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STEINS;GATE cover art

STEINS;GATE

MAGES. Inc. · Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd. · 2016-09-08

SteamAmazon

Adventure

Franchise: Steins;Gate · Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 31, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 25, 2011 (iOS), Jun 23, 2011 (PlayStation Portable), Jun 05, 2015 (PlayStation 3), Jun 27, 2013 (Android), Jun 05, 2015 (PlayStation Vita)

Developed by 5pb. and Nitroplus, STEINS;GATE was awarded Famitsu magazine's coveted annual Game of Excellence award and was voted one of the most emotionally charged “tear-inducing games” ever made, in a Famitsu poll.　It is a gripping and moving Visual Novel, which has already spawned manga and anime adaptations.

237
playing now
97%
positive of 27k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
91/100
IGDB user rating (356 ratings)
20h
to beat · rushed 19h · completionist 40h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

237 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Steins;Gate is a 2009 science fiction visual novel game developed by 5pb. and Nitroplus. It is the second game in the Science Adventure series, following Chaos;Head. The story follows 18-year old Rintaro Okabe and his friends as they accidentally invent a form of time travel via text messages that can be sent to the past. The gameplay in Steins;Gate includes branching scenarios with courses of interaction.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 237 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 2,402 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~300/week).
  • · Review velocity down 35% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 672k–1.6M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 26,888 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2025-06-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 18 of 27 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.1k1.1k20182026Week of 2018-01-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 302 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 211 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 313 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 236 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 274 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 229 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 231 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 212 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 225 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 227 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 267 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 284 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 229 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 232 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 268 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 329 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 223 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 237 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 692 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 622 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 470 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 450 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 336 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 390 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 229 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 269 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 355 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1,055 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 686 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 294 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 295 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 310 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 304 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 336 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 270 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 335 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 248 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 239 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 271 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 298 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 387 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 13 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

7131822026-08-06 22:00 — 199 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 399 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 582 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 182 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 423 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 635 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 226 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 488 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 701 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 243 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 433 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 713 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 235 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 492 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 684 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 211 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 396 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 662 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 292 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 414 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 647 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 337 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 366 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 524 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 335 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 270 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 357 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 266 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 237 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$34.99$2.992016-09-092026-08-192016-09-09 — best price $29.742016-12-22 — best price $27.992017-06-22 — best price $20.992017-11-22 — best price $17.492018-02-12 — best price $13.992018-07-05 — best price $29.992018-11-01 — best price $29.992019-02-12 — best price $29.992019-07-09 — best price $29.992019-11-12 — best price $29.992020-01-02 — best price $29.992020-03-06 — best price $29.992020-07-09 — best price $29.992020-11-16 — best price $29.992021-02-15 — best price $29.992021-07-08 — best price $29.992021-12-01 — best price $29.992022-02-03 — best price $29.992022-07-07 — best price $29.992022-11-29 — best price $29.992023-02-27 — best price $29.992023-05-08 — best price $29.992023-08-14 — best price $29.992024-01-04 — best price $29.992024-05-06 — best price $29.992024-10-28 — best price $29.992025-01-02 — best price $29.992025-03-10 — best price $29.992025-05-09 — best price $29.992025-07-10 — best price $29.992025-10-06 — best price $29.992026-01-05 — best price $29.992026-03-26 — best price $29.992026-06-11 — best price $29.992026-08-06 — best price $5.992026-08-10 — best price $5.992026-08-14 — best price $5.992026-08-19 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

602026-08-29 20:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 22:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-30 01:34 — 6 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

42
achievements tracked
94.7%
earned "The Choice of Steins Gate"
17.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on TabletFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)15,46415%42
PS Vita (PlayStation)4,56754%42
Xbox 360 (Xbox)4,31637%51
PS Vita (PlayStation)4,11469%42
PS Vita (PlayStation)3,88150%42
PS3 (PlayStation)3,62560%42
PS3 (PlayStation)2,78659%42
PS3 (PlayStation)2,23082%42
PS Vita (PlayStation)1,00279%42
PS3 (PlayStation)74383%42
PS3 (PlayStation)51789%42

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

Player tags

AnimeSci-fiMysteryRomanceScienceAdventureStory RichAtmosphericTime TravelSingleplayer

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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