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Steins;Gate came out on October 15, 2009 for Xbox 360, then for PC on August 26, 2010 and for PlayStation Portable on June 23, 2011. On Steam, 97% of 25,568 player reviews are positive (Overwhelmingly Positive). 135 people are playing it on Steam right now, with a peak of 307 in the last 30 days. It is Playable on Steam Deck. The main story takes about 18 hours, doing everything about 40 hours.

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.

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.

What is happening now

Steins;Gate is a time-travel visual novel that originally released in 2009, following a group of friends who discover their microwave can send messages to the past. The branching narrative unfolds across multiple timelines and endings as players make choices that ripple through the story's central paradoxes. The game has since become the foundation for a successful anime adaptation and expanded media franchise. The series recently marked the 15th anniversary of its anime with a collaboration campaign at Round1 venues in Japan. The partnership brought together merchandise, limited-edition drinks, capsule toys, and a specially themed karaoke room experience, reflecting the enduring popularity of Steins;Gate across multiple formats in its home market.

How long to beat Steins;Gate

from 3 players
Main storyrushing through the story
18 h
Main + extrasstory plus side content
20 h
Completionisteverything the game has
40 h

More in the Steins;Gate series

1 other title

From the people behind Steins;Gate

shared cast and crew

Games like Steins;Gate

same kind of game, other series

Cast and crew

1 credits

Crew

Media

Steins;Gate screenshot

Releases

Platform
Date
October 15, 2009
August 26, 2010 (Japan first)
August 25, 2011 (Japan first)
March 14, 2013 (Japan first)
April 25, 2013 (Japan first)
June 27, 2013
December 10, 2015

Earliest full release on each platform; regional dates can differ.

PC and Steam Deck

Steam store page

Steam Deck: Playable runs, but may need some tweaks

Minimum
Recommended
OS *
Windows7/8.1/10
Windows7/8.1/10 (64bit ver)
Processor
Core i3 of Sandy Bridge generation or better
Core i5 of Ivy Bridge generation or better
Memory
4 GB RAM
4 GB RAM
Graphics
Intel HD Graphics Series (It needs 1GB memory allocation)
Geforce (VRAM 1GB or better)
DirectX
Version 9.0c
Version 9.0c
Network
Broadband Internet connection
Broadband Internet connection
Storage
13 GB available space
13 GB available space
Sound Card
Sound Devices compartible Direct Sound
Sound Devices compartible Direct Sound
Additional Notes
1280x720 or better required (Recommended 1920x1080)
1280x720 or better required (Recommended 1920x1080)

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Requirements and Deck status as listed on Steam, checked Oct 29, 2026.

Steins;Gate player count

concurrent players on Steam
135playing now2h ago
135peak today
30730-day peak
307highest we have seenOct 25, 2026
Oct 23: 255 Oct 24: 274 Oct 25: 307 Oct 26: 248 Oct 27: 297 Oct 28: 267 Oct 29: 248 Oct 30: 216 Oct 31: 252 Nov 1: 300 Nov 2: 263 Nov 3: 135
Oct 23daily peak, last 12 daystoday

Players counted on Steam every one to six hours; the daily peak is the highest count of the day.

Steins;Gate achievements

42 achievements on Steam

Rarest

Skyclad Observer
5.2%
Hero of RaiNet [Phone Trigger] Received all 13 RaiNet episode summaries.
5.5%
Froggy Fad Demise [Phone Trigger] Received all Gero Froggy wallpapers.
6.1%
Songs of Chaos [Phone Trigger] Received 4 songs from a chaotic head.
6.2%
Princesses of Chaos [Phone Trigger] Received 3 wallpapers of characters from a chaotic head.
6.8%
100% CG Achievement Unlocked all CGs.
7.2%
All 42 achievements by how many players unlocked them
Discontinuous Qualia [Phone Trigger] Asked by Kurisu to buy cup noodles twice in a row.
8.6%
Cat's Tea Time [Phone Trigger] Offered tea by Faris.
8.8%
Cruel Sister Learned about Luka's relationship to his sister.
9.7%
Homerun-level Clumsiness Made 10 mistakes while attempting to set the PhoneWave (name subject to change)'s timer.
11%
All Worldlines Complete Completed all endings.
12.1%
Passions Best Forgotten [Phone Trigger] Learned why Mayuri started making costumes.
12.9%
Paradox Meltdown
13.5%
Warrior Girl's Pride [Phone Trigger] Received an unusual proposition from Suzuha.
14.2%
Stardust Sky
15.1%
Open The Steins Gate Reached Steins Gate.
15.2%
Link of Corruption and Rebirth
15.6%
Isolated Jamais Vu Reached Faris's ending.
16.3%
Genius Girl's Melancholy
16.8%
Endless Apoptosis
17.2%
Fractal Androgynous
17.4%
75% CG Achievement Unlocked 75% of CGs.
17.4%
Made in Complex
17.8%
RaiNet's Mascot [Phone Trigger] Received 2 Upa wallpapers.
18%
Metaphysics Necrosis
18.5%
Message of Oblivion [Phone Trigger] Cleared someone's mail without reading it.
18.6%
Irreversible Reboot
19%
50% CG Achievement Unlocked 50% of CGs.
20.6%
Dogma in Event Horizon
21%
Chaos Theory Homeostasis
21.9%
25% CG Achievement Unlocked 25% of CGs.
23.4%
Identity of Complete Isolation [Phone Trigger] Ignored a phone call.
24.5%
Butterfly Effect's Divergence
24.8%
Interpreter Rendezvous
28.2%
First Sound [Phone Trigger] Changed ringtone.
34.1%
Vision Projection [Phone Trigger] Changed phone wallpaper.
34.2%
Time Travel Paranoia
35.5%
Resonant Reaction [Phone Trigger] Replied to an email.
43.8%
Memories of the Self [Phone Trigger] Viewed email send history at least once.
46.8%
Memories of Another [Phone Trigger] Read an email.
50.8%
Prologue of the Beginning and the End
61.4%
The Choice of Steins Gate Started Steins;Gate.
94.7%

Share of Steam players who unlocked each achievement.

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