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STEINS;GATE ELITE cover art

STEINS;GATE ELITE

MAGES. Inc. · Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd. · 2019-02-19

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Adventure

Franchise: Steins;Gate · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text

Releases: Feb 19, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 20, 2018 (PlayStation 4), Sep 17, 2016 (iOS), Sep 20, 2018 (PlayStation Vita), Feb 19, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

STEINS;GATE ELITE follows a rag-tag band of tech-savvy young students who discover the means of changing the past via e-mail using a modified microwave.

STEINS;GATE ELITE is an Adventure game released in 2019, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 1682 reviews).

4
playing now
90%
positive of 1.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
83/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
90/100
IGDB user rating (10 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (50 downloads)
4.78★
PlayStation Store rating (796 ratings)
20h
to beat · rushed 10h · completionist 40h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable

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

Steins;Gate Elite is a science fiction visual novel and interactive movie video game, part of the Science Adventure series. It was developed by 5pb. for PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch, Microsoft Windows and iOS, and was released in September 2018 in Japan and in February 2019 internationally. It is an updated, fully animated remake of the 2009 game Steins;Gate, using footage from the anime adaptation of the original game along with newly produced animation by White Fox.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 91 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~11/week).
  • · Review velocity down 24% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 10% of 28,763 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 42k–101k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,682 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
11311320192026Week of 2019-02-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1512026-09-15 06:00 — 6 players2026-09-16 14:00 — 12 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 7 players2026-09-19 05:00 — 7 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 10 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 04:00 — 5 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 6 players2026-09-25 19:00 — 3 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 7 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 5 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 7 players2026-10-01 01:00 — 5 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 4 players2026-10-03 16:00 — 11 players2026-10-05 00:00 — 9 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 9 players2026-10-07 15:00 — 8 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 06:00 — 11 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 14 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 9 players2026-10-14 05:00 — 12 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
575Feb 2019Aug 2026Feb 2019 — avg 57 · peak 95May 2019 — avg 24 · peak 77Aug 2019 — avg 23 · peak 80Nov 2019 — avg 13 · peak 36Feb 2020 — avg 16 · peak 46May 2020 — avg 21 · peak 58Aug 2020 — avg 13 · peak 31Nov 2020 — avg 18 · peak 56Feb 2021 — avg 13 · peak 36May 2021 — avg 13 · peak 39Aug 2021 — avg 8 · peak 22Nov 2021 — avg 9 · peak 32Feb 2022 — avg 10 · peak 29May 2022 — avg 13 · peak 43Aug 2022 — avg 10 · peak 25Nov 2022 — avg 8 · peak 32Feb 2023 — avg 11 · peak 34May 2023 — avg 10 · peak 27Aug 2023 — avg 17 · peak 58Nov 2023 — avg 7 · peak 25Feb 2024 — avg 5 · peak 14May 2024 — avg 9 · peak 33Aug 2024 — avg 8 · peak 22Nov 2024 — avg 30 · peak 113Feb 2025 — avg 17 · peak 50May 2025 — avg 14 · peak 37Aug 2025 — avg 20 · peak 58Nov 2025 — avg 12 · peak 33Feb 2026 — avg 11 · peak 35May 2026 — avg 12 · peak 35Aug 2026 — avg 15 · peak 37
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Attention

105202026-05-31 — 64 pageviews2026-06-04 — 57 pageviews2026-06-08 — 75 pageviews2026-06-12 — 60 pageviews2026-06-16 — 41 pageviews2026-06-20 — 41 pageviews2026-06-24 — 56 pageviews2026-06-28 — 53 pageviews2026-07-02 — 45 pageviews2026-07-06 — 47 pageviews2026-07-10 — 39 pageviews2026-07-14 — 45 pageviews2026-07-18 — 33 pageviews2026-07-22 — 39 pageviews2026-07-26 — 50 pageviews2026-07-30 — 26 pageviews2026-08-03 — 49 pageviews2026-08-07 — 53 pageviews2026-08-11 — 68 pageviews2026-08-15 — 63 pageviews2026-08-19 — 105 pageviews2026-08-23 — 94 pageviews2026-08-27 — 64 pageviews2026-08-31 — 43 pageviews2026-09-04 — 38 pageviews2026-09-08 — 32 pageviews2026-09-12 — 38 pageviews2026-09-16 — 36 pageviews2026-09-20 — 49 pageviews2026-09-24 — 23 pageviews2026-09-28 — 26 pageviews2026-10-02 — 31 pageviews2026-10-06 — 31 pageviews2026-10-10 — 28 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

26
achievements tracked
58.2%
earned "Prologue of the Beginning and the End"
16.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on TabletFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)2,88868%26
Steam (Steam)1,32231%26
PS4 (PlayStation)96784%26
PS Vita (PlayStation)73592%26
Switch (Nintendo)590%0
Switch (Nintendo)330%0
Switch (Nintendo)160%0

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

Player tags

GoreAnimeSci-fiRomanceScienceViolentThrillerAdventureStory RichTime Travel

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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