The Red Strings Club

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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.

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Developer:
Deconstructeam
Publisher:
Devolver Digital
Release date:
22 January 2018
Recent Steam reviews:
Very Positive (42)
All Steam reviews:
Very Positive (3177)

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Description

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.

Recommended system requirements

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

recommended*

Not specified

User reviews

phiacin
Recommended | 22 Mar 2026
6.1h 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

Helpful: 8
KatoMacabre
Recommended | 12 Apr 2026
13.6h played

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

Helpful: 1
akhmedzadefidan
Recommended | 26 May 2026
3.7h played

this is my first time i played such kind of a game. Ngl it's pretty short, but I recommend to play it in the middle of the night. Dialogues are indeed interesting, the plot at some point is emotional. I'm glad i decided

Helpful: 0
Cuck Lord
Recommended | 18 Mar 2026
5.4h 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

Helpful: 3
Bobert
Recommended | 03 Apr 2026
10.8h played

A thought-provoking cyberpunk experience that sticks with you The Red Strings Club isn’t just a game—it’s a conversation about free will, happiness, and what it means to be human. Short, stylish, and emotionally

Helpful: 0
MACHINEHEAD
Not recommended | 19 Apr 2026
6.4h played

+ 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

Helpful: 2