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Dysfunctional Systems: Orientation cover art

Dysfunctional Systems: Orientation

Dischan Media · 2017-07-24

Steam

CasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 24, 2017 (Mac), Jul 24, 2017 (Linux), Jul 24, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Dysfunctional Systems: Orientation is a kinetic novel and a prequel to Dysfunctional Systems: Learning to Manage Chaos. It uses text, sound, and illustrations to tell a story and follows Winter Harrison during her first week at mediator school.

78%
positive of 54 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
$4.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 53% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 53% of 18,629 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.4k–3.2k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 54 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.24 at Steam (2019-12-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

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

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620172024Week of 2017-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$4.99$1.242017-07-252026-03-262017-07-25 — best price $4.492017-07-31 — best price $4.992017-10-02 — best price $3.742017-10-09 — best price $4.992017-11-22 — best price $3.742017-11-28 — best price $4.992017-12-21 — best price $1.992018-01-04 — 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-playerPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

Player tags

AnimeIndieCasualVisual NovelFemale Protagonist

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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