Chaos;Head
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| Developers | |
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| 5pb. | |
| Nitroplus | |
| Publishers | |
| Nitroplus | |
| Engines | |
| N2System | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | April 25, 2008 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Pacing | Relaxed |
| Perspectives | First-person |
| Controls | Menu-based |
| Genres | Visual novel |
| Art styles | Anime |
| Themes | Contemporary, Detective/mystery, Japan, 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 |
Warnings
- This game is only playable in English with a fan translation (see Localizations for details and other supported languages).
Key points
- Original 2008 release. Does not include the graphical improvements and additional character routes from Chaos;Head NoAH.
General information
- 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. | |
- A guide for purchasing Chaos;Head outside of Japan can be found here.
Essential improvements
English translation
| Use Chaotic;Head |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | %APPDATA%\Nitroplus\CHAOS;HEAD |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | %APPDATA%\Nitroplus\CHAOS;HEAD |
- Folder name changes to
CHAOTIC;HEADwhen using the Chaotic;Head patch.
Video
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | Resolution is locked to 800x600. | ||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | Toggle in menu or with F. | ||
| 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. | ||
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 |
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 | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | See English translation. | |||
| Japanese |
Issues fixed
Game freezes/no rain during the prologue
| Install the Basic version of the K-Lite Codec Pack.[1] |
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Poor performance on Windows 10
| Use Compatibility Mode[1] |
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Run the game in compatibility mode for Windows XP (Service Pack 3). |
Other information
API
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | XP | Vista, 7 |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium III AMD Athlon XP 1500+ |
Intel Pentium 4 |
| System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | 512 MB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 3 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible | |
| Other | Minimum resolution of 800x600 | |