STEINS;GATE 0 similar games & best alternatives

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STEINS;GATE 0

PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2018

Should you play it?

If you can't save the one you love… How can you save humanity? Sequel to the visual novel cult classic. Experience an alternate worldline of STEINS;GATE.

What works

  • Deep and emotional story
  • Complex branching narrative
  • Well-developed characters
  • High replay value with multiple endings
  • Excellent voice acting and soundtrack

Things to keep in mind

  • Some pacing issues and confusing plot points
  • Art style inconsistency
  • Lack of gameplay variety beyond reading and choices
  • Some characters underdeveloped
  • Requires playing original steins;gate first for full understanding

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Bishojo Mangekyo Kotowari to Meikyu no Shojo

  • Nurse Love Addiction

  • TAISHO x ALICE episode 1

  • Kugayama Shiori's Death Diary

  • Sabbat of the Witch

  • STEINS;GATE: Linear Bounded Phenogram

Less skill-focused

Games that feels like STEINS;GATE 0 but with less emphasis on skill and mastery

  • The Quintessential Quintuplets - Five Memories Spent With You

  • GINKA

  • KamiYaba: Destiny on a Dicey Deadline

  • Your Diary +

  • Endless Jade Sea -Midori no Umi-

  • Senren＊Banka

More expressive

Games that feels like STEINS;GATE 0 but with more self-expression and customization

  • Riddle Joker

  • Ken ga Kimi

  • Monobeno

  • OZMAFIA!!

  • NUKITASHI 2

  • Monobeno-HAPPY END- Deluxe

More survival-focused

Games that feels like STEINS;GATE 0 but with a stronger survival pressure

  • Root Double -Before Crime * After Days- Xtend Edition

  • Hakuoki: Kyoto Winds

  • 7'scarlet

  • TAISHO x ALICE episode 3

  • STEINS;GATE

  • Chasing Tails ~A Promise in the Snow~

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • STEINS;GATE: Linear Bounded Phenogram

  • STEINS;GATE

  • The Quintessential Quintuplets - Five Memories Spent With You

  • CHAOS;HEAD NOAH

  • Memories Off -Innocent Fille- for Dearest

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Similarity map

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  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
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How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

STEINS;GATE 0: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Thrill, Intimacy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Expression.

Last update: 04/08/2026