<s>
Chaos	B-Application
;	I-Application
Child	I-Application
(	O
stylized	O
as	O
ChäoS	O
;	O
Child	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
visual	O
novel	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
5pb	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
fourth	O
main	O
entry	O
in	O
the	O
Science	B-Application
Adventure	I-Application
series	I-Application
,	O
and	O
a	O
thematic	O
sequel	O
to	O
Chaos	B-Application
;	I-Application
Head	I-Application
(	O
2008	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
in	O
2014	O
for	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
,	O
and	O
later	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
,	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Vita	I-Device
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
English	O
localization	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
PlayStation	I-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
and	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Vita	I-Device
by	O
PQube	O
in	O
2017	O
,	O
and	O
for	O
Windows	O
by	O
Spike	O
Chunsoft	O
in	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
created	O
to	O
have	O
"	O
psycho-suspense	O
"	O
elements	O
similar	O
to	O
Chaos	B-Application
;	I-Application
Head	I-Application
,	O
while	O
also	O
adding	O
a	O
larger	O
amount	O
of	O
horror	O
elements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
English	O
localization	O
was	O
handled	O
by	O
Adam	O
Lensenmayer	O
,	O
whose	O
experience	O
with	O
translating	O
the	O
Science	B-Application
Adventure	I-Application
game	O
Steins	B-Application
;	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
0	I-Application
(	O
2015	O
)	O
ensured	O
a	O
smoother	O
process	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
communication	O
with	O
the	O
developers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chaos	B-Application
;	I-Application
Child	I-Application
was	O
well	O
received	O
by	O
critics	O
,	O
but	O
underperformed	O
commercially	O
;	O
this	O
led	O
to	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
Steins	O
;	O
??	O
</s>
<s>
?,	O
which	O
relates	O
to	O
the	O
more	O
popular	O
Science	B-Application
Adventure	I-Application
game	O
Steins	B-Application
;	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
similarly	O
to	O
how	O
Chaos	B-Application
;	I-Application
Child	I-Application
relates	O
to	O
Chaos	B-Application
;	I-Application
Head	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
Chaos	B-Application
;	I-Application
Child	I-Application
media	O
includes	O
an	O
anime	O
series	O
,	O
two	O
manga	O
,	O
an	O
audio	O
drama	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
video	O
game	O
Chaos	B-Application
;	I-Application
Child	I-Application
Love	I-Application
Chu	I-Application
Chu	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Chaos	B-Application
;	I-Application
Child	I-Application
is	O
a	O
visual	O
novel	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
split	O
into	O
multiple	O
different	O
story	O
routes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chaos	B-Application
;	I-Application
Child	I-Application
is	O
set	O
in	O
Shibuya	O
in	O
2015	O
,	O
six	O
years	O
after	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
Chaos	B-Application
;	I-Application
Head	I-Application
,	O
where	O
an	O
earthquake	O
nearly	O
leveled	O
the	O
area	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
characters	O
have	O
awakened	O
to	O
psychic	O
abilities	O
in	O
the	O
wake	O
of	O
the	O
earthquake	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
pyrokinesis	O
or	O
being	O
able	O
to	O
spot	O
lies	O
with	O
absolute	O
certainty	O
;	O
such	O
individuals	O
are	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
Gigalomaniacs	B-Application
,	O
and	O
use	O
their	O
abilities	O
by	O
making	O
delusions	O
come	O
true	O
in	O
the	O
real	O
world	O
(	O
"	O
real-booting	O
"	O
)	O
through	O
the	O
manifestation	O
of	O
a	O
Di-Sword	O
,	O
which	O
connects	O
them	O
to	O
the	O
Dirac	O
sea	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
,	O
six	O
years	O
after	O
the	O
New	B-Application
Generation	I-Application
serial	I-Application
killings	I-Application
and	O
the	O
Shibuya	B-Application
Earthquake	I-Application
,	O
high	O
schooler	O
Takuru	O
Miyashiro	O
is	O
searching	O
for	O
a	O
story	O
to	O
cover	O
