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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 · Perspectives: First person, Text

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.

STEINS;GATE is an Adventure game released in 2016, priced at $29.99, with an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (97% of 27,050 reviews).

210
playing now
97%
positive of 27k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
91/100
IGDB user rating (356 ratings)
4
Nexus mods (488 downloads)
87/100
opencritic · mighty · 100% recommend · from 12 critics
20h
to beat · rushed 19h · completionist 40h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

210 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 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.

Trailer

STEINS;GATE trailer thumbnail

Steins;Gate | Anime Trailer [HD] | 2011

≈662,239 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 210 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 2% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 682k–1.6M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 27,273 total reviews — how this is computed.

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

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 17 of 25 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

423832026-09-15 12:00 — 271 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 140 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 145 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 266 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 160 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 163 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 180 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 147 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 117 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 269 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 194 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 83 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 192 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 322 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 175 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 271 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 423 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 123 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 206 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 348 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 172 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 172 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 210 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
9210Aug 2016Aug 2026Aug 2016 — avg 0 · peak 3Dec 2016 — avg 49 · peak 119Apr 2017 — avg 28 · peak 70Aug 2017 — avg 48 · peak 89Dec 2017 — avg 129 · peak 334Apr 2018 — avg 121 · peak 264Aug 2018 — avg 172 · peak 565Dec 2018 — avg 75 · peak 213Apr 2019 — avg 52 · peak 250Aug 2019 — avg 74 · peak 150Dec 2019 — avg 97 · peak 193Apr 2020 — avg 90 · peak 264Aug 2020 — avg 97 · peak 175Dec 2020 — avg 97 · peak 229Apr 2021 — avg 64 · peak 160Aug 2021 — avg 88 · peak 159Dec 2021 — avg 125 · peak 297Apr 2022 — avg 84 · peak 288Aug 2022 — avg 104 · peak 203Dec 2022 — avg 146 · peak 352Apr 2023 — avg 108 · peak 294Aug 2023 — avg 201 · peak 570Dec 2023 — avg 108 · peak 243Apr 2024 — avg 105 · peak 242Aug 2024 — avg 108 · peak 221Dec 2024 — avg 320 · peak 876Apr 2025 — avg 188 · peak 430Aug 2025 — avg 483 · peak 1,222Dec 2025 — avg 233 · peak 537Apr 2026 — avg 236 · peak 548Aug 2026 — avg 369 · peak 740
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
1191192026-10-012026-10-102026-10-01: 119 new positive2026-10-01: 2 new negative2026-10-02: 12 new positive2026-10-04: 19 new positive2026-10-04: 1 new negative2026-10-05: 12 new positive2026-10-05: 1 new negative2026-10-06: 12 new positive2026-10-07: 7 new positive2026-10-08: 11 new positive2026-10-08: 1 new negative2026-10-10: 15 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

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).

Attention

7923602026-06-01 — 543 pageviews2026-06-05 — 502 pageviews2026-06-09 — 498 pageviews2026-06-13 — 479 pageviews2026-06-17 — 499 pageviews2026-06-21 — 538 pageviews2026-06-25 — 464 pageviews2026-06-29 — 502 pageviews2026-07-03 — 506 pageviews2026-07-07 — 560 pageviews2026-07-11 — 471 pageviews2026-07-15 — 477 pageviews2026-07-19 — 513 pageviews2026-07-23 — 511 pageviews2026-07-27 — 603 pageviews2026-07-31 — 382 pageviews2026-08-04 — 399 pageviews2026-08-08 — 437 pageviews2026-08-12 — 463 pageviews2026-08-16 — 706 pageviews2026-08-20 — 792 pageviews2026-08-24 — 579 pageviews2026-08-28 — 521 pageviews2026-09-01 — 410 pageviews2026-09-05 — 421 pageviews2026-09-09 — 539 pageviews2026-09-13 — 455 pageviews2026-09-17 — 387 pageviews2026-09-21 — 458 pageviews2026-09-25 — 360 pageviews2026-09-29 — 433 pageviews2026-10-03 — 369 pageviews2026-10-07 — 435 pageviews2026-10-11 — 410 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

5402026-10-01 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 00:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-03 04:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-03 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 21:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-05 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 16:34 — 52 viewers2026-10-05 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 03:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-07 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 19:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-08 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 15:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-12 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 18:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-12 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 03:34 — 0 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.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

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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