# steins-gate: reimplementing the Steins;Gate visual novel

> steins-gate is a GPL-licensed reimplementation of the Steins;Gate visual novel. Building it requires libnpa and libnpengine.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/FGRE/steins-gate>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/FGRE/steins-gate/blob/4173ed2850921f29ea0f51482ace65a475f5af7e/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/steins-gate-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/steins-gate-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/steins-gate-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- Build dependencies are libnpa and libnpengine, linked from the README.
- License: GPL, as stated in the README.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/FGRE/steins-gate/blob/4173ed2850921f29ea0f51482ace65a475f5af7e/README.md>

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