The Red Pearls Of Borneo

Buy96%

Overwhelmingly Positive · 4k player reviews · Medium confidence

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

Bushmonkey Games · Adventure · Mar 27, 2026

Player review score
96%
Overwhelmingly Positive
Price
Free
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
31
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
2
Full audio0 of 2
Subtitles2 of 2

Should I buy The Red Pearls Of Borneo?

Buy it if you like
  • Story: 178 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 88 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Difficulty: 17 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews

Based on 4k player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
63% of themes are praise37% are divided0% are complaints
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
178 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
I thought this was such a moment of pure ludonarrative consonance, where the game did not hit you on the head with how many of the characters look down on the plantation staff, but because you have to have everyone's names, this situation emerges naturalistically from the dialog. ...
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
88 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
This sounds a bit contrived, but I found it really fun as a gameplay mechanic to figure out who went where at what time.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
17 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
It was the exact right level of difficulty that everything was resolvable, albeit sometimes taking a bit of thinking, and rarely went into tedium.
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
16 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
I genuinely cannot believe that it's free, given the lovely graphics, elaborate game interface (cf. a purely text-based game) and expected playtime.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
10 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
I think this game has an appealing art style, though the UI is definitely clunky as others have mentioned.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Story178 reviews
Gameplay88 reviews
Difficulty17 reviews
Interface16 reviews
Graphics10 reviews
Divided opinion
Audio
100% still recommend
Characters
100% still recommend
Accessibility
67% still recommend
Players complain

No recurring complaints in this sample.

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

Steam lists no controller support.

Store features

  • Custom Volume Controls
  • Family Sharing
  • Mouse Only Option
  • Playable without Timed Input
  • Save Anytime
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Touch Only Option

Platforms

  • Windows
  • macOS

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