Steins;Gate
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| Developers | |
|---|---|
| 5pb. | |
| Nitroplus | |
| Publishers | |
| Japan | Nitroplus |
| North America | JAST USA |
| Steam | Spike Chunsoft |
| Engines | |
| Nitroplus | N2System |
| JAST USA | N2System |
| Steam | MAGES. Engine |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | October 15, 2009 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Genres | Visual novel |
| Themes | Japan |
| Series | Science Adventure |
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| ⤏ Go to series page | |
| Chaos;Head | 2008 |
| Steins;Gate | 2009 |
| Steins;Gate: Variant Space Octet | 2011 |
| Chaos;Child | 2016 |
| Steins;Gate 0 | 2016 |
| Steins;Gate Elite | 2019 |
| Steins;Gate: Linear Bounded Phenogram | 2019 |
| Steins;Gate: My Darling's Embrace | 2019 |
| Robotics;Notes DaSH | 2020 |
| Robotics;Notes Elite | 2020 |
| Chaos;Head NoAH | 2022 |
| Anonymous;Code | 2023 |
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail | |
JAST USA version on DVD. No difference between original and "Best Edition" aside from price. | |
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| Official website | |
JAST USA version. | |
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| Steam | |
MAGES version. | |
Essential improvements
STEINS;GATE for Steam Improvement Patch
- This patch fixes several flaws in the Steam version of the game
- Fixes various mistranslations in system text
- Replaces low quality images with high quality originals
- Improves typography and word-wrap phone text
- Adds texture filtering to improve visual quality
- Fixes issue where game hangs at a black screen
Steins;Gate Steam - HQ FMV Project
- This project replaces low quality videos with improved versions, based on the console release of the game.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | |
| Steam | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\mages_steam\STEINS;GATE\eng\config.dat |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/412830/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | %APPDATA%\Nitroplus\STEINS;GATE |
| Steam | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\mages_steam\STEINS;GATE\eng\SAVEDATA.DAT |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/412830/pfx/[Note 1] |
- 80 save slots and 48 quicksave slots available.
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
| Steam Cloud |
Video
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | Steam version supports 1920x1080 graphics and illustrations.[1] | ||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | Always enabled. | ||
| 60 FPS | |||
| 120+ FPS | Frame rate is capped at 60 FPS. | ||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
| Color blind mode | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Keyboard and mouse prompts | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | ||
| Full controller support | ||
| Controller remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Additional information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Input prompt override | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | Music, Effects and Voice (can also be toggled on or off per character) | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
- All versions only include one language.
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | Original language. | |||
| English | ||||
| Simplified Chinese | ||||
| Traditional Chinese | ||||
| Russian | Fan translation by «TransLab» and for Steam-version. |
Issues fixed
Game hangs at black screen
| Use unofficial patch[2] |
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Missing Text in main Menu on Radeon RX 5000 series and newers
| Use dxvk (Vulkan-based translation layer for Direct3D 9/10/11)[3][4] |
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Other information
API
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows |
System requirements
| Windows | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |||
| Operating system (OS) | XP, Vista, 7, 8 | |||
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 4 | Intel Pentium 4 3 GHz Core 2 Duo |
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| System memory (RAM) | ||||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | 3 GB | |||
| Video card (GPU) | 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible | |||
| Other | Minimum resolution of 1024x768. | |||
- With XP and Vista only 32-bit versions are supported.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/412830/. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (412830) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Graphic Comparision: Steam/PS4 vs JAST :: STEINS;GATE General Discussions
- ↑ STEINS;GATE for Steam improvement patch - last accessed on November 20, 2016
- ↑ Releases · doitsujin/dxvk · GitHub - last accessed on May 23, 2021
- ↑ BUG: Missing Text on Menu :: STEINS;GATE General discussions - last accessed on May 23, 2021