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NieR:Automata™

NieR: Automata tells the story of androids 2B, 9S and A2 and their battle to reclaim the machine-driven dystopia overrun by powerful machines.

Developer
Square Enix, PlatinumGames Inc.
Publisher
Square Enix
Franchise
NIER
Release date
Mar 17, 2017
Store page updated
Jul 27, 2026
Price
−60% $39.99 $15.99 · Steam store ↗

Review Analysis Score

88.3/ 100

Based on 423 reviews from the past 1 year

Steam User Rating
Recent 😄 Very Positive 88% of 552
All time 😄 Very Positive 87% of 153,415
“экзистенциальный кризис, всем настоятельно рекомендую”
игра-симулятор post nut clarity: пришёл посмотреть на жопы - ушёл с экзистенциальным кризисом всем настоятельно рекомендую

How it holds up

−50+5
Gameplay
+0.75
Controls & feel +1.25 · Responsiveness, precision, and how the menus handle

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Story & World
+3.95
Story +4.08 · Plot, quests, writing, and the ending
“story reveals amazing depth across multiple playthroughs” (194)

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Content Volume
+1.55
Replayability +3.42 · Reasons to play again — runs, randomness, New Game+

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Visuals & Sound
+3.93
Audio +4.61 · Music, sound effects, and voice acting
“music is top-tier, story is excellent” (62)
好游戏,打了很久终于全成就了,音乐顶级,剧情上乘,引导依托,游戏性上等。但是不值得好评,十种语言唯独没有中文,然后国区反向降价,没见过吃相这么难看的公司。你不支持中文就一直差评,日本的游戏总是这么傲慢,想站着挣钱?爬。

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Multiplayer
+3.67

Not enough data — only 1% of reviews mention this.

Playing together +3.50 · Fun of playing with friends, teammates, or rivals

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Pricing & Fairness
-1.57

Not enough data — only 7% of reviews mention this.

Balance -2.38 · Whether classes, weapons, and builds are evenly matched

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Tech & Support
-1.88

Not enough data — only 10% of reviews mention this.

Performance -1.65 · Frame rate, optimization, and loading times
“weak PC port without mods can have problems” (14)
[h3]🎮 Приветствую, обыватель. ⠀⠀⠀На связи [url=steamcommunity.com/id/2o77x][b]KΛRHΛD[/b][/url][/h3] К NieR:Automata я подходил с осторожностью. Слишком часто слышал «шедевр», «игра, которая меняет взгляд» — обычно за такими словами скрывается что-то переоценённое. Но тут интерес не отпускал. Сначала визуал, потом разговоры про сюжет, потом про то, что игру «нужно пройти несколько раз». В итоге решил: окей, проверю сам. Пишу после [b]нескольких полных прохождений с настоящей концовкой[/b]. Раньше — просто нечего обсуждать, игра раскрывается не сразу. [h3]🔍О чём игра[/h3] На поверхности всё выгл

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Scores are the average of reviews that mention each category (−5 to +5). Fainter bars were mentioned by fewer reviews; grey means too few to trust. Tap a category ▾ to see what drives it.

Steam review activity

% positive over time
since launch, by month · major update
30%50%70%90%
Mar 2017Sep 2026
Reviews
per day · 550 reviews, peak 33/day
02550
Aug 21Sep 18

Steam only gives daily counts for the last 30 days; longer ranges are by month. Months with fewer than 10 reviews are left out of % positive.

Review languages

Languages of the 423 reviews we analyzed from the past year — not all Steam reviews.

  • English29%
  • Chinese20%
  • Spanish15%
  • Russian13%
  • Portuguese10%
  • French3%
  • Other12%

🔒 Scores broken down by language — how Russian or Chinese players rate each category — are in the paid dashboard.

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