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Steins;Gate: Linear Bounded Phenogram

Steins;Gate: Linear Bounded Phenogram/Phenogram of Linear Restraint (STEINS;GATE 線形拘束のフェノグラム Senkei Kousoku no Phenogram?) is a visual novel released on April 25, 2013 containing a mixture of scenarios set…

80 25 April 2014

Steins;Gate: Linear Bounded Phenogram is an adventure developed by 5pb., released 25 April 2014 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita and PlayStation 3.

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What Steins;Gate: Linear Bounded Phenogram is

Steins;Gate: Linear Bounded Phenogram is an adventure game developed by 5pb. and released in 2014. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, iOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

You followed Okarin through the labyrinth of time and space; now relive the twists and turns of Steins;Gate through the eyes of Kurisu, Suzuha, Daru, and the rest of the Future Gadget Lab members. See how they faced the startling events of the game; hear their thoughts and experience their battles firsthand. This incredible visual novel gives you the rest of the story, with new revelations that will amaze even the most jaded Steins;Gate fan. The drama of Steins;Gate continues. Don't miss it.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are comedy, drama, romance and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 35 achievements to unlock.

Where it sits in the Steins;Gate series

Steins;Gate: Linear Bounded Phenogram is the fifth of 14 entries we hold in the Steins;Gate series. It arrived 2 years after Steins;Gate: Octet of Shifting Space. The next entry was Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Overdrive in 2015. Its critic score of 80 is 2 points below the series average of 82. The highest-rated entry is Steins;Gate 0 at 87.

See all 14 Steins;Gate games in release order →

How it was received

Steins;Gate: Linear Bounded Phenogram holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 64% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2014 averaged 69, so it scored 11 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Core i3 (Sandy Bridge or better), 4 GB RAM and Intel HD Graphics Series (1GB memory allocation). 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 9GB. 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

Steins;Gate: Linear Bounded Phenogram launched on 25 April 2014, within three weeks of Child of Light, The Elder Scrolls Online, Duck Game and Outlast: Whistleblower. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 1 year into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Child of Light, The Elder Scrolls Online, Duck Game, Outlast: Whistleblower.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Steins;Gate: Linear Bounded Phenogram yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Steins;Gate: Linear Bounded Phenogram — frequently asked questions

When did Steins;Gate: Linear Bounded Phenogram come out?
Steins;Gate: Linear Bounded Phenogram was released on 25 April 2014 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, iOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Steins;Gate: Linear Bounded Phenogram?
At minimum, Steins;Gate: Linear Bounded Phenogram needs Core i3 (Sandy Bridge or better), 4 GB RAM, Intel HD Graphics Series (1GB memory allocation) graphics, 9 GB available space of storage.
How many GB is Steins;Gate: Linear Bounded Phenogram?
The PC version needs about 9 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("9 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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