AI: The Somnium Files

AI: The Somnium Files

2019 Spike Chunsoft

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About AI: The Somnium Files

AI: The Somnium Files is an adventure and puzzle game developed by Spike Chunsoft and published by Numskull Games, released on 17 September 2019.

Play as detective Kaname Date on the case of an elusive serial killer in this thrilling, sci-fi murder mystery.

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AI: The Somnium Files is a mystery adventure and visual novel set in a near-future Tokyo. Players take on the role of Kaname Date, a detective with a secret police unit who investigates crimes using an experimental technology that lets him dive into the dreams of witnesses and suspects. Aided by an artificial intelligence named Aiba housed in his prosthetic eye, Date is drawn into a chilling serial-killer case that begins with a gruesome murder. As he alternates between examining crime scenes and exploring surreal dream worlds for hidden clues, the branching investigation gradually pulls him toward buried secrets connected to his own lost past.

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Gameplay

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Genres

Adventure Puzzle Visual Novel

How long to beat

Main story 21h 40m Completionist 24h 57m Source: IGDB

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Single player

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First personThird person

Engine

Unity

Series

All AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES games in release order · 3

Tags

Best single-player gamesBest horror gamesBest sci-fi games

Rankings

Best Visual Novel games on PCBest Visual Novel games on PlayStation 4Best PC gamesBest PC games of 2019Best games of 2019

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