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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

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.

32
playing now
97%
positive of 1.3k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
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)

32 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 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

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  • · Top 26% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 33k–80k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,337 total reviews — how this is computed.

Players online

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Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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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