<s>
Steins	B-Application
;	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
:	I-Application
Linear	I-Application
Bounded	I-Application
Phenogram	I-Application
is	O
a	O
visual	O
novel	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
5pb	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
for	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
,	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Vita	I-Device
in	O
2013	O
,	O
and	O
later	O
ported	O
to	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
,	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
;	O
the	B-Operating_System
PlayStation	I-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
and	O
Windows	O
versions	O
were	O
released	O
internationally	O
by	O
Spike	O
Chunsoft	O
in	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Science	B-Application
Adventure	I-Application
series	I-Application
,	O
and	O
a	O
spin-off	O
from	O
the	O
2009	O
game	O
Steins	B-Application
;	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
consists	O
of	O
ten	O
side	O
stories	O
set	O
in	O
different	O
realities	O
,	O
and	O
follow	O
different	O
Steins	B-Application
;	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
characters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
previous	O
entries	O
in	O
the	O
Steins	B-Application
;	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
series	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
nearly	O
devoid	O
of	O
interactive	O
narrative	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
'	O
s	O
Chiyomaru	O
Shikura	O
felt	O
that	O
the	O
Steins	B-Application
;	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
world	O
had	O
been	O
fully	O
conceived	O
,	O
he	O
allowed	O
a	O
group	O
of	O
other	O
writers	O
create	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
story	O
to	O
bring	O
new	O
ideas	O
to	O
the	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Among	O
these	O
were	O
Naotaka	O
Hayashi	O
,	O
who	O
had	O
worked	O
on	O
previous	O
Science	B-Application
Adventure	I-Application
titles	O
and	O
supervised	O
the	O
story	O
,	O
and	O
Kotaro	O
Uchikoshi	O
,	O
whose	O
writing	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
influenced	O
by	O
the	O
anime	O
series	O
Code	O
Geass	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Linear	B-Application
Bounded	I-Application
Phenogram	I-Application
is	O
a	O
visual	O
novel	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
player	O
advances	O
through	O
text	O
and	O
dialogue	O
to	O
read	O
through	O
several	O
short	O
stories	O
;	O
unlike	O
previous	O
entries	O
in	O
the	O
Steins	B-Application
;	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
series	O
,	O
which	O
let	O
the	O
player	O
affect	O
the	O
flow	O
of	O
the	O
story	O
by	O
sending	O
specific	O
messages	O
from	O
the	O
protagonist	O
's	O
phone	O
,	O
the	O
plot	O
of	O
the	O
individual	O
chapters	O
in	O
Steins	B-Application
;	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
:	I-Application
Linear	I-Application
Bounded	I-Application
Phenogram	I-Application
is	O
not	O
influenced	O
by	O
player	O
input	O
,	O
barring	O
the	O
exchange	O
of	O
different	O
e-mail	O
messages	O
with	O
other	O
characters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
iPhone	B-Device
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
picks	O
up	O
and	O
puts	O
down	O
the	O
in-game	O
phone	O
by	O
holding	O
the	O
phone	O
they	O
are	O
playing	O
on	O
vertically	O
or	O
horizontally	O
,	O
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Linear	B-Application
Bounded	I-Application
Phenogram	I-Application
is	O
a	O
spin-off	O
from	O
Steins	B-Application
;	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
,	O
consisting	O
of	O
ten	O
side	O
stories	O
set	O
in	O
different	O
realities	O
,	O
some	O
of	O
which	O
are	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
one	O
in	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
,	O
and	O
some	O
which	O
are	O
very	O
different	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
of	O
the	O
stories	O
follow	O
Rintaro	O
Okabe	O
–	O
the	O
player	O
character	O
in	O
the	O
original	O
Steins	B-Application
;	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
–	O
while	O
the	O
rest	O
follow	O
other	O
characters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Linear	B-Application
Bounded	I-Application
Phenogram	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
5pb.	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
produced	O
by	O
Tatsuya	O
Matsubara	O
,	O
with	O
character	O
designs	O
by	O
Huke	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
started	O
with	O
the	O
concept	O
of	O
a	O
Steins	B-Application
;	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
spin-off	O
focusing	O
on	O
each	O
character	O
individually	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
more	O
serious	O
tone	O
than	O
the	O
earlier	O
spin-off	O
Steins	B-Application
;	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
:	I-Application
My	I-Application
Darling	I-Application
's	I-Application
Embrace	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
the	O
original	O
Steins	B-Application
;	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
,	O
where	O
Shikura	O
came	O
up	O
with	O
the	O
story	O
himself	O
,	O
the	O
story	O
of	O
Linear	B-Application
Bounded	I-Application
Phenogram	I-Application
was	O
crafted	O
by	O
a	O
group	O
of	O
writers	O
:	O
The	O
script	O
was	O
written	O
and	O
supervised	O
by	O
Science	B-Application
Adventure	I-Application
series	I-Application
regular	O
Naotaka	O
Hayashi	O
together	O
with	O
guest	O
writers	O
Baio	O
Shimokura	O
,	O
Masahiro	O
Yokotani	O
,	O
Kiyomune	O
Miwa	O
,	O
Teru	O
Arai	O
,	O
Shogo	O
Sakamoto	O
,	O
Masashi	O
Kigasawa	O
,	O
Toru	O
Yasumoto	O
,	O
Kougetsu	O
Mikaduki	O
,	O
Keiji	O
Akatsuki	O
,	O
and	O
Kotaro	O
Uchikoshi	O
,	O
who	O
each	O
wrote	O
one	O
scenario	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
decision	O
to	O
let	O
new	O
writers	O
work	O
on	O
the	O
game	O
came	O
from	O
when	O
Shikura	O
was	O
working	O
on	O
the	O
anime	O
adaptation	O
of	O
Steins	B-Application
;	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
,	O
and	O
he	O
realized	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
world	O
was	O
already	O
fully	O
conceived	O
,	O
which	O