for	O
his	O
school	O
's	O
newspaper	O
club	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mio	O
reveals	O
the	O
existence	O
of	O
Gigalomaniacs	B-Application
,	O
people	O
who	O
have	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
manifest	O
delusions	O
into	O
reality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
meeting	O
with	O
Hinae	O
,	O
who	O
is	O
also	O
a	O
Gigalomaniac	B-Application
,	O
Mio	O
and	O
Hinae	O
deduce	O
that	O
Takuru	O
must	O
be	O
a	O
gigalomanic	O
with	O
the	O
ability	O
of	O
telekinesis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hinae	O
and	O
Takuru	O
are	O
attacked	O
by	O
a	O
pyrokinetic	O
Gigalomaniac	B-Application
,	O
assumed	O
to	O
be	O
Senri	O
Minamisawa	O
,	O
an	O
old	O
friend	O
of	O
Nono	O
's	O
who	O
presumably	O
died	O
in	O
the	O
earthquake	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
She	O
confronts	O
Serika	O
on	O
the	O
school	O
rooftop	O
,	O
where	O
they	O
reveal	O
themselves	O
as	O
Gigalomaniacs	B-Application
and	O
fight	O
each	O
other	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
revealed	O
that	O
Serika	O
was	O
actually	O
Takuru	O
's	O
imaginary	O
friend	O
,	O
who	O
he	O
booted	O
into	O
reality	O
when	O
he	O
awoke	O
as	O
a	O
Gigalomaniac	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sakuma	O
,	O
who	O
has	O
rebuilt	O
an	O
artificial	O
Gigalomaniac	B-Application
device	O
from	O
the	O
wreckage	O
of	O
Noah	B-Application
II	I-Application
,	O
fights	O
with	O
Takuru	O
,	O
revealing	O
that	O
his	O
motivation	O
was	O
simply	O
to	O
have	O
fun	O
torturing	O
and	O
experimenting	O
on	O
Gigalomaniacs	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Character	O
routes	O
are	O
unlocked	O
,	O
revealing	O
Hinae	O
's	O
backstory	O
of	O
losing	O
her	O
brother	O
in	O
the	O
earthquake	O
,	O
Kazuki	O
's	O
status	O
as	O
a	O
Gigalomaniac	B-Application
,	O
teacher	O
and	O
club	O
advisor	O
Wakui	O
Shuuichi	O
as	O
a	O
member	O
of	O
the	O
Committee	O
of	O
300	O
,	O
and	O
Nono	O
as	O
the	O
real	O
Senri	O
Minamisawa	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mio	O
introduces	O
her	O
to	O
Chaos	B-Application
Child	I-Application
Syndrome	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
its	O
affected	O
are	O
trapped	O
in	O
a	O
synchronized	O
delusion	O
,	O
causing	O
rapid	O
aging	O
in	O
the	O
process	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
made	O
use	O
of	O
"	O
psycho-suspense	O
"	O
elements	O
similar	O
to	O
those	O
in	O
Chaos	B-Application
;	I-Application
Head	I-Application
,	O
but	O
with	O
an	O
increased	O
amount	O
of	O
horror	O
elements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
look	O
,	O
the	O
developers	O
were	O
aiming	O
for	O
an	O
"	O
unmoving	O
aesthetic	O
"	O
as	O
opposed	O
to	O
the	O
"	O
moving	O
adventure	O
"	O
style	O
of	O
the	O
previous	O
Science	B-Application
Adventure	I-Application
game	O
,	O
Robotics	O
;	O
Notes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
the	B-Device
Xbox	I-Device
One	I-Device
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
the	O
developers	O
made	O
use	O
of	O
the	B-Device
console	I-Device
's	I-Device
controller	I-Device
to	O
play	O
the	O
in-game	O
phone	O
calls	O
;	O
this	O
and	O
some	O
other	O
features	O
had	O
to	O
be	O
changed	O
when	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
other	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
music	O
was	O
composed	O
by	O
Takeshi	O
Abo	O
,	O
who	O
used	O
the	O
same	O
technique	O
as	O
for	O
his	O
previous	O
works	O
in	O
the	O
Science	B-Application
Adventure	I-Application
series	I-Application
:	O
he	O
started	O
by	O
reading	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
story	O
,	O
to	O
understand	O
the	O
setting	O
and	O
characters	O
as	O
fully	O
as	O
possible	O
,	O
and	O
wrote	O
down	O
his	O
first	O
impressions	O
of	O
the	O
events	O
in	O
the	O
plot	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
of	O
the	O
plot	O
's	O
emotional	O
flow	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
"	O
image	O
"	O
used	O
for	O
the	O
composition	O
was	O
different	O
than	O
for	O
previous	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
:	O
while	O
he	O
described	O
Chaos	B-Application
;	I-Application
Head	I-Application
as	O
rainy	O
,	O
Steins	B-Application
;	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
as	O
cloudy	O
,	O
and	O
