Steins;Gate: Linear Bounded Phenogram is a Steins;Gate spinoff title that was initially released for Japanese audiences in 2013. At the time, the game was widely praised for its unique structure—in Phenogram, the player does not follow Okabe as the protagonist for the most part, which makes it unique in comparison to other Steins;Gate titles. Through its multi-short-story structure, the reader is given the opportunity to experience several stories that vary in tone and premise, many of which are told from the perspective of characters that are close to Okabe.

Linear Bounded Phenogram is receiving its first official English localization on February 19, 2019, and will be included with all purchases of Steins;Gate Elite on the PlayStation 4 and Steam. The game’s Western publisher, Spike Chunsoft, was gracious enough to provide us with a copy of the game to review ahead of this date.

Two members of our staff will be covering their thoughts on the game in the following review, and each member will give the game a score out of 10 at the end of the article. This score will be added together and divided by 2 in order to provide our ultimate score out of 10. The staff members reviewing this game are Fasty and Yink.