Adventure · January 22, 2019

CHAOS;CHILD (2019)

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It's been six years since a massive earthquake leveled the city of Shibuya. Now, in October 2015, while researching a number of recent murders, Takuru Miyashiro realizes a horrible truth. These murders are the return of a series of killings that plunged Shibuya into terror six years ago. And at the same time, people called gigalomaniacs, with the powers to make their delusions real, are beginning to awaken... GAME FEATURES Discover A Darker Japan Explore Shibuya in 2015, after an earthquake nearly levelled the city six years prior, and try to outsmart the puppet-master behind this New Generation Madness. Track Down A Serial Killer Play as Takuru, an arrogant senior and the newspaper club president, and discover the pattern in a series of bizarre deaths around you that the police can't seem to crack. Unravel The Mystery Investigate gruesome, supernatural murders with a team of uniquely talented friends. Pick Your Delusions Choose to explore disturbing nightmares or pleasurable daydreams to affect the different realities that Takuru perceives, and change your story. See The Bigger Picture Unlock SIX endings by changing the course of your team's investigations and relationships, and understand the characters and plot in depth. Outstanding Artistic Value Enjoy beautiful and ethereal art work in this stunning visual novel from the Science Adventure series. From The Creators Of STEINS;GATE A stand-alone story with a brand new cast, extensive replayability and ties to the Steins;Gate universe!

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Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Visual Novel · 145
  • Mystery · 107
  • Anime · 97
  • Story Rich · 97
  • Gore · 87
  • Violent · 83
  • Psychological Horror · 77
  • Adventure · 71
  • Great Soundtrack · 65
  • Horror · 62
  • Sci-fi · 60
  • Multiple Endings · 54
  • Atmospheric · 42
  • Psychological · 42
  • Thriller · 40

Position in Adventure

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume3.3k Steam reviewsTop 65% in Adventure
Positive rating94% positiveGenre average: 87% — this title sits in top 34%
Metacritic76/100Genre average 77 — top 64% of Adventure titles
Engagement hours21 h averageTop 16% for session depth among Adventure

Reception Metrics

Steam community

94%Very Positive · 3.3k reviews

3.1k positive · 198 negative

Metacritic

76/100 critic aggregate

Metacritic user score

8.4/10

Curator recommendations

3.4k

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Cloud
  • Remote Play on Phone
  • Remote Play on Tablet

Input & Comfort

  • Partial Controller Support

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

21h

moderate (15–40 hours)

Median

21h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

14h

Current engagement

Achievements

34

Steam unlocks available

Release & Availability

Release dateJan 22, 2019
DeveloperMAGES. Inc.
PublisherSpike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Base price$12.49 -50%
DLC / Add-ons1 released
PlatformsWindows
Estimated owners10k–100k
External links[email protected]

Content Notes

This is visual novel in which players assume the role of a high-school student investigating a series of mysterious deaths in Tokyo. Some scenes depict still images of characters engaged in violent acts: characters threatening people with knives, strangling other characters, and involved in torture. Crime scenes are graphically depicted with extensive blood-splatter and large amounts of text detail. Corpses…

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Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (2)

  • English
  • Japanese volume_up

Full audio (1)

  • Japanese

Editions & Packages

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