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2015PCPlayStationXboxNintendo SwitchSteam Deck playable96 % positive29.99 €

A dark, emotional visual novel sequel to Steins;Gate in which Okabe struggles with trauma and guilt in a timeline without time travel, torn over whether to change the past again. Your choices lead to different endings in a dense, time-travel-driven story.

Strong, story-driven narrative
Choices with consequences
Sci-fi setting
Dark, serious atmosphere

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The closest matches for Steins;Gate 0 are Steins;Gate, Steins;Gate Elite and Analogue: A Hate Story. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Steins;Gate 0 special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Best alternative overall: Steins;Gate 100% match – Strong, story-driven narrative
Newest alternative: Anonymous;Code 93% match – released 2022

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Steins;Gate

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2009PCPlayStationXboxSteam Deck playable97 % positive26.99 €

A celebrated visual novel about a self-styled mad scientist in Akihabara who accidentally sends messages into the past and gets tangled in shifting timelines. Its playful, nerdy humor gradually turns into a gripping, emotional sci-fi thriller.

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Steins;Gate Elite

Strong, story-driven narrative

A visual novel remake about a group of amateur inventors who send messages to the past and tangle with time itself. The Elite version swaps the static art for animated footage from the anime, keeping the gripping, emotional time-travel story intact.

Analogue: A Hate Story

Strong, story-driven narrative

A sci-fi visual novel in which you investigate the logs of an abandoned generation ship and talk with two AIs about its rigid, patriarchal society. Your relationships with them steer you toward one of five endings.

Chaos;Child

Dark, serious atmosphere

A dark visual novel in which a high school student investigates a string of bizarre murders in Shibuya. Its delusion-trigger mechanic blends psychological thriller, mystery and science fiction into a gripping story.

Ever17: The Out of Infinity

Accessible and relaxed

A classic visual novel about seven people trapped in a damaged underwater theme park. Famed for its intricate mystery plot and one of the genre's best-known twists.

Silicon Dreams

Choices with consequences

You play an android interrogator in 2065, coaxing secrets out of disobedient androids by playing on their emotions. Your choices decide who is spared or scrapped, and they challenge your own loyalty to your creators.

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