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Dysfunctional Systems: Learning to Manage Chaos

Dischan Media · 2013-09-26

Steam

AdventureCasualIndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 04, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 04, 2013 (Mac), Apr 04, 2013 (Linux)

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?

0
playing now
75%
positive of 786 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 08:00 UTC (census sample)

Dysfunctional Systems is a visual novel created by Canadian studio Dischan Media. The story follows Winter Harrison, a "mediator"-in-training, as she attempts to resolve chaotic situations in different worlds. The first of several planned episodes, Learning to Manage Chaos, was released on April 4, 2013 In February 2014, Dischan launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for another two episodes of the story. Although the campaign met and exceeded its funding goals, the project was cancelled on January 2, 2015.

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  • · Top 34% of 11,332 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 31k–63k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 786 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2014-03-10) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

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Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$1.242015-01-012026-03-262015-01-01 — best price $4.992015-06-11 — best price $2.492015-06-22 — best price $4.992015-11-25 — best price $2.492015-12-01 — best price $4.992015-12-22 — best price $2.492016-01-04 — best price $4.992017-06-30 — best price $2.492017-07-07 — best price $4.992017-10-02 — best price $1.992017-10-09 — best price $4.992017-11-22 — best price $2.992017-11-28 — best price $4.992017-12-21 — best price $1.242018-01-04 — best price $4.992018-06-21 — best price $1.492018-07-05 — best price $4.992019-10-28 — best price $4.242019-11-01 — best price $4.992019-11-26 — best price $2.492019-12-03 — best price $4.992019-12-19 — best price $1.242020-01-02 — best price $4.992020-06-25 — best price $1.242020-07-09 — best price $4.992021-12-22 — best price $2.492022-01-05 — best price $4.992024-05-14 — best price $2.492024-05-21 — best price $4.992024-06-27 — best price $1.242024-07-11 — best price $4.992025-09-29 — best price $2.492025-10-06 — best price $4.992025-12-18 — best price $2.492026-01-05 — best price $4.992026-03-19 — best price $3.742026-03-26 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,64457%11

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

RPGAnimeDramaIndieShortCasualSci-fiEpisodicAdventureStory Rich

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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