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==Game data== | ==Game data== | ||
===Configuration file(s) location=== | ===Configuration file(s) location=== |
Latest revision as of 02:55, 16 May 2024
Developers | |
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5pb. | |
Publishers | |
DMM | 5pb. |
Steam | Spike Chunsoft |
Engines | |
MAGES. Engine | |
Release dates | |
Windows | April 28, 2016 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 76 |
OpenCritic | 80 |
IGDB | 82 |
Taxonomy | |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Relaxed |
Perspectives | First-person |
Controls | Menu-based |
Genres | Visual novel |
Art styles | Anime |
Themes | Contemporary, Detective/mystery, Japan, Horror, Supernatural |
Series | Science Adventure |
⤏ Go to series page | |
Chaos;Head | 2008 |
Steins;Gate | 2009 |
Steins;Gate: Variant Space Octet | 2011 |
Chaos;Child | 2016 |
Steins;Gate 0 | 2016 |
Steins;Gate Elite | 2019 |
Steins;Gate: Linear Bounded Phenogram | 2019 |
Steins;Gate: My Darling's Embrace | 2019 |
Robotics;Notes DaSH | 2020 |
Robotics;Notes Elite | 2020 |
Chaos;Head NoAH | 2022 |
Anonymous;Code | 2023 |
Chaos;Child is a horror detective/mystery visual novel and the fourth mainline entry in the Science Adventure series developed by 5pb. It is a thematic sequel to Chaos;Head NoAH.
General information
- Steam Community Discussions
- Visual Novel Database article
- Kiri Kiri Basara - An English fan site and news resource for the Science Adventure series.
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Official website | Japan only. | |||
GOG.com | ||||
Steam |
- The Japanese-only DMM release suffers from several technical issues, such as broken lip sync and crashing when pausing right before voiced lines. It has since been obsoleted by the Steam and GOG releases.
Essential improvements
Improvement patch
Install Chaos;Child Steam Patch |
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Disable the launcher
Change the line start Launcher.exe EN to start chaoschild EN in the boot.bat file located in the Game Data folder
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\mages_dmm\CHAOS CHILD |
Steam | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\mages_steam\CHAOS CHILD\eng |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/970570/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\mages_dmm\CHAOS CHILD |
Steam | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\mages_steam\CHAOS CHILD\eng |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/970570/pfx/[Note 1] |
- 80 save slots and 48 quicksave slots available.
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | Maximum resolution is 1920x1080. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | Toggle in menu or with F11 or Alt+↵ Enter | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | Frame rate is capped at 60 FPS. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | Game must be started from launcher, which can't be navigated with a controller. | |
Controller remapping | Controller controls can be remapped in the launcher. | |
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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Xbox button prompts | Keyboard and mouse prompts only. | |
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers | Has scrambled controls when Steam Input controller configurations are disabled. | |
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PlayStation button prompts | ||
Light bar support | ||
Adaptive trigger support | ||
DualSense haptic feedback support | ||
Connection modes | Wired, Wireless (Bluetooth) |
Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Steam Input | ||
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Steam Input API support | ||
Hook input (legacy mode) | ||
Official controller preset(s) | ||
Steam Controller button prompts | ||
Cursor detection |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Separate sliders for voices, music and sound effects with additional sliders for each individual character's voices. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Japanese |
Other information
API
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Cutscenes | Bink Video | 2.5.13.0 |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 7, 8, 10 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i5 (Ivy Bridge) or higher | |
System memory (RAM) | 4 GB or more (onboard GPU) or 3 GB (discrete GPU) | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 17 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Intel HD 4000 1 GB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible |
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Other | Minimum resolution of 1280x720 |
- Listed CPU and GPU requirements equate to Intel Core i5-3475S.
- Despite the listed HDD requirement, the actual installation size after download is 8 GB.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/970570/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (970570) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.