STEINS;GATE 0

STEINS;GATE 0 branches off from a moment late in the original game. Its lead has stopped trying to change the past and is just trying to get through university, until a lecture on artificial intelligence puts him in front of a familiar voice.

The story moves between several viewpoints and a growing conspiracy around the time-travel research everyone wants. It is quieter and sadder than the first game, but builds to the same kind of tense, interlocking finale.

Choices are made mostly through phone calls and messages, and different answers open separate endings that each fill in part of the picture.