Steins Gate
- $40.99
- Regular price
-
$55.99 - Sale price
- $40.99
- Unit price
- per
This one has sold.
Tell me when this is back in stock
Explore PS Vita games
Get one email when this title is back in stock — same game, same console, any grade.
Looking for a similar version? Email us and we can help!
Box, manual and game — all original, all in the photos. Game condition guide →
Ships in 1–2 business days·Tracking on every order·Signature required on orders $250+
Item Condition
Complete in box: the game cartridge and its original case, with any printed inserts shown in the photos. Look over the photos for condition, packaging and details. Every game is tested before it's listed. It ships in a collector's bag or a hard plastic case.
Item Description
It starts with a microwave. In a cramped Akihabara apartment that its founder grandly calls the Future Gadget Laboratory, self-proclaimed mad scientist Rintaro Okabe and his friends discover that their jury-rigged Phone Microwave (name subject to change) can send text messages into the past. Those messages, which the group calls D-Mails, can change what has already happened, and Steins;Gate spends the rest of its story exploring exactly how dangerous that is.
This is a visual novel, so the experience is all about the writing, and the cast is the reason it works. Okabe hides behind the theatrical persona of Hououin Kyouma, his childhood friend Mayuri is sweet and quietly important, Daru is the lab's resident hacker, and Kurisu Makise, a brilliant young neuroscience researcher, becomes Okabe's sharpest critic and closest ally. Around them swirl internet legends about a time traveler called John Titor, a hunt for a vintage IBN 5100 computer and the shadowy research organization SERN, all grounded in a lovingly detailed Akihabara.
Instead of dialogue menus, choices come through Okabe's phone. The Phone Trigger system lets you decide whether to answer calls and how to reply to messages, and those small decisions steer the story toward its different endings. The first act is a slow, funny, character-heavy build, and that patience pays off: once the consequences of the D-Mails arrive, the story turns into a tense, emotional thriller where the lighthearted early chapters suddenly matter enormously.
Created by 5pb. and Nitroplus and first released in Japan in 2009, Steins;Gate became one of the most celebrated visual novels ever made and inspired a hit 2011 anime. The Vita release, which kept the Japanese voice cast with English text, brought it to Western handheld players in 2015, and the format suits it perfectly: a dense, reading-heavy story that is easy to pick up for a chapter at a time, until you realize you have been reading for three hours straight.
Make an offer
Request more photos
Ships in 1–2 business days (Monday–Friday, excluding major U.S. holidays). During the holidays and big sales, allow one extra business day.
- Live USPS and UPS rates at checkout. Every order ships with tracking.
- We ship to all 50 states, U.S. military addresses (APO/FPO/DPO), and Canada. Canadian orders may owe duties and taxes on delivery.
- Orders of $250 or more ship with signature confirmation.
- Delivery dates shown at checkout are estimates, not guarantees.
Read the full Shipping Policy, including holiday order-by dates.
Most of what we sell is one of a kind, so all sales are final unless something goes wrong on our end.
Contact us within 14 days of delivery if your item doesn’t work, arrived damaged, is the wrong item, or isn’t as described. We’ll send a prepaid return label and make it right with a replacement or a refund. Orders placed November 1–December 24 can be reported through January 15.
Not covered: change of mind, compatibility issues, and opened sealed trading-card products.
Email support@coolection.com with your order number. Read the full Refund Policy.
PS Vita
Steins Gate
$40.99
Offering on several items? Build an offer list →
Submitting an offer does not guarantee acceptance. Items aren’t held while an offer is open, and prices can change until then. We reply within 1–2 business days.
PS Vita
Steins Gate
$40.99
Real photos of this exact item: we’ll photograph what you ask for and email them to you, usually within 1–2 business days.
