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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?

Release DateSep 26, 2013
Price$ 4.99
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)76% (mostly positive) / 75.8%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)72.3% / 72.4%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)634  Top 20% / 794  Top 15%
Curators58 reviews  Top 10%
Median Play Time3.3 hours
Play Time per Dollar40 minutes
Followers5.2K  Top 15%
Owners± 77.4K  Top 20%
Copies Sold± 33.1K  Top 20%
Gross Revenue ($)± 141.5K  Top 20%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Dysfunctional Systems: Learning to Manage Chaos steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

Here you can see Dysfunctional Systems: Learning to Manage Chaos's Steam rating and reviews between September 2013 and October 2023. Steam's rating oscillates between 93.4% (October 2013) and 75.8% (October 2023).

The 794 reviews Top 15% suggest that Dysfunctional Systems: Learning to Manage Chaos might be an indie success or even a small AAA success. There are peaks that suggests major updates or discounts.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Dysfunctional Systems: Learning to Manage Chaos and the proportion of players they represent.

This doughnut chart shows Dysfunctional Systems: Learning to Manage Chaos's review languages. The most popular language is English (84%), followed by Simplified Chinese (4%). The player's languages are well diversified, with 19 different languages appearing in the reviews. The game has only one translation (English), it could have been more popular if it was translated in more languages.

Time Played

Chart displaying Dysfunctional Systems: Learning to Manage Chaos percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time players have spent in Dysfunctional Systems: Learning to Manage Chaos depending if the reviewer left a positive or a negative review. The time played is decent, reaching 5 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews median playtime closely matches the median for positive reviews, meaning that there is no major difference between the players' experiences and the reviews probably reflect personal preferences more than anything else. A low negative review time (median : 146 minutes) can mean that the game crashes on some systems or that the type of gameplay was not completely clear to the players (Is the game unmistakably explained on the Steam Store ?). It is also possible that players were otherwise displeased by Dysfunctional Systems: Learning to Manage Chaos and decided to review it and get a refund under 2 hours. The Players' feedback section might help understanding the issue.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Interesting story
  • Great soundtrack
  • High quality artwork
  • Good sci-fi writing
  • Real substance
  • Strong narrative
  • Compelling characters
  • Personal and relatable interactions
  • Beautiful visuals
  • Exciting achievements
  • Short playtime
  • Episodic and ends on a cliffhanger
  • Unfulfilled potential
  • Not good enough
  • Limited direct interactions
  • Dragging between interactions
  • Lack of continuity
  • Cancelled development
  • Convoluted universe
  • Uncompleted development

It's important to understand that this list of positives and negatives is not an unbiased evaluation of the game. Its purpose is to support developers in understanding what their players want. The game's rating of 76% should be taken into account when assessing them.

Please take this list with a grain of salt, as this is an AI generated list based on a small sample of Dysfunctional Systems: Learning to Manage Chaos's review data provided by Steam. You don't always need to solve every issue. What some players hate might be what your fanbase loves.

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