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Steins;Gate
Steins;Gate is a Japanese visual novel developed by 5pb. and Nitroplus. It is the second game in the Science Adventure series following Chaos;Head. The game is described by the development team as a "hypothetical science ADV" and explores time and time travel in 2010 Akihabara. The gameplay follows non-linear plot lines which offer branching scenarios with courses of interaction.
- Released
- 15 October 2009
- Developer
- MAGES.
- Publisher
- PQube
- Perspective
- First person · Text
- Age rating
- PEGI 16 · ESRB M
- Metacritic
- 87/100
- Steam recommendations
- 24,843
- Platforms
- PlayStation 3 · PlayStation 4 · Android · PC (Microsoft Windows) · iOS · PlayStation Vita · PlayStation Portable · Xbox 360
- Genres
- Adventure · Visual Novel
- Estimated owners
- 500,000–1,000,000 (est.)
- 86
- Player rating
- 80
- Critic rating
- 356
- Ratings counted
- 97.1%
- Steam reviews
- 42
- Achievements
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Quick answers
Steins;Gate
The story
The story of Steins;Gate takes place in Akihabara and is about a group of friends who have customized their microwave into a device that can send text messages to the past. As they perform different experiments, an organization named SERN who has been doing their own research on time travel tracks them down and now the characters have to find a way to avoid being captured by them.
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How long to beat
- Main story
- 18.5 h
- Main + extras
- 20 h
- Completionist
- 40 h
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Key facts
Platforms
Game modes
- Single player
Themes
- Science fiction
- Survival
- Historical
- Mystery
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Trailer
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Screenshots
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Reviews and languages
97.1% of 26,560 Steam reviews are positive. Valve labels that “Overwhelmingly Positive”.
6 languages in the interface, 1 of them with full voice acting. English is supported.
Steins;Gate
Platform releases
- Xbox 360
- 15 October 2009
- PC (Microsoft Windows)
- 26 August 2010
- PlayStation Portable
- 23 June 2011
- iOS
- 25 August 2011
- PlayStation Vita
- 14 March 2013
- PlayStation 3
- 25 April 2013
- Android
- 27 June 2013
- PlayStation 4
- 10 December 2015
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