While Steins;Gate has been available on PC through Jast USA for a while now, the time travel visual novel is finally releasing on Steam’s platform in September 2016, 5pb. announced.
The pricing or release date has yet to be announced, but you here are details on from the game’s Steam page:
About Steins;Gate:
-Decide The Fate Of All Mankind-
Can you change the course of fate?
And save the ones closest to you?
Steins;Gate is the award-winning time travel science-fiction interactive visual novel developed by 5pb. and Nitroplus.
It is widely considered to be one of the finest Visual Novels ever made.Steins;Gate follows a rag-tag band of tech-savvy young students who discover the means of changing the past via mail, using a modified microwave. Their experiments into how far they can go with their discovery begin to spiral out of control as they become entangled in a conspiracy surrounding SERN, the organisation behind the Large Hadron Collider, and John Titor who claims to be from a dystopian future.
Interaction with the game takes place through the “phone trigger” system, where the player can receive calls and text messages and decide whether to reply to them or not, changing the outcome of the game’s plot.
Features:
- Non-Linear Visual Novel – Discover multiple different endings depending on your choices in-game.
- HD 1080P – Enjoy the game with HD graphics and illustrations.
- Phone Trigger System – Interact via Rintaro’s cellphone to answer or ignore calls, and send and recieve emails. Your everday choices in life steer the story!
- 30-50 hours of reading time
Screenshots:
Steins;Gate is currently available for PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, and PC. The game is releasing next month on Steam, the same month as the iOS release for the West.
Published: Aug 19, 2016 01:30 am