Steins;Gate

Main GameReleased 2009

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Game Details

Genres

AdventureVisual Novel

Themes

Science fictionSurvivalHistoricalMystery

Perspective

First personText

Game Modes

Single player

Release Date

15/10/2009

Platforms

PlayStation 3PlayStation 4AndroidPC (Microsoft Windows)iOSPlayStation VitaPlayStation PortableXbox 360

Language Support

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Involved Companies

PQube

Publisher

JAST USA

Publisher

MAGES.

DeveloperPublisher

NITRO PLUS

Developer

5pb.

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Summary

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.