Steins;Gate Watch Order
3 entries · 48 episodes total
The short answer: watch the original Steins;Gate first, follow it with Steins;Gate 0, and finish with the Fuka Ryouiki no Deja vu movie if you want a little more. This is one of anime's most beloved time-travel thrillers, following a self-styled mad scientist in Akihabara whose homemade gadget stumbles onto a way to change the past, along with the escalating cost that discovery carries. Order matters more here than in almost any franchise, because Steins;Gate 0 is a direct continuation that only lands once you know exactly where the first series leaves its characters. Watch it out of sequence and you trade the story's biggest emotional payoffs for confusion. Go straight down this list and it plays like one long, devastating, brilliant arc.
- 01
TV · 2011 · 24 eps
Start here. This is the original 24-episode series and the heart of the whole franchise, the slow-burn thriller that establishes every character and rule the rest of the story leans on, so watch it front to back before anything else.
- 02
TV · 2018 · 23 eps
A direct 23-episode sequel that picks up in the aftermath of the first series. It is essential rather than optional, and it is best started only once you have finished the original in full, because it deepens everything that series set in motion.
- 03
Steins;Gate Movie: Fuka Ryouiki no Déjà vu
OptionalMovie · 2013 · 1 eps
An optional feature-film epilogue to the original series' ending. We place it last as bonus viewing rather than required watching, so save it for when you want a little more time with this cast.
FAQ
Watch the original Steins;Gate first, then Steins;Gate 0, and finish with the Fuka Ryouiki no Deja vu movie if you want an optional epilogue. The two TV series are the core of the franchise; the film is bonus viewing that caps off the original series' ending.