STEINS;GATE

STEINS;GATE

Steam Deck Playable

MAGES. Inc. · Visual Novel · Sep 9, 2016

Yes, worth buying.

It's at its lowest recorded price, $5.99.

97%
Overwhelmingly Positive
27k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 237 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 50 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 26 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews

Based on 27k player reviews · updated 5 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
83% of themes are praise17% are divided0% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
Some Route Repetition · For True Ending · For 100% Completion
237 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The soundtrack and world-building are top-tier, creating a sense of immersion so powerful that the 'post-VN void' hits harder than a system-wide crash.
50 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
If you decide to play though the game, you’ll notice that you won’t have many opportunities to make choices that might affect the story progression.
26 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
VISUALS The game looks great and has an incredibly unique art style.
17 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
Having your choices tied to calls and emails instead of a standard choice menu was a cool idea, and it fits Steins;Gate's story perfectly.
10 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love5 themes
Story and characters237 reviews
Audio50 reviews
Gameplay26 reviews
Graphics17 reviews
Interface10 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Controls6 reviews
83%
Players complain% still recommend

No recurring complaints surfaced in this sample.

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. One more theme was raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and is not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded

Currently $5.99 (−80%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

5 points recordedtoday · $5.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
97%
Overwhelmingly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
42
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.