How many days to binge Steins;Gate
Pick the pace that matches your life. Days are rounded up, so the last day is usually a short one.
| Pace | Days | Weeks |
|---|---|---|
| One episode a day | 24 | 3 |
| 1 hour a day | 10 | 1 |
| 2 hours a day | 5 | <1 |
| 3 hours a day | 4 | <1 |
| 4 hours a day | 3 | <1 |
| 8-hour marathon days | 2 | <1 |
| Non-stop, no sleep | 10 hours | |
Steins;Gate runtime by season
| Season | Episodes | Avg runtime | Total | First aired |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 24 | 25 min | 10 hours | April 6, 2011 |
About Steins;Gate
The microwave is a time machine. Okarin proved it. The self-anointed mad scientist nuked bananas into some gelatinous version of the future. Or maybe it was the past. Doesn't matter. No one thought he could do it, but he did it anyway. He sent text messages through time to people he knew. To his friends. Some of them female. Pretty. He should have been more careful. He should have stopped. Tampering with the time-space continuum attracts unwelcome attention. Clandestine…
How to get through Steins;Gate faster
- Skip the intro. Roughly a minute and a quarter per episode adds up to about 30 minutes across the whole run.
- Bump the speed. At 1.25× the total drops to 8 hours; at 1.5× it's 6.7 hours.
- Watch with a comment section. A running conversation pinned to each moment makes long stretches feel shorter, and it's the reason TalkAbtIT exists.
Steins;Gate FAQ
How long does it take to watch all of Steins;Gate?
10 hours of screen time. That's 24 episodes at about 25 minutes each. At two hours a night it takes 5 days.
How many episodes of Steins;Gate are there?
24 regular episodes across 1 season (2011). Specials and recap episodes are not counted.
How long is an episode of Steins;Gate?
Episodes average 25 minutes. The per-season table above shows where runtimes change.
Is Steins;Gate still running?
No. Steins;Gate ended on September 14, 2011 after 1 season.
More binge times
Episode data from TVmaze, refreshed weekly (last update 2026-09-23). Runtimes are as listed per episode, so totals exclude recaps you skip and credits you don't.