Robotics	O
;	O
Notes	O
as	O
clear	O
weather	O
,	O
he	O
called	O
Chaos	B-Application
;	I-Application
Child	I-Application
"	O
stormy	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
contrasted	O
its	O
"	O
black-and-white	O
"	O
image	O
with	O
Robotics	O
;	O
Notes	O
"	O
colorful	O
and	O
emotional	O
hues	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chaos	B-Application
;	I-Application
Child	I-Application
was	O
localized	O
by	O
Adam	O
Lensenmayer	O
,	O
who	O
previously	O
worked	O
on	O
the	O
localizations	O
of	O
Steins	B-Application
;	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
0	I-Application
and	O
of	O
the	O
anime	O
adaptation	O
of	O
Steins	B-Application
;	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
localization	O
was	O
additionally	O
a	O
large	O
project	O
with	O
a	O
script	O
30	O
–	O
40%	O
larger	O
than	O
Steins	B-Application
;	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
0	I-Application
,	O
taking	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
remainder	O
of	O
2016	O
to	O
finish	O
following	O
the	O
completion	O
of	O
the	O
Steins	B-Application
;	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
0	I-Application
localization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
the	O
experience	O
of	O
having	O
worked	O
together	O
with	O
the	O
developers	O
on	O
the	O
localization	O
of	O
Steins	B-Application
;	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
0	I-Application
,	O
the	O
process	O
was	O
however	O
smoother	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
communication	O
back	O
and	O
forth	O
on	O
how	O
to	O
localize	O
various	O
things	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
localization	O
took	O
fan	O
feedback	O
into	O
account	O
:	O
after	O
Lensenmayer	O
had	O
submitted	O
the	O
localized	O
script	O
,	O
he	O
worked	O
on	O
the	O
translation	O
of	O
the	O
Chaos	B-Application
;	I-Application
Child	I-Application
anime	O
adaptation	O
,	O
and	O
read	O
comments	O
about	O
how	O
some	O
translation	O
choices	O
in	O
the	O
anime	O
were	O
inconsistent	O
with	O
their	O
use	O
in	O
Chaos	B-Application
;	I-Application
Head	I-Application
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
rendering	O
of	O
a	O
phrase	O
as	O
"	O
Those	O
eyes	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
Chaos	B-Application
;	I-Application
Child	I-Application
was	O
originally	O
planned	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
on	O
November	O
27	O
,	O
2014	O
in	O
Japan	O
for	O
the	B-Device
Xbox	I-Device
One	I-Device
,	O
but	O
was	O
delayed	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
December	O
18	O
,	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
later	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
,	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
and	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Vita	I-Device
,	O
and	O
released	O
on	O
June	O
25	O
,	O
2015	O
;	O
additionally	O
,	O
a	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
version	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
April	O
28	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
an	O
iOS	B-Application
version	O
on	O
January	O
31	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
and	O
an	O
Android	B-Application
version	O
on	O
May	O
28	O
,	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Operating_System
PlayStation	I-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
and	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Vita	I-Device
versions	O
were	O
published	O
by	O
PQube	O
in	O
Europe	O
on	O
October	O
13	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
and	O
digitally	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
on	O
October	O
17	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
physical	O
North	O
American	O
release	O
following	O
on	O
October	O
24	O
;	O
the	O
Windows	O
version	O
was	O
published	O
internationally	O
by	O
Spike	O
Chunsoft	O
on	O
January	O
22	O
,	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chaos	B-Application
;	I-Application
Head	I-Application
Noah	I-Application
/	O
Chaos	B-Application
;	I-Application
Child	I-Application
Double	O
Pack	O
,	O
which	O
bundles	O
Chaos	B-Application
;	I-Application
Child	I-Application
with	O
Chaos	B-Application
;	I-Application
Head	I-Application
