Steins;Gate is an anime based on the visual novel by Nitroplus and 5pb. It follows Okabe Rintaro and his friends who learned to time travel by sending text messages to the past to change the present. So, we've come up with this guide to explain all the timelines and worldlines of Steins;Gate for those who may be confused.
In this article, we listed the chronological order of events based on the original story and spinoff materials.
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Steins;Gate Main Timeline
In this part, we only discuss the chronological order of events in Steins;Gate.
Please note that changes made during time traveling will appear in other worldlines.
Without further ado, here are all the events that happened in Steins;Gate in chronological order:
- 1954 – SERN was founded
- 1959 – The SERN Proton Synchrotron was finished
- 1959-1960 – Urushibara Eisuke was born
- 1966-1967 – Akiha Yukitaka was born
- 1967 – Makise Shouichi was born
- 1973 – SERN’s Z Program started for time machine development
- 1975 – The IBN5100 was up for sale
- 1978 – Tennouji Yugo was born
- 1981 – The IBN PC was up for sale
- 1982 – The IBN5100 was discontinued
- 1986 – Nakabachi wanted to start researching the time machine theory
- 1989 – Suzuki Isao was born
- 1990 – Kiryu Moeka was born
- 1991 – Okabe Rintaro and Hashida Itaru were born
- 1992 – Makise Kurisu was born
- 1993 – Urushibara Luka and Akiha Rumiho were born
- 1994 – Shiina Mayuri was born
- 1997 – Tennouji went to Japan and met Imamiya Tsuzuri
- 1998 – Tsuzuri and Tennouji got engaged and were expecting to have a child named Tennouji Nae
- 2000 – The Y2K bug scare and a large world divergence were made wherein Gamma split off from the other worldlines
- 2001 – SEN and LHC are both operational. Tsuzuri died this year.
- 2005 – Okabe became Mad Scientist Hououin Kyouma. SERN was able to survive a mini black hole creation.
- 2006 – Kurisu studied at the Viktor Chondria University while Moeka attempted suicide but decided to respond to the Rounder recruitment mail.
- 2007 – Daru and Okabe became classmates
- 2008 – Daru and Okabe received a D-mail
- 2009 – Okabe met Aoi Sena
- 2010 – The Future Gadget Lab started. Kurisu started writing her time machine thesis. Mayuri became Labmem 002 and Daru became Labmem 003. Moeka went to Akihabara to search for IBN5100. PhoneWave was completed and Echelon’s database discovered the first D-mail.
- 2011 – Okabe met Maho
- 2017 – Amane Suzuha was born
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Steins;Gate Alpha Worldline
This worldline belongs to every event that happened from 0.000000α to 0.999999α based on the Divergence Meter, which is a device that was brought back by Suzuha from the year 2036. The meter was created in the future by Okabe.
To make it easier to understand, we compiled the key distinctions that happened during this worldline:
- It is important to note that in almost all worldlines, Suzuha Amane traveled to 1975 from 2010. She then changed her name to Suzu Hashida.
- In this worldline, Itaru Hashida received a text message informing them about the death of Kurisu Makise. The message was from Rintaro Okabe.
- FG204 crashed into Akihabara Radio Kaikan after a landing miscalculation.
- In 2010, John Titor claimed that he was a time traveler from Japan.
- Dr. Nakabachi’s time travel lecture got canceled. Kurisu was the one who gave the lecture instead, and she had a fierce debate with Okabe.
- Kurisu eventually joined the Future Gadget Lab. She helped design the PhoneWave which was eventually called the Time Leap Machine. SERN eventually took interest in PhoneWave.
- Mayuri Shiina died in August 2010 but the circumstances of her death had variations.
- SERN captured Itaru, Rintaro, and Kurisu and took control of all their research.
- Kurisu started working with SERN
- Itaru and Okabe decided to create Valkyrie, an anti-SERN resistance group
- Itaru never saw his own daughter
- Okabe died in 2025 and Itaru died in 2034. SERN then acquired the time machine in 2034 and used it to take over the world.
- Yuki Amane died between 2034 and 2036
- Suzuha Amane decided to use FG204 to travel to the past
Steins;Gate Beta Worldline
The beta worldline took place between 1.000000β to 1.999999β on the Divergence Meter. Do take note that this excludes Steins Gate which has 1.048596% as its divergence number.
Below are the key distinctions that happened in this worldline:
- Kagari Shiina and Suzuha Amane were separated in 1998. Kagari then contacted Alexis Leskinen.
