Today, Mages announced the release date for the upcoming Steins;Gate remake simply titled Steins;Gate Re:Boot.
It’ll launch on August 20, 2026, for PC, Xbox Series X|S, PS5, PS4, Nintendo Switch 2, and Switch. Incidentally, we also learn that the series has sold 4 million copies cumulatively as of now.
The scenario has been adjusted to provide a faster-paced and easier-to-read experience based on Steins;Gate Elite, on top of new worldlines and endings added.
All voices have been completely re-recorded, while the soundtrack has been remade by the original composer Takeshi Abo.
Characters, backgrounds, and event cgi have have been redesigned all the way from the line art, resulting in a major visual update. The number of event images has doubled compared to the original Xbox 360 version, while background images have increased by 1.2 times.
Characters have been animated via the next-generation engine “E-Mote,” which you can see in action in the video below.
We also get the opening video with the returning theme song Skyclad Observer, performed once more by Kanako Ito.
Below you can find new images, including the cover art by huke, cgi images, backgrounds, and character designs.
Steins;Gate Re:Boot ha already been confirmed for North America and Europe. If you want to see more, you can check out previous screenshots. It was originally announced for 2025, but this kind of visual novel rarely hits the original window.
If you’re unfamiliar with Steins;Gate, it’s the second game of the Science Adventure franchise by Mages, following Chaos;Head, and it’s arguably the most popular.
Following its release for Xbox 360, it has been launched on several more platforms across PC and consoles. It also received an anime series in 2011 that multiplied its popularity, and the new version Steins;Gate Elite, which uses visuals from the anime itself.
A proper sequel, Steins;Gate 0, was also released in 2015.
The visual novel is so popular that it has expanded to pretty much every form of media in Japan, and it’s considered by many to be one of the best games in the genre ever created.
