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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
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-10-22 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-16.
“The first of the few visual novels that'll eventually land on Steam through Greenlight, and one that IS NOT made by Japanese. It is important to know that this genre is less gameplay, and more of a narrative through combining visual design and audio work. The few gameplay…”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“AT A GLANCE (Full review follows below) Game Name: Dysfunctional Systems: Learning to Manage Chaos Original Release: 2013 Genre Tags: Visual Novel; Sci-Fi; Anime; Story Rich; Great Soundtrack My Overall Grade: A- Estimated Playtime (Campaign): 2-5 hours Multiplayer Aspect: None…”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“TL;DR: Since the developer has abandoned the project and the remaining episodes will not be made/released in the foreseeable future I wouldn't spend your money on this. Its story is incomplete and will probably never be completed. In the end by paying $5 for this you'll have 1.5…”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs playedPlayer activity
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Achievement stats
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Latest official news
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"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
"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
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
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
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 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Adventure, Casual, Indie, RPG |
| Player tags | Visual Novel · Indie · Anime · Sci-fi · Episodic · Adventure · Story Rich · Casual · Female Protagonist · Great Soundtrack · Short · RPG (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Partial Controller Support · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Achievements | 11 |
| Official site | http://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