- Kurisu Makise’s memories were copied on Amadeus. She eventually died at Akihabara Radio Kaikan.
- Shouichi Makise took the thesis of his daughter and went to Russia
- Rintaro Okabe decided to give up on saving Kurisu and went on with his Hououin Kyouma persona.
- During the struggle between Russian Intelligence, DURPA, and Stratfor, the time machine got lost.
- Suzuha and Mayuri decided to enact Operation Arc-Light in 2010
- Itaru Hashida and Rintaro Okabe decided to form Valkyrie, a resistance group, and worked on a time machine
- Okabe was captured in 2025 by Stratfor and was tortured to death. In other timelines, he survived but was in a catatonic state. Daru would then lie about Okabe's death.
- Mayuri Shiina adopted Kagari Shiina, a war orphan
- Alexis Leskinen brainwashed Kagari. Suzuha saw her mother die.
- Suzuha and Kagari decided to use the time machine to convince Rintaro to save Kurisu. This will then change the future.
Steins;Gate Gamma Worldline
Take note that this worldline is only available at Steins;Gate Drama CD Gama: Hyde of the Dark Dimension.
With this, the key events are fewer, compared to alpha and beta.
- Y2K crashed after SERN changed its course. This led to devastation in the world.
- SERN got their hands on the time machine and created a time travel dystopia
- Okabe is Moeka’s partner. He worked in the lab to create a time travel technology.
- He eventually joined the Committee of 300 and a dictator of Japan
- Mayuri died in 2010 after she acquired an illness from Y2K
Steins;Gate Delta Worldline
This worldline was shown in Steins;Gate: My Darling’s Embrace.
Some believe that there are events in this worldline that are not canon but we will still list down the main events that took place:
- Makise Kurisu and PhoneWave exist but the latter is not used in any experiment
- Moeka was not a SERN Rounder or it might be that she did not reveal herself to be one
- Darling no Baka! was created by Future Gadget Lab for couples' therapy
- Amane Suzuha knew the identity of her father
- A variant of FG204 existed
- Makise Kurisu and Shiina Mayuri’s lives were not in danger
Steins;Gate Chi Worldline
This worldline is similar to the Steins Gate worldline but it only appeared during the end of Steins;Gate: Linear Bounded Phenogram, particularly the Hermaphroditus in the Labyrinth.
In this world line, Okabe was able to save Kurisu and Mayuri. This prevented World War III as well as time travel dystopia.
Steins;Gate Epsilon Worldline
Also included in the Steins;Gate: Linear Bounded Phenogram route is the Epsilon worldline.
At this time, Okabe had missing parts in his memory so viewers do not have much information about Epsilon.
What is confirmed is that the Time Leap Machine and PhoneWave exist, but there are no mentions of rounders or SERN.
Steins;Gate Omega Worldline
The Omega wordline is known as the other side of Alpha. This worldline was seen towards the end of Steins;Gate as well as Steins;Gate: Linear Bounded Phenogram, Eternal Polaris.
This worldline does not have the Future Gadget Lab or a time machine.
Okabe is not related to the lab members and he lost all of his friends. Also, Mayuri and Kurisu are both alive and no World War III happened.
Steins Gate Worldline
This specific worldline is not connected to any attractor field and is known to be rare.
It created a double helix with R-World Line and was seen from time to time during Steins;Gate: The Movie – Load Region of Déjà vu.
These are the main events that happened in this worldline:
- Moeka was fired from Arc Rewrite but Tennouji accepted her as a part-timer
- Nakabachi stabbed someone and Kurisu reported it
- Moeka and Okabe looked for IBN5100
- PhoneWave was dismantled
- Nakabachi’s paper got burned and he was arrested in Russia
- Okabe and Kurisu reunited in Akihabara
- Kurisu sent a mail to Okabe on his birthday
- Okabe received a letter from Kurisu
- Kurisu met Kunosato Mio and then went to the Viktor Chondria University Institute of Neuroscience
- SERN was able to freeze time machine development research. It then transitioned to BHB bomb development.
- The New Generation Madness returned
- Kunosato Mio requested refuge and Daru approved
- Amane Suzuha was born
- Nae joined the JAXA Chofu Aerospace Center and abducted the robot research club members of Chuuou Tanegashima high school
- BHB was stolen
- Nae decided to rescue Frau Koujiro
- Daru gave the DG297 3rd edition ver.4.11
In Steins;Gate, it is important to note that each worldline is called an attractor field, which is basically a cluster of worldlines that lead to one single event.
Even if each worldline is different from the others, every worldline will still move in the same direction.
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