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Chaos;Head NoAH

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Chaos;Head NoAH
Chaos;Head NoAH cover
Developers
5pb.
Nitroplus
Publishers
Spike Chunsoft
Engines
MAGES. Engine
Release dates
Windows October 7, 2022
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
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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Chaos;Head NoAH is a horror mystery visual novel and the first mainline entry in the Science Adventure series developed by 5pb. It is an expanded re-release of Chaos;Head, featuring redrawn widescreen background graphics and illustrations, and most notably several expansions to the original game's story including entire new heroine routes.

Chaos;Head NoAH was originally released for the Xbox 360 in Japan on February 26, 2009, followed by ports to the PlayStation Portable and mobile devices across 2010 and 2012. A PlayStation 3 version was released on November 22, 2012, heavily edited in order to receive a CERO D age rating. An updated Nintendo Switch port of the game, based on the edited PlayStation 3 version, was released in Japan on February 24, 2022, bundled alongside its thematic sequel Chaos;Child as Chaos;Head Noah / Chaos;Child Double Pack, featuring upscaled 1080p versions of all of its existing graphical assets.[1]

On March 10, 2022, publisher Spike Chunsoft announced that an English version of Chaos;Head Noah / Chaos;Child Double Pack, featuring the first ever official English translation of Chaos;Head NoAH, would release on October 7, 2022.[2] At their Anime Expo 2022 panel on July 2, Spike Chunsoft announced a PC version of Chaos;Head NoAH, scheduled to release on Steam on the same date as the Nintendo Switch version.[3]

The released version of the official English translation is of noticeably poor quality, with internally inconsistent terminology, names, and phrases, major grammatical errors, confused tense (i.e. translators writing an event which happened in the past as though it happened in the present), and no distinction between spoken and non-spoken dialogue, among many other issues.[4][5]

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
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
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Steam
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Windows

Monetization

Type Notes
One-time game purchase The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Outfit Pack Lingerie Conversion System character sprite pack.
Windows

Microtransactions

Type Notes
No microtransactions No microtransactions are present in the game.

Essential improvements

Improvement patch

Install Chaos;Head NoAH Overhaul Patch
A massive overhaul patch that replaces the game's entire English localization with a superior fan translation, as well as introducing countless bugfixes and other improvements designed to bring the game's presentation closer to that of the original Xbox 360 release.
If installing for the Steam version, the patch's installer will also replace the game's local Steam library artwork with alternative images that can be considered less spoiler-heavy.
  1. On the GitHub download page, download either CHNSteamPatch-v1.0.0-Setup.zip for the Steam version, or CHNGOGPatch-v1.0.0-Setup.zip for the GOG version.
  2. Extract the contents of the downloaded zip folder.
  3. Run CHNSteamPatch-Installer.exe for the Steam version, or CHNGOGPatch-Installer.exe for the GOG version.

Note: the patch installer will play music.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\mages_steam\CHAOS;HEAD NOAH\*.dat
GOG.com %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Mages Inc\CHAOS;HEAD NOAH\CONFIG.DAT
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Mages Inc\CHAOS;HEAD NOAH\PADCONFIG.DAT
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1961950/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Steam %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\mages_steam\CHAOS;HEAD NOAH\*.dat
GOG.com %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Mages Inc\CHAOS;HEAD NOAH\SAVEDATA.DAT
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1961950/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game general and graphics settings.
In-game general and graphics settings.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Maximum resolution is 1920x1080.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
"Fullscreen" option is actually borderless windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Frame rate is capped at the monitor's refresh rate. In-game playtime counter is tied to framerate.[6]
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

In-game controller remap settings.
In-game controller remap settings.

Audio

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

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
Japanese

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio Criware
Cutscenes Criware

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 7, 8.1, 10
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 17 GB
Video card (GPU) Intel HD Graphics Series
1 GB of VRAM
Sound (audio device) DirectSound compatible
Other Minimum resolution of 1280x720
A 64-bit operating system is required.
Despite the listed HDD requirement, the actual installation size after download is 8.14 GB.

Notes

  1. 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>/1961950/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (1961950) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References