AI: The Somnium Files

AI: The Somnium Files

Steam Deck Playable

Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd. · Visual Novel · Sep 18, 2019

Yes, worth buying.

At $19.99. It has been as low as $3.99.

92%
Very Positive
9k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 228 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 69 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 52 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Crashes: 10 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 9k 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
63% of themes are praise12% are divided25% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
While the story and characters are such a blast to experience, the puzzles are lacking especially compared to the fun escape room style Zero Escape offered.
228 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Aside from point-and-clicking, the visual novel part has some “combat” scenes with QTEs-based gameplay.
69 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
really great soundtrack
52 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Visually, the art style is great.
21 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
There’s technical issue for just Window 7 users which relate to current Unity engine as dialogue with video may not continue due to video buffer issue and force you to reload save from main menu.
6 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 characters228 reviews
Gameplay69 reviews
Audio52 reviews
Graphics21 reviews
Interface6 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty8 reviews
100%
Players complain% still recommend
Crashes10 reviews
100%
Bugs7 reviews
100%

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. 2 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 $19.99. The lowest we've tracked is $3.99.

4 points recordedtoday · $19.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
92%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
45
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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