# Steins;Gate anime

8 Hacker News commenters recommended Steins;Gate anime and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it for its fun science-focused story and high ratings among top anime. Caveat: it clearly reads as a visual novel adaptation and doesn't capture everything from the source.

## Why people recommend it

- Top-tier anime compared with classics (3 comments): "I feel it's up there with NGE and Lain in anime I'd expect to see discussed here" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47661074)) "It's actually the third highest-rated anime TV show of all time by user rating" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47658665)) "It's a ridiculously good anime, probably a top 10 for me." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47658982))
- Well liked on its own merits (3 comments): "People really liked the Steins;Gate anime on its merits." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47660198)) "the Steins:Gate animes are perfectly fine to be clear!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47658995)) "Steins;Gate's adaptions are great!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47659012))

## What people warn about

- Feels like a visual novel adaptation (1 comments): "clearly (and not in a good way) a VN adaptation. Still worth watching." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47658912))
- Doesn't capture the full source (1 comments): "didn't come close to capturing everything" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47655478))
- Other adaptations weaker or not recommended (2 comments): "the others besides S;G are pretty meh" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47658431)) "There are also the anime adaptions but I wouldn't recommend them." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47657005))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Neon Genesis Evangelion](https://hackerapproved.com/p/neon-genesis-evangelion.md): 10 recommend
- [Mobile Suit Gundam](https://hackerapproved.com/p/mobile-suit-gundam.md): 10 recommend
- [Gundam Iron-Blooded Orphans](https://hackerapproved.com/p/mobile-suit-gundam-iron-blooded-orphans.md): 9 recommend
- [Cyberpunk: Edgerunners](https://hackerapproved.com/p/cyberpunk-edgerunners.md): 6 recommend
- [Serial Experiments Lain](https://hackerapproved.com/p/serial-experiments-lain.md): 6 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Steins;Gate anime", https://hackerapproved.com/p/steins-gate/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).