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.
Each input wears a grade, S to D, read from the buyer's side. The color is the direction: green raises the score, red lowers it, grey sits neutral. ▼ marks a dock, ? a missing input, • a fact this genre's score does not use. The exact weights stay secret. These are the inputs and the direction each pushes.
People genuinely stick with this one. Steam global achievements
steinspeak , love the funny humors and jokes around the entire game , definetly better than the anime
Right up there with Evangelion for me. What an emotional journey - this is genuinely one of the best sci-fi stories I've ever experienced. I haven't loved something this much in a long time. It blends time-travel with grounded, character-driven slice-of-life, and it took me nearly five months to finish, partly because the beginning is a bit slow and I'm usually not a fan of slice-of-life. Looking back, though, that...
Only true acolytes to the wisdom of Hououin Kyouma (the true bringer of chaos), can truly understand the complexities of this Orwellian masterpiece
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BANGER · Narrative · 2016
Steam Deck PlayableBUY IT.
Yes. A BANGER at $5.99.
about 26.2h$5.99 (~)
Better value than 100% of Narrative games
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STEINS;GATE scores 99/100 on the BANG Score (a BANGER). The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steamBANGERS.com/game/412830/steins-gate<a href="https://steamBANGERS.com/game/412830/steins-gate"><img src="https://steambangers.com/api/badge/412830" alt="BANG Score" width="340" height="80"></a>[](https://steamBANGERS.com/game/412830/steins-gate)The BANG Score is one number for value, 0 to 100: price against how it reviews and how long it was built to be. It rates value, not taste. Whether it is for you is on you. How the score is computed → Data · updated 3h ago.
Peak 157Low 157Latest 157
Daily peak concurrent players.Player counts via SteamSpy.
Low $5.99High $29.99Now $5.9980% off high
Price line + bands by tier:BANGERPrice history via IsThereAnyDeal.
The lowest price on record is $2.99, set in June 2025. It has been discounted 67 times in the 10 years tracked here, typically at 60 percent off, with about 7 weeks between sales. Today's $5.99 at 80 percent off still sits 100 percent above the floor, so a deeper cut exists in its history.
On value it sits in the top 1 percent of its genre. It outscores the games it most resembles, including STEINS;GATE 0 ($6.99, scores 95) and CHAOS;CHILD ($4.99, scores 70).
About 61 percent of players see it through to the end, which is high. People who start this one tend to stay.