Steins;Gate: Octet of Shifting Space cover

Steins;Gate: Octet of Shifting Space

First release
Oct 28, 2011
Developer
MAGES., Nitro Plus
Publisher
5pb.
Genres
Adventure, Visual Novel · Science fiction

A non-canon extension of the True End of the original game. Unlike the modern visual novel format of the original game, this retro game perfectly mimics the style of graphical text adventure games from the 8-bit PC era (e.g. PC-88), with the player typing short commands to interact with and explore the game world. It features all backgrounds and characters drawn in a low-color pixelated style with emulated scanlines, chiptune music played through an emulated FM chip, and no voice acting. Although non-canon, the game contains many easter eggs and references that connect Chaos;Head and Steins;Gate together.

Also known as Steins;Gate: Variant Space Octet, Steins;Gate: Heni Kuukan no Octet

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Storyline
The premise of the game features Okabe receiving a D-Mail from himself in 2025 that states that he must save the future by reclaiming an IBN 5100 from a person under of the alias "Knight-hart". This person is Takumi Nishijō of Chaos;Head, as he runs under the same player name in his favorite MMORPG, and the D-Mail stating that "Neidhardt" lives in Shibuya and has "inherent, supernatural abilities", a reference to his power as a gigalomaniac.Read more

The premise of the game features Okabe receiving a D-Mail from himself in 2025 that states that he must save the future by reclaiming an IBN 5100 from a person under of the alias "Knight-hart". This person is Takumi Nishijō of Chaos;Head, as he runs under the same player name in his favorite MMORPG, and the D-Mail stating that "Neidhardt" lives in Shibuya and has "inherent, supernatural abilities", a reference to his power as a gigalomaniac.

Release dates
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Oct 28, 2011
Nintendo Switch
Nov 2026
Nintendo Switch 2
Nov 2026
All 8 release dates
PlayStation 5
Nov 2026
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Date to be confirmed
Nintendo Switch
Date to be confirmed
Nintendo Switch 2
Date to be confirmed
PlayStation 5
Date to be confirmed
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
First person
Keywords
anime, cyberpunk, time travel, murder, dystopian
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