AI: The Somnium Files – Nirvana Initiative
| AI: The Somnium Files – nirvanA Initiative | |
|---|---|
Cover art, featuring Mizuki, Aiba, Ryuki, and Tama | |
| Developer | Spike Chunsoft |
| Publisher | Spike Chunsoft |
| Director | Akira Okada |
| Producer | Yasuhiro Iizuka |
| Designer | Akira Okada |
| Artist | Yūsuke Kozaki |
| Writer | Kotaro Uchikoshi |
| Composer | Keisuke Ito |
| Engine | Unity |
| Platforms | |
| Release | |
| Genres | Adventure, visual novel |
| Mode | Single-player |
AI: The Somnium Files – Nirvana Initiative (/aɪ/ ⓘ EYE) 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.
Writer Kotaro Uchikoshi returns to script the game and reunites with character designer Yūsuke Kozaki, while the first game's designer and assistant director Akira Okada took over as director.
The game was released for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One in June 2022 in Japan and North America, and July 2022 in Europe and Oceania.