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Steins;Gate: Octet of Shifting Space

A non-canon extension of the True End of the original game. Unlike the modern visual novel format of the original game, this retro game perfectly mimics the style of graphical text adventure games from the…

28 October 2011

Steins;Gate: Octet of Shifting Space is an adventure developed by 5pb., released 28 October 2011 on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Steins;Gate: Octet of Shifting Space is

Steins;Gate: Octet of Shifting Space is an adventure game developed by 5pb. and released in 2011. It is available on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

The premise of the game features Okabe receiving a D-Mail from himself in 2025 that states that he must save the future by reclaiming an IBN 5100 from a person under of the alias "Knight-hart". This person is Takumi Nishijō of Chaos;Head, as he runs under the same player name in his favorite MMORPG, and the D-Mail stating that "Neidhardt" lives in Shibuya and has "inherent, supernatural abilities", a reference to his power as a gigalomaniac.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Steins;Gate series

Steins;Gate: Octet of Shifting Space is the fourth of 14 entries we hold in the Steins;Gate series. The next entry was Steins;Gate: Linear Bounded Phenogram in 2014.

See all 14 Steins;Gate games in release order →

What it launched against

Steins;Gate: Octet of Shifting Space launched on 28 October 2011, within three weeks of Batman: Arkham City, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception and Minecraft: Java Edition. It was a PlayStation 5 launch-window title.

Released around the same time: Batman: Arkham City, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, Minecraft: Java Edition.

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When did Steins;Gate: Octet of Shifting Space come out?
Steins;Gate: Octet of Shifting Space was released on 28 October 2011 for Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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