Steins;Gate[a] is a science fiction visual                                                                                            novel video game developed   
                                                                              by 5pb. and Nitroplus.

It is the second game in the Science Adventure series, following Chaos;Head. The story follows a group of students as they discover and deve      lop technology that gives them the means to change the past. The gameplay in Steins;Gate follows non-linear plot lines which offer branching scenarios with courses of interaction.
 

Steins;Gate was released for the Xbox 360 on October 15, 2009. The game was ported to Windows on August 26, 2010, PlayStation Portable on June 23, 2011, iOS on August 25, 2011, PlayStation 3[3] on May 24, 2012, PlayStation Vita on March 14, 2013, and Android on June 27, 2013. The game is described by the development team as a "hypothetical science ADV" (想定科学ADV Sōtei Kagaku ADV).[4] JAST USA released the PC version in North America on March 31, 2014, both digitally and as a physical collector's edition,[5][6][7][8][9] while PQube released the PS3 and Vita versions in North America and Europe in 2015.[10] Additionally, the iOS version was released in English on September 9, 2016.[11]
 

A manga adaptation of the game, created by Yomi Sarachi, was serialized from 2009 to 2013, and later published in North America from 2015 to 2016. A second manga series, illustrated by Kenji Mizuta, began serialization in Mag Garden's Monthly Comic Blade on December 28, 2009. An anime adaptation by White Fox aired in Japan between April 6, 2011 and September 14, 2011, and has been licensed in North America by Funimation. An animated film premiered in Japanese theaters on April 20, 2013.[12][13] A fan disc of the game, titled Steins;Gate: Hiyoku Renri no Darling, was released on June 16, 2011. A non-canon 8-bit sequel to the game, titled Steins;Gate: Hen'i Kuukan no Octet or Steins;Gate 8bit, was released on October 28, 2011.[14] Another game, Steins;Gate: Senkei Kōsoku no Phenogram, was released on April 25, 2013.[15] A follow-up game, Steins;Gate 0, was released on December 10, 2015 for PS3, PlayStation 4 and Vita,[16] and received an anime adaptation in 2018.[17] A remake of the original visual novel titled Steins;Gate Elite which presents fully animated cutscenes from the Steins;Gate anime was released for PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch and Steam in 2019. Included as a bonus for the Nintendo Switch version, an entirely new game called 8-bit ADV Steins;Gate[b] in the style of Famicom adventure games from the 1980s, was released