meant	O
that	O
he	O
could	O
let	O
other	O
writers	O
who	O
understand	O
the	O
world	O
work	O
on	O
Steins	B-Application
;	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
projects	O
,	O
bringing	O
new	O
ideas	O
into	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Matsubara	O
contacted	O
people	O
who	O
had	O
been	O
involved	O
with	O
different	O
Steins	B-Application
;	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
media	O
and	O
were	O
knowledgeable	O
on	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
writers	O
themselves	O
picked	O
which	O
of	O
the	O
main	O
characters	O
they	O
wanted	O
to	O
write	O
about	O
on	O
a	O
first-come-first-served	O
basis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
first	O
announced	O
in	O
November	O
2012	O
for	O
an	O
early	O
2013	O
release	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
and	O
the	B-Operating_System
Xbox	I-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
on	O
April	O
25	O
,	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Vita	I-Device
version	O
followed	O
later	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
,	O
on	O
November	O
28	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
story	O
remains	O
unchanged	O
,	O
some	O
optimization	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
done	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Vita	I-Device
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
additionally	O
released	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
devices	O
on	O
August	O
19	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
and	O
the	B-Operating_System
Xbox	I-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
version	O
became	O
playable	O
on	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
through	O
backward	B-General_Concept
compatibility	I-General_Concept
on	O
May	O
19	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
the	O
original	O
Steins	B-Application
;	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
and	O
the	O
spin-off	O
Steins	B-Application
;	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
:	I-Application
My	I-Application
Darling	I-Application
's	I-Application
Embrace	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
HD	O
remaster	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
PlayStation	I-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
was	O
released	O
in	O
a	O
bundle	O
with	O
first-print	O
copies	O
of	O
the	O
Japanese	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
and	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Vita	I-Device
versions	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
Steins	B-Application
;	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
Elite	I-Application
on	O
September	O
20	O
,	O
2018	O
;	O
the	O
HD	O
remaster	O
was	O
also	O
published	O
internationally	O
by	O
Spike	O
Chunsoft	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
their	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
releases	O
of	O
Steins	B-Application
;	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
Elite	I-Application
on	O
February	O
19	O
,	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
also	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
collection	O
Steins	B-Application
;	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
:	I-Application
Divergencies	I-Application
Assort	I-Application
along	O
with	O
Steins	B-Application
;	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
0	I-Application
and	O
Steins	B-Application
;	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
:	I-Application
My	I-Application
Darling	I-Application
's	I-Application
Embrace	I-Application
on	O
March	O
20	O
,	O
2019	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Japan	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
in	O
two	O
limited	O
editions	O
:	O
one	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
and	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
versions	O
,	O
which	O
includes	O
a	O
replica	O
of	O
Okabe	O
's	O
cell	O
phone	O
,	O
and	O
one	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Vita	I-Device
version	O
,	O
which	O
includes	O
a	O
DVD	O
with	O
a	O
round-table	O
discussion	O
with	O
the	O
voice	O
actors	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
Steins	O
;	O
Gate-themed	O
bandages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Richard	O
Eisenbeis	O
at	O
Kotaku	O
said	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
like	O
other	O
Steins	B-Application
;	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
games	O
,	O
has	O
excellent	O
art	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Patrick	O
Gann	O
of	O
RPGFan	O
enjoyed	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
opening	O
themes	O
,	O
particularly	O
"	O
Phetaritette	O
Encounter	O
"	O
,	O
the	O
opening	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Vita	I-Device
version	O
,	O
which	O
he	O
said	O
was	O
the	O
most	O
musically	O
interesting	O
piece	O
by	O
Ayane	O
in	O
the	O
music	O
album	O
The	O
Sound	O
of	O
Steins	B-Application
;	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
Complete	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
debut	O
week	O
,	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
and	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
versions	O
were	O
the	O
fifth	O
and	O
sixteenth	O
best	O
selling	O
games	O
in	O
Japan	O
with	O
34,292	O
and	O
8,821	O
copies	O
sold	O
,	O
respectively	O
;	O
the	B-Operating_System
Xbox	I-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
version	O
dropped	O
off	O
the	O
top	O
20	O
chart	O
the	O
following	O
week	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
version	O
dropped	O
to	O
nineteenth	O
place	O
,	O
selling	O
an	O
additional	O
5,144	O
copies	O
for	O
a	O
grand	O
total	O
of	O
48,257	O
copies	O
sold	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2013	O
,	O
Amazon.co.jp	B-Application
reported	O
that	O
the	O
standard	O
and	O
limited	O
editions	O
of	O
Steins	B-Application
;	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
Phenogram	I-Application
were	O
their	O
ninth	O
and	O
twentieth	O
best	O
selling	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
games	O
of	O
the	O
year	O
,	O
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
