What is the Science Adventure Series? Game order, side games, and more
The Science Adventures series is one of the most iconic visual novel franchises in the west, but it wasn’t until recently that the last missing entry, Chaos; Head Noah, was revealed to finally be making its way outside of Japan. With that in mind, the playing order of the Science Adventure series isn’t easy to figure out, because of obtuse naming conventions and several spin-off titles that exist alongside the mainline.
However, each game is loosely linked to one another existing in the same universe. While you don’t particularly need to play the series in order to understand each individual game, players will get rewarded for it. There are also several different endings that players can get after achieving certain objectives for each title.
Here is a list explaining the series order and what spin-off titles might interest you as you play through for your first time.
Chaos;Head / Chaos;Head Noah “Delusional Science Adventure”
Chaos;Head is the first entry of the Science Adventure series which was originally released in 2008 in Japan. The enhanced version of the game Chaos;Head Noah was released the following year exclusively in Japan. According to the Stein;Gate Wiki, the story revolves around “a delusional high school student who accidentally gets involved in a serial murder case taking place across Shibuya.” Chaos;Head Noah is finally releasing out west for the very first time on October 7 later this year so if you’re looking at playing through the series for the first time I recommend waiting until then.
Chaos;Head Noah will be available exclusively on the Nintendo Switch.
Steins;Gate / Steins;Gate Elite “Hypothetical Science Adventure”
Steins;Gate is the second entry of the Science Adventure series which released
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