hand flips down. The controls are too wonky for me.”
“+ cool concept and very cool music ('marketing director' deserves a bln. plays) + gorgeous art. brandeis' parts are the most interesting. - poor execution/lackluster mechanics, forced auto-save without multiple slots to…”
4 of the 88 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“A cheesy story with slow text display speed. Pros -The mini games are fun and a bit challenging -The choices actually mater, you often only have a few questions you can ask, and you want to make sure you ask them at the…”
“Premise looked interesting but the game is overall garbage. I love sci-fi, cyberpunk, pixel graphics and point-and-click adventure games... and this game is not very good. [b]Graphics[/b]: They are nice. Best aspect of…”
“+ cool concept and very cool music ('marketing director' deserves a bln. plays) + gorgeous art. brandeis' parts are the most interesting. - poor execution/lackluster mechanics, forced auto-save without multiple slots to…”
Counted across 88 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 93.9% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“This game really said 'have a drink and question capitalism.'”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played“"let us need each other. let us beg for help." oh man. incredible dialogue, distinct characters, compelling narrative, beautiful atmosphere. easily one of my favorites. makes you feel a bleak confusion regarding what makes us human, and yet also gives you a burning appreciation…”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played“This game had a really interesting storyline and I absolutely loved the principle of tuning cocktails to people's emotions. The artstyle is so satisfying, it fits the distopian world really well. One thing that bothered me a little bit is that sometimes you would find out a…”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 00:26 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Cyberpunk · Pixel Graphics · Story Rich · Choices Matter · Great Soundtrack · Atmospheric · Indie · Adventure · Point & Click · LGBTQ+ · Singleplayer · Sci-fi (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese |
| Achievements | 19 |
| Estimated owners | 200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.deconstructeam.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7/8.1/10 x64 Processor: Intel Pentium D 915 (2800 MHz), AMD Athlon 64 4000+ (2600 MHz) or equivalent Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce 7600GS (256 MB) or Radeon HD 2600 PRO (256 MB) Storage: 400 MB available space