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Dysfunctional Systems: Learning to Manage Chaos

Dysfunctional Systems: Learning to Manage Chaos

From Dischan Media, creators of the highly acclaimed Juniper's Knot, comes Dysfunctional Systems: Learning to Manage Chaos.Dysfunctional Systems is a visual novel series featuring Winter Harrison, a student mediator from a utopian world. Learning to Manage Chaos is the first entry in the series.What

Released Sep 26, 2013 Developer Dischan Media Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux Visual NovelIndieAnimeSci-fiEpisodic
View on Steam ↗ $4.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

75.7%positive786 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Well, this is quite the waste of potential, the setting was quite interesting, too bad it seems like there are no plans to ever finish the story. I cannot recommend it, but I don't think it would be fair not to give it a positive review.”

— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

11achievements
23.5%median completion
15.7%rarest: I AM THE LAW
41.9% of players 40.8% of players 34.4% of players 31.0% of players 25.3% of players 23.5% of players 21.7% of players 20.0% of players 16.6% of players 15.7% of players 15.7% of players 41.9% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
41.9%Follower — Listen to your mentor.
40.8%Undertones
34.4%Role Reversal — Boss around your mentor.
Rarest badges of honor
15.7%I AM THE LAW — This is how we're going to do things.
15.7%Earthen Paragon — By the book, through and through.
16.6%Foul Mood — Tell off your mentor and boss him around.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-25. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$4.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$4.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-25
US4.99 USD
UK3.99 GBP
Australia7.50 AUD
Canada5.49 CAD
Japan498 JPY
Brazil10.49 BRL
China21.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$2.1 Japan China Canada US Australia UK≈$5.3

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Jul 24, 2017
"Dysfunctional Systems: Orientation" Released!

http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/5150518/d7b648464bf20bd6473d0865ad3cb598ba91e0a3.png A prequel to Dysfunctional Systems: Learning to Manage Chaos entitled Dysfunct

Jul 24, 2017
"Dysfunctional Systems: Orientation" Released!

http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/5150518/d7b648464bf20bd6473d0865ad3cb598ba91e0a3.png A prequel to Dysfunctional Systems: Learning to Manage Chaos entitled Dysfunct

Mar 18, 2014
Dysfunctional Systems Kickstarter Funded!

Dysfunctional Systems has been successfully funded on Kickstarter ! Thank you all very much for your support! We are now trying for our stretch goals . It’s a very exciting time for all of us here, an

Mar 18, 2014
Dysfunctional Systems Kickstarter Funded!

Dysfunctional Systems has been successfully funded on Kickstarter ! Thank you all very much for your support! We are now trying for our stretch goals . It’s a very exciting time for all of us here, an

Feb 22, 2014
Dysfunctional Systems: Learning to Manage a Kickstarter

Ever since we announced the Dysfunctional Systems development hiatus, we’ve been receiving emails asking us if we would consider a Kickstarter. Originally we were skeptical about the idea, but as the

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresAdventure, Casual, Indie, RPG
Player tagsVisual Novel · Indie · Anime · Sci-fi · Episodic · Adventure · Story Rich · Casual · Female Protagonist · Great Soundtrack · Short · RPG (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Partial Controller Support · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * *
Achievements11
Estimated owners50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://dysfunctionalsystems.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows XP Processor: 1.2 GHz Pentium 4 Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: Integrated Graphics Storage: 500 MB available space