Anonymous;Code

This is the latest work by Steins;Gate creator Chiyomaru Shikura, in collaboration with returning staff from the Science Adventure Series.

76 28 July 2022

Adventure Visual Novel Mystery Science fiction

Anonymous;Code is an adventure developed by 5pb., released 28 July 2022 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

Verified 22 Aug 2026 Sources: IGDB , Steam , Wikipedia

What Anonymous;Code is

Anonymous;Code is an adventure game developed by 5pb. and released in 2022. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Kaleido ADV Workshop.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The game takes place in 2037. The story starts on February 6, 2036, when an accident involving computers going berserk destroys many large cities around the world. The massive disaster is named the "2036 Problem", but there's a prediction that there will be a similar incident in 2038. So a group of scientists use the Gaia Supercomputer to create an "Earth Simulator" to prevent it from happening, but fail because human birth potential has dropped dramatically. The scientists then introduce the "Arecibo Message" formula to the Earth Simulator, successfully bringing mankind into another world. They are excited at first, until they realize that human beings in the Earth Simulator themselves…

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are mystery and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 31 achievements to unlock.

Where it sits in the Science Adventure series

Anonymous;Code is the eighth of 9 entries we hold in the Science Adventure series. It arrived 3 years after Steins;Gate Elite: Limited Edition. The next entry was Steins;Gate Re:Boot in 2026.

See all 9 Science Adventure games in release order →

How it was received

Anonymous;Code holds a critic score of 76 out of 100. That places it above 54% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2022 averaged 74, so it scored 2 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for AMD FX-8150 or higher, 4 GB RAM and Geforce 1GB or Higher. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 8GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Anonymous;Code launched on 28 July 2022, within three weeks of Stray, Cult of the Lamb, As Dusk Falls and Xenoblade Chronicles 3. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 9 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Stray, Cult of the Lamb, As Dusk Falls, Xenoblade Chronicles 3.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Anonymous;Code yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Official trailer

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Screenshots

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Quick answers

Anonymous;Code — frequently asked questions

When did Anonymous;Code come out?

Anonymous;Code was released on 28 July 2022 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

What are the minimum PC requirements for Anonymous;Code?

At minimum, Anonymous;Code needs AMD FX-8150 or higher, 4 GB RAM, Geforce 1GB or Higher graphics, 8 GB available space of storage.

How many GB is Anonymous;Code?

The PC version needs about 8 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("8 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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