AI: The Somnium Files from Zero Escape creator comes this July

Spike Chunsoft has announced that AI: The Somnium Files is coming out this July 25th for PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch. The mystery-adventure game is made by the creator of the cult Zero Escape trilogy of similar mystery-crime adventure games. Check out the new trailer ´we got during this year’s GDC.

It’s been long while since AI: The Somnium Files was announced last Summer by cult Japanese game designer Kotaro Uchikoshi. Not much was disclosed about the game back then but we already knew that The Somnium Files was going to follow the footsteps of the Zero Escape games by being a macabre crime adventure.

Now, we get to learn a whole lot more about the story of AI: The Somnium Files and when and where the game will come out for. First up, the game will launch this July on pretty much every platform. Preorders for the PS4 and Switch versions are already live on Amazon with the option of a Standard and Special Agent Editions. They will cost $59.99 and $89.99 respectively. You can find the preorder links on the game’s website here. These are the goodies included in the Special Agent Edition:

• A copy of AI: The Somnium Files for PlayStation 4 or Switch
• A-set acrylic stand – Approx. six inches tall
• Outer box – Original Artwork by character designer Yusuke Kozaki
• THOUGHTS REMaiN BELOW art book – 30-plus pages of sketchesand concept art
• REVERIES IN THE RaiN soundtrack
• A-set’s #1 fan stickers – Three vinyl stickers

AI: The Somnium Files takes place in a futuristic Tokyo setting where a mysterious serial killer is causing havoc. Protagonist Kaname Date is the detective who is trying to solve the case and bring the killer behind bars.

One rainy night in November, a woman’s body is found at an abandoned theme park, mounted on a merry-go-round horse. She had been stabbed repeatedly, and her left eye was gouged out.

Kaname Date of the Metropolitan Police Department arrives on the scene. He recognizes the woman. Suddenly, he hears a noise from inside the merry-go-round.

He breaks into the merry-go-round’s central column to find a young girl. And in her hands, she grips a bloody ice pick…