AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - nirvanA Initiative

AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - nirvanA Initiative

Steam Deck Playable

Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd. · Visual Novel · Jun 24, 2022

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

At $39.99. It has been as low as $5.99.

86%
Very Positive
4k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 240 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 63 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 29 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews

Based on 4k player reviews · updated 3 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
83% of themes are praise17% are divided0% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
Parts of the story will spoil the first game if you play it after this one; there's an anti-spoiler feature, but it misses a lot.
240 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
There's new quality of life additions that are very helpful for both general gameplay and completionism.
63 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
Combined with the stellar voice acting and snappy dialogue and localization work, it really did make me feel like I was watching a well-choreographed movie at times, not playing a VISUAL NOVEL, of all things!
29 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
It seems to be about as performance-intense as the first game, but with better lighting and animations.
16 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
They can be really fun at times, but they're handled a bit awkwardly - you're frozen, unable to save or look at anything other than the recent chat log, unable even to enter the menu or quit the game until you solve the puzzle.
9 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love5 themes
Story and characters240 reviews
Gameplay63 reviews
Audio29 reviews
Graphics16 reviews
Interface9 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty14 reviews
57%
Players complain% still recommend

No recurring complaints surfaced in this sample.

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 5 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $39.99. The lowest we've tracked is $5.99.

4 points recordedtoday · $39.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
86%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
49
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.