Used to identify the game, unaltered. Steins;Gate wordmark, trademark of its owner, from the publisher's Steam store listing

Steins;Gate

Catalogue entry · not reviewed · store data read 30 August 2026

Developed by 5pb. and Nitroplus, STEINS;GATE was awarded Famitsu magazine's coveted annual Game of Excellence award and was voted one of the most emotionally charged “tear-inducing games” ever made, in a Famitsu poll.　It is a gripping and moving Visual Novel, which has already spawned manga and anime adaptations.

Action Adventure

Player score

9.7/10

26,892 reviews

Released: 2009
Developer: 5pb. Inc.
Platforms: 11 systems
Critics: 87
Steam Deck: playable
Download: 13 GB

We have not written a full review of this game.This is a catalogue entry: everything below comes from a source we can link, checked on a stated date. There is no score and no verdict here, because we only publish those after a reviewer has played the game and written it up properly. Our team may well have played this one. Until someone writes the review, we are not going to imply a verdict we have not put our name to.

What is Steins;Gate?

Description as published by the developer on its own store page, read 30 August 2026. It is marketing copy, not our assessment.

The record

Catalogue facts
First released	15 October 2009
Developer	5pb. Inc.
Publisher	Spike Chunsoft
Platforms	iOS, Android, iPad, Android Tablet, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita, PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Steam Deck
Genres	Action Adventure
Languages	4 supported

Source. Catalogue facts from Wikidata Q482494, seeded 30 August 2026. Store data from Steam, read 30 August 2026.

How was Steins;Gate received?

Players97%positive of 26,892 · Overwhelmingly Positive

Metacritic87critic aggregate, PC

Achievements42on Steam

Method. Player figures are Steam's own totals for the PC version, read 30 August 2026. The Metacritic score is the one Steam publishes on its store page and can lag the site itself. Metacritic page. Neither is our opinion. We have not published a review of this game.

Accessibility

1 declared features

Method. Features the publisher declared on its own store page. A declaration is a floor, not a review.

What does it support?

Technical support
Capability	Support
Controller	partial support
Cloud saves	Yes
Cross-platform play	No
Mod support	No official workshop
Online play	Single-player only
In-game purchases	No
Steam Deck	playable
Download size	13 GB
Add-on content	None listed
Age gate	None

Content descriptors

General mature content

Method. Read from the publisher's Steam listing on 30 August 2026. Describes the PC version. Console versions differ.

What does it cost?

$29.99

Steam price in US dollars, read 30 August 2026. Prices move hourly and vary by region. Check the current price.

Problems players report

We read the 253 most recent negative Steam reviews of Steins;Gate on 30 August 2026 and counted what they mention. These are complaints, not confirmed defects: we have not reproduced any of them, and a review describes one person's machine. What the counts tell you is which problems more than one person ran into.

Will not launch or install8 of 253 (3%)
Wont even launch on windows 10.
Steam review, 16 September 2017 · 0 hours played · 9 readers marked it helpful
Can't run the game in full screen
Steam review, 13 January 2021 · 8 hours played · 5 readers marked it helpful

A further 1 reviews call the game buggy or broken without saying how, which is why they are counted separately rather than assigned to a theme. Counted by keyword across review text, so a review discussing two problems is counted under both. Read the reviews yourself.

Games like Steins;Gate

24 games overlap with Steins;Gate on the tags Steam players applied to it, on genre, and on theme. The closest are Steins;Gate 0, Chaos;Child and Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma.

All 24 games like Steins;Gate

Common questions about Steins;Gate

What platforms is Steins;Gate on?

Steins;Gate is available on iOS, Android, iPad, Android Tablet, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita, PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Steam Deck. It first released in 2009.

How much does Steins;Gate cost?

$29.99 on Steam in the United States, read on 30 August 2026. Prices move often and vary by region, so check the store before buying.

Do players recommend Steins;Gate?

97% of 26,892 Steam reviews are positive, which Steam rates Overwhelmingly Positive. That is players rating it, not our review. We have not published a review of this game.

What is the Metacritic score for Steins;Gate?

87 out of 100 for the PC version, as published on the game's own Steam store page. Steam can lag Metacritic by a few points.

Does Steins;Gate work on Steam Deck?

Valve rates Steins;Gate as playable on the Steam Deck, from its own testing.

How big is the Steins;Gate download?

13 GB on PC, from the storage requirement on its Steam listing. Console versions differ.