Steins;Gate
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| Developers | |
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| 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 |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 87 |
| OpenCritic | 87 |
| IGDB | 80 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Pacing | Relaxed |
| Perspectives | First-person |
| Controls | Menu-based |
| Genres | Visual novel |
| Art styles | Anime |
| Themes | Contemporary, Japan, Sci-fi |
| 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
- Visual Novel Database article
- Steam Community Discussions
- Kiri Kiri Basara - An English fan site and news resource for the Science Adventure series.
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. | |
- The Steam release features higher quality artwork in comparison to the original JAST USA/retail release.[1]
Essential improvements
Improvement patch
| Install Steins;Gate Steam Patch |
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Uncompressed FMV videos
| Install Steins;Gate Steam HQ FMV Project |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | %APPDATA%\Nitroplus\STEINS;GATE |
| Steam | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\mages_steam\STEINS;GATE\eng |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-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 |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-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 | |||
| 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. | ||
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| 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 |
| Controller types |
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| XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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| Xbox button prompts | Keyboard and mouse prompts only. | |
| Impulse Trigger vibration |
| PlayStation controllers | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. |
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| Generic/other controllers |
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| Additional information | ||
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| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Digital movement supported | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | Separate sliders for voices, music and sound effects with additional sliders for each individual character's voices. | |
| 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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| 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 |
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| Windows |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
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| Cutscenes | Bink Video | 2.5.13.0 |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | XP, Vista, 7, 8 | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 4 | Intel Pentium 4 3 GHz Core 2 Duo |
| System memory (RAM) | ||
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 3 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible | |
| Other | Minimum resolution of 1024 x 768 | |
- With XP and Vista only 32-bit versions are supported.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/412830/in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (412830) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
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