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AI: The Somnium Files
82 Score
Adventure

AI: The Somnium Files

Spike Chunsoft  /  September 17, 2019  /  Rated Mature

Data last updated July 24, 2026

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Released

2019

Publisher

Spike Chunsoft

Time to beat

~4 hrs

Community

1,080

In a near-future Tokyo, detective Kaname Date is on the case of a mysterious serial killer. Date must investigate crime scenes as well as dreams on the hunt for clues. From the mind of Kotaro Uchikoshi (Zero Escape series director), with character design by the Yusuke Kozaki (NO MORE HEROES, Fire Emblem series), a thrilling neo-noir detective adventure is about to unfold.

STORY

One rainy night in November, a woman's body is found at an abandoned theme park, mounted on a merry-go-round horse. She had been stabbed repeatedly, and her left eye was gouged out.
Kaname Date of the Metropolitan Police Department arrives on the scene. He recognizes the woman. Suddenly, he hears a noise from inside the merry-go-round.
He breaks into the merry-go-round's central column to find a young girl. And in her hands, she grips a bloody ice pick...

AI: The Somnium Files – Nirvana Initiative is a 2022 visual novel adventure video game developed and published by Spike Chunsoft. It is a sequel to AI: The Somnium Files (2019) and follows an older Mizuki Date alongside a new playable protagonist Kuruto Ryuki as they investigate the "Half-Body Murders". Gameplay is presented in both visual novel format and third-person exploration for dream investigation sequences.

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exceptional
52.55%
recommended
32.85%
meh
8.76%
skip
5.84%

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