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Steins;Gate

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First release
Oct 15, 2009
Developer
Nitro Plus
Genres
Adventure, Visual Novel · Mystery, Science fiction, Survival, Historical
Platforms
Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 3, iOS, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360

Steins;Gate is a Japanese visual novel developed by 5pb. and Nitroplus. It is the second game in the Science Adventure series following Chaos;Head. The game is described by the development team as a "hypothetical science ADV" and explores time and time travel in 2010 Akihabara. The gameplay follows non-linear plot lines which offer branching scenarios with courses of interaction.

Also known as 命運石之門, Launcher.exe

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Storyline
The story of Steins;Gate takes place in Akihabara and is about a group of friends who have customized their microwave into a device that can send text messages to the past. As they perform different experiments, an organization named SERN who has been doing their own research on time travel tracks them down and now the characters have to find a way to avoid being captured by them.Read more

The story of Steins;Gate takes place in Akihabara and is about a group of friends who have customized their microwave into a device that can send text messages to the past. As they perform different experiments, an organization named SERN who has been doing their own research on time travel tracks them down and now the characters have to find a way to avoid being captured by them.

Release dates
Xbox 360
Oct 15, 2009
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Aug 26, 2010
PlayStation Portable
Jun 23, 2011
All 14 release dates
iOS
Aug 25, 2011
PlayStation Vita
Mar 14, 2013
PlayStation 3
Apr 25, 2013
Android
Jun 27, 2013
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Mar 31, 2014
PlayStation 3
Jun 05, 2015
PlayStation Vita
Jun 05, 2015
PlayStation 3
Aug 25, 2015
PlayStation Vita
Aug 25, 2015
PlayStation 4
Dec 10, 2015
iOS
Sep 09, 2016
Time to beatIGDB · recorded
Main Story
19h
Main + Extras
20h
Completionist
40h
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
Text, First person
Keywords
anime, cyberpunk, time travel, murder, dystopian
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At a Glance

Critic Score
80
Main Story (IGDB)
19h
Main + Extras (IGDB)
20h
Completionist (IGDB)
40h
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