Martin:

While 8-BIT ADV is interesting in concept, it ultimately does not have much to offer in terms of story, and can be frustrating to play at times due to the lack of the ability to save. 8-BIT ADV is exclusively offered as a bonus game with Nintendo Switch copies of Elite, but I would find it difficult to recommend it over the PlayStation 4/Steam bonus, Linear Bounded Phenogram. Linear Bounded Phenogram is a full-fledged visual novel that will probably give players 20 or more hours of content, while 8-BIT ADV is more of a gimmick-based side game that will last no more than six hours for most players.

DaSH:

Overall, I’m quite disappointed with Steins;Gate: 8-BIT ADV. The soundtrack is my favorite part of the game, and it’s the factor that carried my score as high as it is. Generally, the game hasn’t been all that fun to play—in MMO terms, the game feels like one big fetch quest chain, with no save states or systems (for example, combat) to make it interesting. I find it extremely hard, if not impossible, to recommend the Nintendo Switch version of Steins;Gate Elite over the PlayStation 4 or Steam versions of the game for this reason. The Linear Bounded Phenogram bonus game included in the latter two versions is almost objectively superior to 8-BIT ADV, what with the greater amount of content that it provides.

Unless you’re absolutely invested in the portability of Steins;Gate Elite, it’s hard to recommend buying Steins;Gate Elite’s Nintendo Switch version at this point—one would be forfeiting a much better pack-in game by doing so. If you’re buying Steins;Gate Elite on the Switch solely for the bonus game, keep your expectations low.