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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?

Dysfunctional Systems: Learning to Manage Chaos is a visual novel, indie and anime game developed and published by Dischan Media.
Released on September 26th 2013 is available in English on Windows, MacOS and Linux.

It has received 786 reviews of which 595 were positive and 191 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.2 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 4.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Dysfunctional Systems: Learning to Manage Chaos into these genres:

Visual Novel Indie Anime Sci-fi Episodic Adventure Story Rich Casual Female Protagonist Great Soundtrack Short RPG Drama Singleplayer

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • OS *: Windows XP
  • Processor: 1.2 GHz Pentium 4
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Integrated Graphics
  • Storage: 500 MB available space
MacOS
  • OS: OS X 10.6
  • Processor: Any 64 bit processor
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Integrated Graphics
  • Storage: 500 MB available space
Linux
  • Processor: 1.2 GHz Pentium 4
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Integrated Graphics
  • Storage: 500 MB available space
  • Additional Notes: "ia32-libs" package required for 64-bit Linux users

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Jan. 2026
It's been 84 years...... It's a shame this game is discontinued.
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Nov. 2025
It's not worth $5, I'll say that much. Most of my playtime was from me leaving the game running and doing other things, it's only 1-2 hours. It's basically just the prologue. It's extremely unfortunate this was abandoned. It had so much potential and what little is there is interesting. I wanted to dive deep into this world, but there's nothing more. This is it. I think the company even went out of business? No update on their website since 2020. I'm sure COVID took its toll. I doubt this will ever be finished, but it really is a shame. The main character is cute, and I loved how the relationships were developing. I desperately wanted to see more, especially of how things went with Cyrus, but... Oh well. Guess I'll have to see if there's any fanfics I can read instead.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Dysfunctional Systems: Learning to Manage Chaos is currently priced at 4.99€ on Steam.

Dysfunctional Systems: Learning to Manage Chaos is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 4.99€ on Steam.

Dysfunctional Systems: Learning to Manage Chaos received 595 positive votes out of a total of 786 achieving a rating of 7.22.
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Dysfunctional Systems: Learning to Manage Chaos was developed and published by Dischan Media.

Dysfunctional Systems: Learning to Manage Chaos is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Dysfunctional Systems: Learning to Manage Chaos is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

Dysfunctional Systems: Learning to Manage Chaos is playable and fully supported on Linux.

Dysfunctional Systems: Learning to Manage Chaos is a single-player game.

Dysfunctional Systems: Learning to Manage Chaos does not currently offer any DLC.

Dysfunctional Systems: Learning to Manage Chaos does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Dysfunctional Systems: Learning to Manage Chaos does not support Steam Remote Play.

Dysfunctional Systems: Learning to Manage Chaos is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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Dysfunctional Systems: Learning to Manage Chaos
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Release 26 Sep 2013
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