Chaos;Child
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| 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 |
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| ⤏ 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 mystery visual novel in the Science Adventure series developed by 5pb. It is a thematic sequel to Chaos;Head.
Key points
- Chaos;Child's Steam library banner image contains a major story spoiler - view the game's library page at your own risk.
- The original game release has several technical issues, such as broken lip sync and crashes when pausing right before voiced lines. See Improvement patch.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Official website | |
Japan only. | |
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| Steam | |
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Essential improvements
Improvement patch
| Install Chaos;Child Steam Patch |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\mages_dmm\CHAOS CHILD |
| Steam | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\mages_steam\CHAOS CHILD\eng |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/970570/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\mages_dmm\CHAOS CHILD |
| Steam | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\mages_steam\CHAOS CHILD\eng |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/970570/pfx/[Note 1] |
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
| Steam Cloud |
Video
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | Toggle in menu or with 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 | |||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | |||
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| 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) |
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| 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 | ||
| Official controller preset(s) | ||
| Steam Controller button prompts |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/970570/in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (970570) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.