What it is
Chaos;Head is a visual novel by 5pb. Inc., set amid a series of murders in Shibuya. Takumi Nishijo, a high school student who prefers staying in his room, encounters a mysterious image that appears to foreshadow the next killing. The following day, he finds a crime scene matching that image and meets Rimi Sakihata, a blood-soaked girl at the scene. The case is known as New Generation Madness, and its unknown perpetrator has stirred anxiety online and on television. The game first released in 2008 and is listed for Windows and PlayStation 3. A Windows Steam release came on October 7, 2022, under the title CHAOS;HEAD NOAH. Its Steam features include single-player, achievements, trading cards, partial controller support and Family Sharing. The Steam listing places it in the Adventure genre, while the broader genre is visual novel. Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd. is the listed publisher.
What players like, and what they don't
- Single-player story-driven visual novel
- Murder mystery set in Shibuya
- Steam achievements and trading cards
- Family Sharing is listed
- Steam release is listed for Windows only
- Controller support is partial
Who it suits
It suits players interested in a single-player visual novel centered on a murder mystery in Shibuya. The Steam release includes partial controller support and is listed for Windows.
Chaos;Head pairs a murder investigation with Takumi's encounter with Rimi at a predicted crime scene. The Steam edition is listed as CHAOS;HEAD NOAH and includes partial controller support.
