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Games like The Red Strings Club

  • 23 games
  • Updated Oct 23, 2026

Players who liked The Red Strings Club also play

The closest matches to The Red Strings Club: VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action, Minds Beneath Us, The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood, Neo Cab, and Technobabylon. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

  1. Rank 02

    Why this

    Shares moral decision making and dialogue driven choices with The Red Strings Club.

    • $19.99 (Price checked Nov 2)
    • 2024
  1. Rank 04

    Neo Cab

    • $14.99 (Price checked Oct 31)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2019
  2. Rank 05

    Technobabylon

    • $14.99 (Price checked Oct 31)
    • Deck Verified
    • 2015

The full ranked list: top 24 games like The Red Strings Club

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  1. 1
    VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action

    Also Cyberpunk and LGBTQ+, like The Red Strings Club.

    • 97% of 11,908 reviews
  2. 2
    Minds Beneath Us

    Shares moral decision making and dialogue driven choices with The Red Strings Club.

    • 95% of 829 reviews
  3. 3
    The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood

    Same atmospheric mood as The Red Strings Club.

    • 95% of 2,695 reviews
  4. 4
    Neo Cab

    Genres: Indie, Adventure, RPG

    • 83% of 911 reviews
  5. 5
    Technobabylon

    Genres: Indie, Adventure

    • 95% of 903 reviews
  6. 6
    Disco Elysium - The Final Cut

    Genres: RPG

    • 92% of 55,782 reviews
  7. 7
    2064: Read Only Memories

    Genres: Indie, Adventure

    • 84% of 563 reviews
  8. 8
    Silicon Dreams | cyberpunk interrogation

    Shares moral decision making with The Red Strings Club.

    • 94% of 196 reviews
  9. 9
    Whispers of a Machine

    Genres: Adventure

    • 94% of 995 reviews
  10. 10
    Gemini Rue

    Genres: Indie, Adventure

    • 86% of 913 reviews
  11. 11
    Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure

    Genres: Indie, Adventure

    • 92% of 690 reviews
  12. 12
    VirtuaVerse

    Genres: Indie, Adventure

    • 82% of 541 reviews
  13. 13
    Void And Meddler

    Genres: Indie, Adventure

    • 61% of 183 reviews
  14. 14
    Coffee Talk

    Genres: Indie, Adventure, Casual

    • 95% of 4,604 reviews
  15. 15
    Kentucky Route Zero: PC Edition

    Shares non linear storytelling with The Red Strings Club.

    • 82% of 2,419 reviews
  16. 16
    Dispatch

    Shares hacking minigame with The Red Strings Club.

    • 98% of 102,071 reviews
  17. 17
    Cloudpunk

    Genres: Indie, Adventure, RPG

    • 87% of 7,221 reviews
  18. 18
    Night in the Woods

    Genres: Adventure

    • 95% of 13,243 reviews
  19. 19
    Subsurface Circular

    Genres: Indie, Adventure, Casual

    • 95% of 1,353 reviews
  20. 20
    Let Bions Be Bygones

    Shares dialogue driven choices with The Red Strings Club.

    • 75% of 80 reviews
  21. 21
    Zero Escape: The Nonary Games

    Genres: Adventure

    • 95% of 3,855 reviews
  22. 22
    Cabernet

    Genres: Indie, Adventure, Simulation

    • 95% of 1,198 reviews
  23. 23
    Eliza

    Genres: Indie

    • 93% of 759 reviews
  24. 24
    Stories from Sol: The Gun-Dog

    Genres: Indie, Adventure, RPG

    • 93% of 404 reviews
The Red Strings Club — Steam game cover
  • Released: 2018
  • Developer: Deconstructeam
  • Price: $2.99−80%checked Nov 2
  • Steam Deck: Deck Verified
  • 91% of 3,165 reviews
  • Genres: Indie, Adventure
  • Metacritic 80
  • Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux

Players highlight

  • Emotion driven cocktail crafting matters
  • Explores free will vs control
  • Pixel art visuals are striking
  • Atmospheric
  • Contemplative
  • Immersive

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About The Red Strings Club

The closest matches to The Red Strings Club: VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action, Minds Beneath Us, The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood, Neo Cab, and Technobabylon. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

If The Red Strings Club is your kind of game, the closest matches are VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action, Minds Beneath Us and The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, contemplative and immersive, and single out its dialogue driven choices and emotion driven cocktail crafting. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

The Red Strings Club is a 2018 cyberpunk adventure from Deconstructeam and Devolver Digital. Players navigate a narrative mystery through dialogue choices, a hacking mini-game, and emotion-driven cocktail crafting that influences confessions. Moral decisions shape a non-linear story exploring free will versus control. Reviewers highlight the melancholic atmosphere and contemplative tone, with players describing the pixel-art visuals as striking and the soundtrack as enhancing immersion. The game runs verified on Steam Deck at $14.99 USD, holds a 91% positive rating from 3,165 Steam reviews, and offers a medium-length solo experience designed for relaxed sessions.

About 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.

Is The Red Strings Club worth buying?

  • 91% of 3,165 Steam reviews are positive.
  • We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
  • On sale: 80% off, now $2.99 (checked Nov 8).
  • People who recommend it had played a median of 5 h when they wrote their review.
  • Critics had played a median of 5 h before their negative review.
  • Steam Deck Verified.

What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews

Top critical reviews

The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.

“I really wanted to love it. But, its too repetive for my own taste. Making the drink and the sculpting is just a ragequit event (its not even cozy at this point). At least the narrative is good... but i cry everytimes i see a mini game…”
2 h played
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People who play it also play: VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action, Minds Beneath Us, The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood

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Frequently asked about The Red Strings Club

Can I run it?

Is The Red Strings Club verified for Steam Deck?

Yes — The Red Strings Club is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.

How much does The Red Strings Club cost?

The Red Strings Club is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).

What games are most similar to The Red Strings Club?

Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Red Strings Club are VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action, Minds Beneath Us, The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood.

Who developed The Red Strings Club?

The Red Strings Club was developed by Deconstructeam and published by Devolver Digital.