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Special Agents Mizuki and Ryuki, along with their AI partners Aiba and Tama, are tasked to solve the bizarre Half Body serial killings in this sequel to the critically acclaimed AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES.

AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - nirvanA Initiative is a visual novel, mystery and anime game developed and published by Spike Chunsoft Co. and Ltd..
Released on June 24th 2022 is available only on Windows in 4 languages: English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese.

It has received 3,244 reviews of which 2,816 were positive and 428 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.4 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 39.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - nirvanA Initiative into these genres:

Visual Novel Mystery Anime Adventure Detective Sci-fi Investigation Futuristic Noir Psychedelic Artificial Intelligence Conspiracy Illuminati Interactive Fiction Crime Drama 3D Philosophical Surreal Choose Your Own Adventure

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Windows
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows 10 64-bit
  • Processor: Intel Core i7-3770 @ 3.40 GHz or better
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA@ GeForce@ GTX 460 or better
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Storage: 20 GB available space
  • Sound Card: DirectX compatible soundcard or onboard chipset
  • Additional Notes: 2 GB VRAM

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April 2025
you too can have the worst experience in your life if you get this game! BUT don't worry, everything is forgiven thanks to the privilenge of getting to know Rookie Recruit, so really it's a 10/10 still, this game forces you to have the highest grade of suspended disbelief and it's not because of the usual uchikoshi stuff that happens (that's great!), but because it tries and fail to be a sorta-kinda-maybe? sequel to the first without spoiling to new players and therefore retconning a bunch of stuff. also, it tricks you while simultaneously pretending it didn't and makes you feel stupid because you fell for it like .. yeah duh !!!
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March 2025
Great game, but hard to compete with the first AITSF Why it falls short of the first game and what it does better AI The Somnium Files Nirvana Initiative... I'll just use AI:N to keep it short, is a personal top 10 games for me, however it falls short of the first game. I'll start with the improvements, the gameplay is probably the biggest improvement, there's more gameplay overall and the QTE's are a lot better throughout the game and don't feel as sloppy as it did in the first game, the Somniums are also a big improvement, more to do and new mechanics. The puzzles are also better throughout, they seem more thought out although be warned some of them are fairly difficult. Personal preference on this one but I like the UI design better as well. Characters are a mix bag for AI:N, the majority of the original characters have returned, and they are are still fairly similar to how they were in the first game, although half the game Date is just not as likable as he used to be, but kind of redeems himself at the end (Seriously I wish they gave him more of a heart in this game) The new characters are alright, I'm not all to crazy for any of them, I do like the Masked Woman although her character makes no sense why she even exists, also Tama is great, would love to have seen Tama and Date pair up. Okay the story is where this games really falls short of the first, that's not to say its a bad story but there is way to many inconsistency, especially since this game follows the events of the first AI, if AI:N was a stand alone game I think it would work a lot better, there would still be some inconsistency's but nearly as noticeable, I almost want to believe the dev's were not originally planning on making AI:N when they made the first game because so many things contradict and or seems like last moment idea's to cover up other inconsistency's, I won't spoil anything but a good example is the Masked Woman, I really like her character and her story would be fine if AI:N was its own game, but her existence literally does not make any logical sense in AI:N. The inconsistency's aside, the story overall is still fairly good, It has some really interesting plot twists that within itself has some inconsistency's but looking past that its a really cool way it was pulled off, The 閭｡陜ｶ荵句､｢邱ｨEND Diverge ending honestly great, (Tokiko is interesting character) Overall I still highly recommend Playing AI:N, however if you haven't play the first game I'd suggest playing that one first, although you don't have to in order to understand AI:N, much better gameplay, just wish the story was on par with the first, also... would be nice to have a 3rd game Spike???
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Jan. 2025
I almost didn't buy this game because of reviews saying that it has nothing to do with the first game... It is a direct continuation from the first game, I recommended for anyone that enjoyed it
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Dec. 2024
Another the craziest and wildest game that based from first game I was very happy to see characters again from first game, the story is really funny, exciting, emotional and wild It's gotta be one of the best VN games. Unpopular game, and yet really good game b
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Dec. 2024
I'm giving this a thumbs up because it's a well-made game that I did have fun playing. But ultimately, whether I would actually recommend nirvanA Initiative to someone who enjoyed the original depends on what they liked about that game. Do you want more big plot twists, more outlandish sci-fi elements, more fight scenes against huge mobs of faceless enemies, more anime pervert humor and bizarre setpieces? Did you wish the ideas of conspiracy and world-ending threats that were brought up had been the actual center of the plot? Then this sequel is for you. But if what you liked about the original was that it was a relatively grounded, human, and fair overall mystery despite its sci-fi trappings and occasional bizarre moments, and if you are attached to the way the characters - Date in particular - had changed as people by the end of the story, I would recommend that you do not buy this sequel and simply enjoy its predecessor as a standalone game. I personally unfortunately belong more in the second category, but at least I did still enjoy solving the various new Somnium puzzles.
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AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - nirvanA Initiative is currently priced at 39.99€ on Steam.

AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - nirvanA Initiative is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 39.99€ on Steam.

AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - nirvanA Initiative received 2,816 positive votes out of a total of 3,244 achieving a rating of 8.36.
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AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - nirvanA Initiative was developed and published by Spike Chunsoft Co. and Ltd..

AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - nirvanA Initiative is playable and fully supported on Windows.

AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - nirvanA Initiative is not playable on MacOS.

AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - nirvanA Initiative is not playable on Linux.

AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - nirvanA Initiative is a single-player game.

There are 5 DLCs available for AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - nirvanA Initiative. Explore additional content available for AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - nirvanA Initiative on Steam.

AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - nirvanA Initiative does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

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AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - nirvanA Initiative
39.99€
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