Steins;???

Steins;???
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Developer(s)	Chiyomaru Studio, Mages
Publisher(s)	Mages
Writer(s)	Chiyomaru Shikura
Series	Science Adventure

Steins;??? (tentative title) ^{[lower-alpha 1]} is an upcoming video game developed by Chiyomaru Studio and Mages. It is a thematic sequel to Steins;Gate (2009), and is part of the Science Adventure series. The game is written by Mages' representative director Chiyomaru Shikura, and previously went under the working title Steins;God.

Overview

Steins;??? is a thematic sequel to Steins;Gate (2009), and part of the larger Science Adventure series. ^{[2] [3]} The developers describe the game as being to Steins;Gate what Chaos;Child is to Chaos;Head . ^{[1] [lower-alpha 2]} Characters from Steins;Gate are planned to appear in Steins;???, along with new ones. ^{[2] [5]}

Development

Voice actors Asami Imai, Mamoru Miyano, and Tomokazu Seki are set to be part of the game.

Steins;??? is in development by Chiyomaru Studio and Mages, ^[2] and is written by Mages' representative director Chiyomaru Shikura. ^[6] It was initially known internally under the working title Steins;God ^{[lower-alpha 3]} until Shikura decided against it. ^{[3] [8]} Shikura wanted to create something new with Steins;???, as he considered Steins;Gate to be complete after the original game and Steins;Gate 0 , ^[9] and thought that further Steins;Gate games would be redundant. The idea of creating a Steins;Gate take on Chaos;Child came from how, although Chaos;Child's plot had been well received, it had only sold about a tenth as many copies as Steins;Gate. ^[10]

Shikura brought up the concept of a Steins;God game in a Famitsu interview in September 2018, ^[7] and Science Adventure series producer Tatsuya Matsubara teased that a new game in the series was in development by February 2019. ^[11] The game was eventually announced by Mages during their business strategy presentation in October 2020, as part of a celebration of the original Steins;Gate's tenth anniversary, with the second half of the title obscured; ^{[1] [6] [12]} at the time, Shikura had finished planning a large amount of the game's story sequences. ^[6]

Voice actors Asami Imai, Mamoru Miyano, and Tomokazu Seki, who respectively played the characters Kurisu Makise, Rintaro Okabe, and Itaru "Daru" Hashida in Steins;Gate, are set to be part of the project. ^[13]

Steins;??? is planned to be released by Mages, but the release date and platform have not been revealed. ^[2] According to Shikura, it is possible that an anime or film adaptation of Steins;??? could be released before the game itself is available, depending on the publisher's intellectual property department; other Steins;??? media, such as novels, was not planned as of 2020. ^[6]

Notes

1. Japanese: Shutainzu ○○ (シュタインズ・○○, "Steins;[blank]") ^[1]
2. Chaos;Child is a thematic sequel to Chaos;Head with new characters. ^[4]
3. Japanese: Shutainzu Goddo (シュタインズ・ゴッド) ^[7]

References

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2. Romano, Sal (October 25, 2020). "New Science Adventure game Steins;??? announced". Gematsu. Archived from the original on October 28, 2020. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
3. Harding, Daryl (October 25, 2020). "Steins;??? Science Adventure Visual Novel Game Announced, Will be A Thematic Sequel to Steins;Gate". Crunchyroll . Otter Media. Archived from the original on October 28, 2020. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
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5. "Steins;??? - zapowiedziano nową grę z cyklu". IGN (in Polish). Ziff Davis. October 25, 2020. Archived from the original on October 28, 2020. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
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7. "求めるのは科学的根拠に基づいたリアリティー――志倉千代丸氏が語る『シュタインズ・ゲート』などの"科学アドベンチャー"の作りかたと未来". Famitsu (in Japanese). Kadokawa Game Linkage. September 26, 2018. p. 2. Archived from the original on July 25, 2020. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
8. Yokoyama, Keiichi (October 25, 2020). "『シュタインズ・ゲート』新シリーズ『シュタインズ・〇〇 』発表、『アノニマス・コード』は2021年秋発売予定。MAGES.発表会まとめ". Automaton (in Japanese). Active Gaming Media. Archived from the original on October 28, 2020. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
9. "『ANONYMOUS；CODE』発売時期は2021年秋予定。『STEINS；GATE』ではない新企画の展開が発表に". Dengeki Online (in Japanese). Kadokawa Game Linkage. October 25, 2020. Archived from the original on October 28, 2020. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
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11. Sato (February 28, 2019). "STEINS;GATE ELITE Producer On Stringing Together Its Worldlines And A Science Adventure Teaser". Siliconera . Curse, Inc. Archived from the original on March 1, 2019. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
12. Hodgkins, Crystalyn (October 25, 2020). "New Steins; Science Adventure Project Announced, Steins;Gate 0 Elite Game Confirmed". Anime News Network . Archived from the original on October 28, 2020. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
13. "「STEINS;GATE」とは異なる科学ADV新企画、「ANONYMOUS;CODE」の発売時期などが明らかに！". Gamer (in Japanese). Ixll Co. October 25, 2020. Archived from the original on October 28, 2020. Retrieved April 10, 2023.