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When Is Steins;Gate Re Boot?Release date
Scroll to release dateWhen does Steins;Gate Re:Boot launch? Staggered West release — August 20, 2026 on Xbox Series and Steam; October 29, 2026 on Switch 2, Switch, and PS5. MAGES remake with new visuals and story.
Current target date: Thursday, August 20, 2026 (Earliest West launch (Xbox/Steam; consoles Oct 29)). We update this page when studios or publishers move the window.
Steins;Gate Re:Boot: Xbox Series + Steam August 20, 2026; Switch 2 / Switch / PS5 October 29, 2026 (West). MAGES / Spike Chunsoft. Remake of the 2009 original with revamped visuals and new narrative. Not PS4; not Elite; not Steins;Gate 0.
Earliest West launch (Xbox/Steam; consoles Oct 29)
Thursday, August 20, 2026
Two West Fridays: August 20 on Xbox/Steam, October 29 on Switch and PS5
Steins;Gate Re:Boot does not share one global console day. Spike Chunsoft’s West plan puts Xbox Series X|S and Steam first on Thursday, August 20, 2026, then Nintendo Switch 2, Switch, and PlayStation 5 on Thursday, October 29, 2026 — physical editions tracked to that later wave.
MAGES’ remake rebuilds the 2009 Science Adventure classic that made Okabe’s microwave and Reading Steiner famous, with overhauled art and story additions. Digital Deluxe extras were announced separately; confirm what your storefront bundles before assuming every pre-order SKU matches Japan’s.
Confirmed: staggered remake — not Elite HD, not a PS4 cart, not Steins;Gate 0
Confirmed: Aug 20 Xbox/Steam, Oct 29 Switch family + PS5, MAGES development, Spike Chunsoft West publish, new visuals + new narrative beats. Not confirmed as a replacement that deletes every prior port from sale, or that every phone-trigger QoL from later entries returns unchanged. Elite and Linear Bounded Hypograph are different packages.
Platform picture for the West staggered launch
Same remake — two calendars.
- Xbox Series X|S
- August 20, 2026
- PC (Steam)
- August 20, 2026
- PlayStation 5
- October 29, 2026
- Nintendo Switch / Switch 2
- October 29, 2026
- PlayStation 4
- Not in official West set
- Developer / West publisher
- MAGES / Spike Chunsoft
Before your platform’s Friday — pick a world line and an edition
- Want it ASAP? Xbox or Steam on August 20 — don’t wait for the October console wave.
- Switch/PS5 owners: set October 29, not August 20.
- Clear shelf space if you want physical — West physical is tied to the October wave in Spike Chunsoft messaging.
- Replay the original only if you want spoiler-free nostalgia; Re:Boot is built to be the new front door.
- Ignore calendars that still list a single date for every platform or a fake PS4 SKU.
The series that started on Xbox 360 returns to Xbox two months before PlayStation
Steins;Gate’s 2009 debut was an Xbox 360 exclusive in Japan before the multiplat explosion. Re:Boot’s West stagger puts Series X|S (and Steam) on August 20 while PS5 and Switch wait until October 29 — a rare modern VN remake that literally lets Xbox finish first.
That platform poetry is easy for SEO scrapers to flatten into one October Friday. Keep both dates; the Lab’s microwave deserves honest scheduling.
Frequently asked questions
Quick answers about this release date.
1When does Steins;Gate Re:Boot launch?
It depends on platform. In North America and Europe: August 20, 2026 on Xbox Series X|S and Steam; October 29, 2026 on Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch, and PlayStation 5. Spike Chunsoft and MAGES locked the staggered West calendar — scrapers that print one Friday for every SKU are wrong.
2Is it a remaster or a full remake?
MAGES frames Re:Boot as a revisit of the 2009 Xbox 360 original with completely revamped visuals and new narrative content — not a simple HD filter of Steins;Gate Elite’s presentation.
3Is PlayStation 4 included?
Official West materials list Switch 2, Switch, PS5, Xbox Series, and Steam — not PS4. Treat last-gen listings as outdated or regional errors unless Spike Chunsoft adds them later.
4Do I need to know Steins;Gate 0 first?
Re:Boot remakes the original Steins;Gate time-leap mystery (Okabe, the Future Gadget Lab, world lines). Steins;Gate 0 is a parallel sequel route — useful context, not a required save file for this remake.
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