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Dysfunctional Systems: Learning to Manage Chaos

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App ID 248800
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Dischan Media
Supported Systems Windows macOS Linux
Technologies PyGame Engine, RenPy Engine
Last Changenumber 28970832
Last Record Update 14 May 2025 – 00:37:38 UTC ()
Release Date 26 September 2013 – 18:02:00 UTC ()
😏 72.16%
783 reviews
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In-Game

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 is a mediator?

Additional Information

Developer Dischan Media
metacritic_name Dysfunctional Systems: Learning to Manage Chaos
controller_support partial
GameManualURL https://store.steampowered.com/manual/248800/
community_visible_stats Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Dischan Media
eulas
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nameDysfunctional Systems: Learning to Manage Chaos EULA
urlhttp://store.steampowered.com/eula/248800_eula_0
Store Release Date 4 April 2013 – 07:00:00 UTC ()
community_hub_visible Yes
Primary Genre Indie (23)
Store Genres Adventure (25), Casual (4), Indie (23), RPG (3)
Steam Release Date 26 September 2013 – 18:02:00 UTC ()
Original Release Date 4 April 2013 – 07:00:00 UTC () (1365058800)
Store Asset Modification Time 24 November 2022 – 14:04:18 UTC () (1669298658)
review_score 6
review_percentage 75
Detected Technologies (?) PyGame Engine, RenPy Engine, Python SDK, SDL SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • Valve is still working on adding support for this game on Steam Deck
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  • SteamOS:
  • Valve is still working on adding support for this game on SteamOS
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  • category: Unsupported
  • steamos_compatibility: Unsupported
  • test_timestamp: 18 May 2023 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 137811
  • configuration:
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First seen on SteamDB 6 August 2013 – 23:27:27 UTC (), in changelist #262439

Supported Languages

1 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes Yes Yes

Tags

📚 Visual Novel 🌱 Indie 🌸 Anime 🚀 Sci-fi 🔢 Episodic 🗺️ Adventure 📚 Story Rich 😌 Casual 👩 Female Protagonist 🎶 Great Soundtrack 🤏 Short 🎲 RPG 🎭 Drama 👤 Singleplayer

Categories

Single-player Steam Achievements Family Sharing

Hardware Categories

Partial Controller Support

Assets

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Depots

ID Configuration Size DL.
228983 Windows Shared InstallDepot from 228980VC 2010 Redist No size
228984 Windows Shared InstallDepot from 228980VC 2012 Redist No size
228990 Windows Shared InstallDepot from 228980DirectX Jun 2010 Redist No size
248802 Windows EnglishDysfunctional Systems: Learning to Manage Chaos Windows Depot 839.28 MiB 0 B
248801 macOS EnglishDysfunctional Systems: Learning to Manage Chaos Mac Depot 835.71 MiB 0 B
248803 Linux EnglishDysfunctional Systems: Learning to Manage Chaos Linux Depot 850.10 MiB 0 B

Total size on disk is 2.47 GiB and total download size is 0 B.

Total size on disk is 839.28 MiB and total download size is 0 B, when filtered to Windows, English, no DLC depots.

Branches

Name Description Build ID Time Updated
public 137811
beta betatesting 137811

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