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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.

Release DateJan 22, 2018
Price$ 14.99  Top 15%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)94.2% (very positive) Top 15% / 94.3%  Top 10%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)91.4% Top 2% / 91.6%  Top 2%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)9.7K  Top 3% / 10.6K  Top 3%
Curators147 reviews  Top 4%
Median Play Time5.1 hours  Top 30%
Play Time per Dollar20 minutes
Followers28.6K  Top 4%
Owners± 347.2K  Top 10%
Copies Sold± 265.1K  Top 5%
Gross Revenue ($)± 1.6M  Top 10%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of The Red Strings Club steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

This chart shows The Red Strings Club's Steam rating and reviews from January 2018 to December 2023. Steam's rating is relatively stable, varying from 92.2% (October 2018) to 94.3% (March 2023).

With 10.6K reviews Top 3%, The Red Strings Club is definitely a major AAA level success. There is a peak in January 2021 that suggests a major update or discount.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for The Red Strings Club and the proportion of players they represent.

This donut chart displays the languages of The Red Strings Club's reviewers. The most popular language is Simplified Chinese (39%), followed by English (29%). There is a nice diversity in the reviews, with 24 languages represented. The game is available in 9 languages, which is great.

Time Played

Chart displaying The Red Strings Club percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time played in The Red Strings Club depending if the reviewer left a positive or a negative review. The time played is decent, reaching 8 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews median playtime closely matches the median for positive reviews, meaning that there is no major difference between the players' experiences and the reviews probably reflect personal preferences more than anything else.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Well-crafted story and setting
  • Great soundtrack
  • Characters are well written
  • Music changes as per situation
  • Bartending minigame is cool
  • Choices matter
  • Good pixelated art style
  • No bugs encountered
  • Emotional ending
  • Interesting cyberpunk narrative
  • Gameplay is simple
  • Game is too short
  • Limited replay value
  • Some writing feels shoehorned
  • Pottery minigame is not enjoyable
  • No voice acting
  • Certain elements are cliched
  • Not enough background scenes/locations
  • Some writing went downhill
  • Price-point is criticized

The intention behind these pros & cons isn't to establish a balanced evaluation of the game, but rather to assist developers in identifying enhancement opportunities. The game's 94.2% rating  Top 15% should be factored in during their evaluation.

Take into account that list was generated using AI on a small sample of The Red Strings Club's Steam review data, it is not meant to be exhaustive. You don't always need to solve every issue. What some players hate might be what your fanbase loves.

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