The Red Strings Club
Give it 2 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (35%); after 4h it's 1 in 25 (4%).
- Fully opens up by hour 3.
- 100% of players who start reach the ending.
- Only 41% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 14,577 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 4.8h for positive, 3.5h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (41.3% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- The Red Strings Club Complete the game. 100%
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (19)
story milestone ending side
- The Red Strings Club Complete the game. 100%
- Creative Sentience Craft all the implants with Akara. 84%
- Digital Ventriloquist Get 7 voices for the VOMOD. 70%
- That doesn't sound unprofessional to me. Discover the photo. 67%
- Brought a cocktail to a gun fight Win the game of Russian Roulette. 66%
- Digital Heir Share your knowledge on PROXYMA implants with Johanna. 55%
- Underage Drinking Guessed Irving's age. 52%
- Did my homework Complete Radhika's profiling instantly because of Donovan's intel. 48%
- Numen Serve a cocktail without spilling a single drop. 48%
- I'll never walk alone Recovered your composure thanks to Ariadne. 42%
- Brainwashing Made Johanna chill with anti-depressant scripts. 36%
- Marketing Director Got a perfect score on Akara's quiz about Larissa Robillard. 35%
- Corporate Lawyer Got a perfect score on Akara's quiz about Naima Cosse. 33%
- Honey pot Triggered Edgar's self-destruction mechanism. 30%
- Basic Input/Output System Access the secret Web of Chaos. 26%
- Consultant Engineer Got a perfect score on Akara's quiz about Diana Meyes. 24%
- Pink Tequila Triggered Edgar's secret mood. 17%
- Information Broker Complete all the objectives of Donovan's notebook. 17%
- Player Ex Machina Contact Dr. Edgar Coldstream through three different people. 14%