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ROBOTICS;NOTES ELITE cover art

ROBOTICS;NOTES ELITE

MAGES. Inc. · Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd. · 2020-10-13

SteamPlayStation Store

Adventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Oct 16, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 13, 2020 (PlayStation 4), Oct 13, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 26, 2014 (PlayStation Vita)

Thanks to the rising popularity of the PhoneDroid—a device which features augmented reality (A.R.)—the age of advanced technology has finally reached Tanegashima. On that island, Central Tanegashima High's "Robot Research Club" is about to have their club disbanded.

ROBOTICS;NOTES ELITE is an Adventure game released in 2020, priced at $34.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and Very Positive (91% of 717 reviews).

6
playing now
91%
positive of 717 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
81/100
IGDB user rating (8 ratings)
4.51★
PlayStation Store rating (128 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$34.99
steam price (US)

6 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 UTC (census sample)

Robotics;Notes is a visual novel video game developed by 5pb. It is the third main game in the Science Adventure series, following Chaos;Head and Steins;Gate, and is described by the developers as an "Augmented Science Adventure". The game was originally released by 5pb. in Japan on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in 2012; the enhanced version Robotics;Notes Elite was released for PlayStation Vita in 2014, and for Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 in 2019. An English version of Robotics;Notes Elite was released by Spike Chunsoft in 2020 for Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 6 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 82 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~10/week).
  • · Review velocity up 4% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 16% of 28,758 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 14k–32k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 717 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $6.99 at Steam (2024-10-15)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $34.99 · on sale 17 of 25 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
474720202026Week of 2020-10-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 22 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1532026-09-15 06:00 — 7 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 11 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 10 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 7 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 15 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 12 players2026-09-23 04:00 — 11 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 4 players2026-09-25 19:00 — 7 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 12 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 9 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 12 players2026-10-01 01:00 — 9 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 6 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 15 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 7 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 10 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 14 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 10 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 8 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 10 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 7 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
634Oct 2020Aug 2026Oct 2020 — avg 63 · peak 137Dec 2020 — avg 18 · peak 39Feb 2021 — avg 10 · peak 22Apr 2021 — avg 6 · peak 17Jun 2021 — avg 8 · peak 27Aug 2021 — avg 8 · peak 19Oct 2021 — avg 11 · peak 28Dec 2021 — avg 9 · peak 23Feb 2022 — avg 8 · peak 20Apr 2022 — avg 6 · peak 15Jun 2022 — avg 7 · peak 20Aug 2022 — avg 7 · peak 20Oct 2022 — avg 5 · peak 17Dec 2022 — avg 5 · peak 14Feb 2023 — avg 7 · peak 18Apr 2023 — avg 8 · peak 19Jun 2023 — avg 6 · peak 14Aug 2023 — avg 11 · peak 28Oct 2023 — avg 7 · peak 17Dec 2023 — avg 8 · peak 20Feb 2024 — avg 6 · peak 14Apr 2024 — avg 7 · peak 17Jun 2024 — avg 6 · peak 14Aug 2024 — avg 7 · peak 16Oct 2024 — avg 10 · peak 28Dec 2024 — avg 9 · peak 18Feb 2025 — avg 11 · peak 23Apr 2025 — avg 8 · peak 19Jun 2025 — avg 9 · peak 20Aug 2025 — avg 12 · peak 27Oct 2025 — avg 6 · peak 14Dec 2025 — avg 8 · peak 18Feb 2026 — avg 8 · peak 18Apr 2026 — avg 9 · peak 21Jun 2026 — avg 12 · peak 23Aug 2026 — avg 14 · peak 26
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$34.99$6.992020-10-142026-08-192020-10-14 — best price $31.492021-01-05 — best price $34.992021-06-24 — best price $17.492021-10-04 — best price $34.992021-12-22 — best price $13.992022-02-03 — best price $34.992022-09-15 — best price $13.992022-11-29 — best price $34.992023-02-16 — best price $13.992023-03-23 — best price $34.992023-06-30 — best price $13.992023-08-14 — best price $34.992023-12-21 — best price $13.992024-03-21 — best price $34.992024-06-27 — best price $13.992024-10-28 — best price $34.992024-12-19 — best price $8.742025-01-30 — best price $34.992025-03-13 — best price $8.742025-05-09 — best price $34.992025-06-27 — best price $8.742025-08-03 — best price $34.992025-10-27 — best price $10.492026-01-05 — best price $34.992026-03-09 — best price $6.992026-05-05 — best price $34.992026-06-25 — best price $10.492026-08-06 — best price $6.992026-08-09 — best price $6.992026-08-12 — best price $6.992026-08-19 — best price $34.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

139522026-05-31 — 95 pageviews2026-06-04 — 113 pageviews2026-06-08 — 118 pageviews2026-06-12 — 84 pageviews2026-06-16 — 73 pageviews2026-06-20 — 91 pageviews2026-06-24 — 83 pageviews2026-06-28 — 136 pageviews2026-07-02 — 86 pageviews2026-07-06 — 92 pageviews2026-07-10 — 77 pageviews2026-07-14 — 85 pageviews2026-07-18 — 66 pageviews2026-07-22 — 72 pageviews2026-07-26 — 84 pageviews2026-07-30 — 85 pageviews2026-08-03 — 60 pageviews2026-08-07 — 67 pageviews2026-08-11 — 124 pageviews2026-08-15 — 100 pageviews2026-08-19 — 116 pageviews2026-08-23 — 119 pageviews2026-08-27 — 108 pageviews2026-08-31 — 96 pageviews2026-09-04 — 75 pageviews2026-09-08 — 78 pageviews2026-09-12 — 79 pageviews2026-09-16 — 79 pageviews2026-09-20 — 85 pageviews2026-09-24 — 62 pageviews2026-09-28 — 79 pageviews2026-10-02 — 64 pageviews2026-10-06 — 68 pageviews2026-10-09 — 62 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

50
achievements tracked
86.5%
earned "Ojyarimouse!"
35.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2020-10-14 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS Vita (PlayStation)95680%50
Steam (Steam)88932%50
PS4 (PlayStation)78562%50
PS Vita (PlayStation)51282%50
PS4 (PlayStation)36382%50
Switch (Nintendo)390%0
Switch (Nintendo)100%0
Switch (Nintendo)0—0
PS Vita (PlayStation)0—50

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

AnimeMechsRobotsSci-fiMysteryScienceAdventureConspiracyStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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