Annie and the AI

Annie and the AI

NoSleepGames LLC · May 23, 2023 · Puzzle, Interactive Fiction, Visual Novel, Female Protagonist, 2D

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Annie and the AI price by region

Annie and the AI costs £7.49 in the United Kingdom, €8.79 in Europe (EUR), $8.99 in the United States, $8.99 in Georgia (USD), CA$11.79 in Canada, A$13.19 in Australia, NZ$13.25 in New Zealand, R$29.99 in Brazil and zł40.99 in Poland right now.

Cheapest Annie and the AI offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
United Kingdom £7.49 £7.49 — 1
Europe (EUR) €8.79 €8.79 — 1
United Statesyour region $8.99 $8.99 — 1
Georgia (USD) $8.99 $8.99 — 1
Canada CA$11.79 CA$11.79 — 1
Australia A$13.19 A$13.19 — 1
New Zealand NZ$13.25 NZ$13.25 — 1
Brazil R$29.99 R$29.99 — 1
Poland zł40.99 zł40.99 — 1

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About Annie and the AI

Set in the late 2020s, we follow Annie, a shut-in programmer who spends most of her time working on her personal projects, taking care of her father, and bending to the whims of her sisters who don't understand her.

You play as Esme, an AI that Annie has been developing in her spare time. Your primary function: to learn by solving visual puzzles involving pattern and emotional matching of images sourced from Annie's life.

Featuring


A full story-driven experience containing over 150 hand drawn illustrations, an original soundtrack, and a talented voice-acting team led by Katy Bentz of the BAFTA winning series Life is Strange.

Solve Visual Puzzles

  • Locate the data clusters with minesweeper-style gameplay.
  • Process the data clusters in order to clear up the distorted images.
  • Reorder the circuits to form logical connections to the matching image.

Family Files


  • Learn about Annie's family complicated situation and discover details about her sisters and parents.
  • Explore the family files stored on Annie's computer and unlock more files as you advance through the story.

Grow your AI

  • Help Esme, the AI, to learn and grow by solving puzzles.
  • Experience Esme's rapid advancement from childhood to adolescence, and finally maturity.

Secrets!

  • Delve even deeper into the characters lives by discovering rare files hidden throughout the game.
  • Use your knowledge of Annie and her family to search for secret keywords that unlock new files.
  • Master the secret file mini-game to find as many secrets as possible.
  • Can you uncover the full story?

Annie and the AI — game info

Platforms
Windows, macOS
Steam Deck
Playable
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included
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What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Recommended Jun 10, 2024
I bought this, knowing nothing about the game other than Katy Bentz voiced the main character and I'm so glad I did! The story was short enough to complete in a day and it was written in a way that I couldn't stop playing until the end. Definitely recommend.
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Recommended Dec 5, 2025
Good depth to the story, and it definitely made me think and feel things, thanks to the writing and the voice acting. It's short, so I'm looking forward to try again and see what I pick up the second time through and snag a couple missing achievements. The puzzles are kind of a cross between minesweeper and one of those pipe puzzles, got the general hang of it pretty fast but it took awhile to get quick.
Recommended Apr 2, 2024
Short and bittersweet, but an engaging story from start to finish. I'd love to see another game with similar puzzles in the future.
Recommended Feb 5, 2024
Katy Bentz was robbed of a Best Performance Nominee for the TGA's. She did not have to go so hard in a visual Novel Puzzler, but she did and it made the game actually much more better to explore and play! As for the game itself, its a unique puzzler that's easy to understand but hard enough to get those "Excellent" ranks in a 100% play through. I wish there were more levels (does not have to be story related) but replaying the game doesn't hurt at all when trying to snag the rest of those achievements. its a fun brain teaser
Recommended Nov 21, 2023
The story was neat and heartfelt, with great voice acting.
Recommended Aug 15, 2023
I think the only downside to this game is how quickly it goes by, and how short it is. Its beautiful, the art, the voices, the plot and backstories. It's a really compelling game that I highly recommend to everyone. As I said, it's short, but it's incredible and breathtaking to the point where I welled up in tears finishing it. Maybe my favorite game ever.

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