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STEINS;GATE: Linear Bounded Phenogram

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

Steam

Adventure

Franchise: Steins;Gate · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Feb 19, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 25, 2014 (PlayStation 3), Aug 14, 2014 (iOS), Feb 19, 2019 (PlayStation 4), Mar 20, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 25, 2014 (Xbox 360)

A story for every lab member. Discover a new side of each STEINS;GATE character and get a glimpse of their inner thoughts through 10 new stories.

STEINS;GATE: Linear Bounded Phenogram is an Adventure game released in 2019, estimated to have 50,000 .. 100,000 owners, with an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (97% of 1350 reviews).

8
playing now
97%
positive of 1.4k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
93/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable

8 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Steins;Gate: Linear Bounded Phenogram is a visual novel video game developed and published by 5pb. for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PlayStation Vita in 2013, and later ported to iOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Microsoft Windows; the PlayStation 4 and Windows versions were released internationally by Spike Chunsoft in 2019. The game is part of the Science Adventure series, and a spin-off from the 2009 game Steins;Gate. It consists of ten side stories set in different realities, and follow different Steins;Gate characters. Unlike previous entries in the Steins;Gate series, the game is nearly devoid of interactive narrative.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 8 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 180 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~23/week).
  • · Review velocity down 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 28,877 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 34k–81k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,350 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
474720192026Week of 2019-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3072026-09-15 02:00 — 16 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 21 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 12 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 8 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 25 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 19 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 8 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 14 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 21 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 8 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 14 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 26 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 12 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 13 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 29 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 8 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 13 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 30 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 11 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 17 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 23 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 8 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 9 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 8 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
463Feb 2019Aug 2026Feb 2019 — avg 46 · peak 435May 2019 — avg 8 · peak 19Aug 2019 — avg 8 · peak 22Nov 2019 — avg 7 · peak 20Feb 2020 — avg 6 · peak 14May 2020 — avg 11 · peak 27Aug 2020 — avg 8 · peak 20Nov 2020 — avg 10 · peak 27Feb 2021 — avg 7 · peak 20May 2021 — avg 7 · peak 21Aug 2021 — avg 6 · peak 18Nov 2021 — avg 6 · peak 17Feb 2022 — avg 9 · peak 22May 2022 — avg 10 · peak 27Aug 2022 — avg 8 · peak 29Nov 2022 — avg 6 · peak 18Feb 2023 — avg 8 · peak 22May 2023 — avg 7 · peak 21Aug 2023 — avg 13 · peak 39Nov 2023 — avg 7 · peak 20Feb 2024 — avg 6 · peak 17May 2024 — avg 9 · peak 25Aug 2024 — avg 8 · peak 20Nov 2024 — avg 41 · peak 107Feb 2025 — avg 26 · peak 66May 2025 — avg 20 · peak 53Aug 2025 — avg 32 · peak 79Nov 2025 — avg 21 · peak 51Feb 2026 — avg 19 · peak 44May 2026 — avg 24 · peak 248Aug 2026 — avg 33 · peak 314
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Attention

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Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

35
achievements tracked
66.8%
earned "Once More, Steins Gate Has Chosen"
23.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,52130%35

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

Player tags

AnimeSci-fiScienceAdventureStory RichTime TravelSingleplayerVisual NovelGreat Soundtrack

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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