The Red Strings Club
Cyberpunk narrative adventure with mood-shifting cocktails and phone impersonation
Deconstructeam · Published by Devolver Digital · Released Jan 22, 2018
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 93% of 14K
- Recent reviews
- Very Positive
- 91% of 58 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 6
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Verified
- Last update
- Unknown
- no patch notes found
Metacritic: 80/100 (critic reviews)
What is The Red Strings Club?
A single-player cyberpunk adventure built around dialogue choices and short minigames. A bartender and a hacker investigate a corporation's plan to eliminate depression, anger, and fear; you mix cocktails to influence customers, shape genetic implants, and impersonate company figures on the phone to gather information.
For you if...
- +you enjoy cyberpunk stories that explore moral questions
- +you like making choices during character-driven conversations
Not for you if...
- −you want action-focused play rather than long conversations
What players say
93% of 14,313 reviews are positive · 91% of 58 in the last 30 days
Players praise the writing, characters, pixel art, and music. Common complaints focus on awkward or repetitive minigames, the short length, and an ending some find unsatisfying.
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The Red Strings Club system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 7/8.1/10 x64
- Processor
- Intel Pentium D 915 (2800 MHz), AMD Athlon 64 4000+ (2600 MHz) or equivalent
- Graphics
- GeForce 7600GS (256 MB) or Radeon HD 2600 PRO (256 MB)
- Memory
- 1 GB RAM
- Storage
- 400 MB available space
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Achievements
- 19
- Steam features
- Family Sharing, Trading cards
Steam Deck: Verified
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Text only: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese.
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