Noah	I-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
on	O
February	O
24	O
,	O
2022	O
,	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
limited	O
edition	O
of	O
the	O
Japanese	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
,	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
and	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Vita	I-Device
versions	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
,	O
which	O
includes	O
a	O
drama	O
CD	O
and	O
a	O
"	O
present	O
box	O
"	O
paper	O
craft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Western	O
console	O
release	O
was	O
also	O
made	O
available	O
in	O
a	O
"	O
Gigalomaniac	B-Application
Edition	O
"	O
,	O
which	O
includes	O
an	O
artbook	O
,	O
a	O
soundtrack	O
and	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
pin	O
badges	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chaos	B-Application
;	I-Application
Child	I-Application
was	O
generally	O
well	O
received	O
by	O
critics	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Device
Xbox	I-Device
One	I-Device
and	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
versions	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
were	O
unable	O
to	O
reach	O
the	O
Japanese	O
weekly	O
sales	O
charts	O
upon	O
launch	O
;	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Vita	I-Device
and	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
versions	O
did	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
selling	O
10,325	O
and	O
4,860	O
copies	O
,	O
respectively	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Vita	I-Device
version	O
being	O
the	O
ninth	O
best	O
selling	O
game	O
of	O
the	O
week	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
following	O
week	O
,	O
the	B-Operating_System
PlayStation	I-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
version	O
had	O
dropped	O
off	O
the	O
chart	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Vita	I-Device
version	O
dropped	O
to	O
seventeenth	O
place	O
with	O
2,556	O
additional	O
copies	O
sold	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
,	O
Chaos	B-Application
;	I-Application
Child	I-Application
was	O
the	O
best	O
selling	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Vita	I-Device
game	O
during	O
its	O
European	O
debut	O
week	O
in	O
October	O
2017	O
,	O
and	O
charted	O
until	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
May	O
2018	O
;	O
the	B-Operating_System
PlayStation	I-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
version	O
did	O
however	O
not	O
appear	O
at	O
all	O
in	O
the	O
weekly	O
top-twenty	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
game	O
sales	O
chart	O
for	O
the	O
region	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
October	O
2020	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
had	O
only	O
sold	O
approximately	O
10%	O
the	O
amount	O
of	O
copies	O
as	O
Steins	B-Application
;	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
;	O
this	O
led	O
to	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
Steins	O
;	O
??	O
</s>
<s>
?,	O
a	O
thematic	O
sequel	O
to	O
Steins	B-Application
;	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
that	O
relates	O
to	O
it	O
similarly	O
to	O
how	O
Chaos	B-Application
;	I-Application
Child	I-Application
relates	O
to	O
Chaos	B-Application
;	I-Application
Head	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
manga	O
adaption	O
drawn	O
by	O
Relucy	O
is	O
published	O
by	O
Kadokawa	O
in	O
Dengeki	O
G	O
's	O
Magazine	O
;	O
there	O
is	O
also	O
a	O
spin-off	O
manga	O
,	O
Chaos	B-Application
;	I-Application
Child	I-Application
:	O
Children	O
's	O
Collapse	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
drawn	O
by	O
Futsū	O
Onshin	O
and	O
written	O
by	O
the	O
Chaos	B-Application
;	I-Application
Child	I-Application
game	O
's	O
writer	O
Eiji	O
Umehara	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
spin-off	O
game	O
,	O
Chaos	B-Application
;	I-Application
Child	I-Application
Love	I-Application
Chu	I-Application
Chu	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
Shikura	O
said	O
in	O
2016	O
that	O
he	O
wanted	O
to	O
make	O
an	O
erotic	B-Application
game	I-Application
based	O
on	O
Chaos	B-Application
;	I-Application
Child	I-Application
and	O
Chaos	B-Application
;	I-Application
Head	I-Application
,	O
targeted	O
at	O
adult	O
players	O
.	O
</s>
