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NieR:Automata™ cover art

NieR:Automata™

Square Enix · 2017-03-17

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ActionRPG

Franchise: Drakengard · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person, Side view, Text

Releases: Feb 23, 2017 (PlayStation 4), Apr 27, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 26, 2018 (Xbox One)

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

NieR:Automata™ is an Action and RPG game released in 2017, priced at $39.99, with an estimated 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 owners and a review sentiment of Very Positive (87% of 153,381 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

640
playing now
87%
positive of 154k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50
twitch viewers (latest)
6.3
viewers/channel (concentration)
86/100
critic score (24 outlets, IGDB)
90/100
IGDB user rating (1550 ratings)
650
Nexus mods (5.8M downloads)
4.82★
PlayStation Store rating (48,802 ratings)
33h
to beat · rushed 22h · completionist 77h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$39.99
steam price (US)

640 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Nier: Automata is a 2017 action role-playing game developed by PlatinumGames and published by Square Enix. It is the sequel to Nier (2010). Nier: Automata was originally released for the PlayStation 4 and Windows via Steam. It was ported to Xbox One in June 2018, and Nintendo Switch in October 2022.

Trailer

NieR:Automata™ trailer thumbnail

NieR:Automata Game of the YoRHA Edition | Launch Trailer

≈14,589 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 640 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 6,108 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~764/week).
  • · Review velocity down 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.9M–9.3M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 154,213 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $13.99 at Steam (2025-08-07)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 19 of 35 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3.1k3.1k20182026Week of 2018-03-01: 1,665 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 503 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 749 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 145 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 746 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 134 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 468 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 339 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 282 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 442 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 119 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 440 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 2,645 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 126 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 466 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 310 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 362 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 314 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 364 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 345 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 237 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 387 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 734 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 971 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 131 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 439 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 268 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 276 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 924 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1,241 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 816 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1,080 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 131 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 3,059 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 289 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1,290 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 105 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 884 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 777 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 872 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 700 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1,252 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 191 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2,204 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 227 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1,155 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1,420 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 164 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2,002 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 170 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1,065 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1,027 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2,138 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1,083 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 652 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2,248 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 395 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 840 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 183 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 992 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 185 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 775 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 583 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1,927 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 172 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1,004 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1,293 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 118 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1,389 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 121 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 750 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1,121 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 908 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 580 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 567 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 680 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 558 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 470 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 441 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 594 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 612 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 928 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 548 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1,560 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 149 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1,249 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 996 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 98 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 571 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1,156 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 110 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 676 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 602 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 382 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 600 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1,197 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1,143 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 96 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 627 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1,102 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 143 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 908 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 112 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1,135 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 123 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 656 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1,272 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 151 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 789 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 891 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 112 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 740 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 609 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1,147 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 105 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 978 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 105 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 779 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 929 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 105 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 686 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 905 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 114 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 862 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 123 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1,026 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1,092 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 141 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 653 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 712 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 102 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 639 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 787 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 793 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 586 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 980 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 135 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 742 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 707 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 549 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 680 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 670 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 543 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 317 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 42 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.7k4762026-09-15 11:00 — 476 players2026-09-16 19:00 — 676 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 480 players2026-09-19 10:00 — 805 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 1,178 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 734 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 612 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 882 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 925 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 1,375 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 1,457 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 910 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 824 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 1,237 players2026-10-03 21:00 — 1,351 players2026-10-05 05:00 — 762 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 1,044 players2026-10-07 20:00 — 1,036 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 790 players2026-10-10 11:00 — 1,182 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 1,430 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 832 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 640 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
12k502Mar 2017Aug 2026Mar 2017 — avg 11,878 · peak 23,813Jun 2017 — avg 2,024 · peak 5,900Sep 2017 — avg 1,859 · peak 4,378Dec 2017 — avg 1,355 · peak 3,007Mar 2018 — avg 3,520 · peak 8,280Jun 2018 — avg 1,028 · peak 1,763Sep 2018 — avg 1,175 · peak 3,922Dec 2018 — avg 1,078 · peak 2,555Mar 2019 — avg 990 · peak 2,236Jun 2019 — avg 796 · peak 1,349Sep 2019 — avg 825 · peak 1,463Dec 2019 — avg 1,046 · peak 2,852Mar 2020 — avg 2,906 · peak 9,447Jun 2020 — avg 934 · peak 1,526Sep 2020 — avg 1,547 · peak 7,036Dec 2020 — avg 1,317 · peak 4,138Mar 2021 — avg 1,088 · peak 1,992Jun 2021 — avg 957 · peak 1,808Sep 2021 — avg 750 · peak 2,572Dec 2021 — avg 1,256 · peak 3,053Mar 2022 — avg 1,290 · peak 3,580Jun 2022 — avg 713 · peak 1,242Sep 2022 — avg 596 · peak 1,146Dec 2022 — avg 641 · peak 1,135Mar 2023 — avg 1,735 · peak 5,924Jun 2023 — avg 703 · peak 1,437Sep 2023 — avg 740 · peak 1,415Dec 2023 — avg 1,288 · peak 3,177Mar 2024 — avg 1,267 · peak 3,346Jun 2024 — avg 776 · peak 1,758Sep 2024 — avg 1,056 · peak 2,659Dec 2024 — avg 1,202 · peak 2,205Mar 2025 — avg 1,058 · peak 2,770Jun 2025 — avg 1,046 · peak 2,217Sep 2025 — avg 826 · peak 1,766Dec 2025 — avg 853 · peak 1,469Mar 2026 — avg 1,285 · peak 2,565Jun 2026 — avg 728 · peak 1,437Aug 2026 — avg 781 · peak 1,451
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
75752026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 75 new positive2026-09-21: 15 new negative2026-09-22: 15 new positive2026-09-24: 21 new positive2026-09-24: 2 new negative2026-09-25: 22 new positive2026-09-25: 3 new negative2026-09-26: 35 new positive2026-09-26: 6 new negative2026-09-27: 37 new positive2026-09-27: 5 new negative2026-09-28: 37 new positive2026-09-28: 12 new negative2026-09-29: 28 new positive2026-09-29: 3 new negative2026-09-30: 40 new positive2026-09-30: 2 new negative2026-10-01: 25 new positive2026-10-01: 3 new negative2026-10-02: 42 new positive2026-10-02: 10 new negative2026-10-03: 34 new positive2026-10-04: 36 new positive2026-10-04: 1 new negative2026-10-05: 21 new positive2026-10-05: 6 new negative2026-10-06: 22 new positive2026-10-06: 3 new negative2026-10-07: 31 new positive2026-10-07: 3 new negative2026-10-08: 25 new positive2026-10-08: 1 new negative2026-10-09: 23 new positive2026-10-09: 1 new negative2026-10-10: 26 new positive2026-10-10: 3 new negative2026-10-11: 41 new positive2026-10-11: 2 new negative2026-10-12: 34 new positive2026-10-12: 6 new negative2026-10-13: 37 new positive2026-10-13: 1 new negative2026-10-14: 22 new positive2026-10-14: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$59.99$14.002017-03-032026-08-112017-03-03 — best price $59.992017-03-22 — best price $49.952017-06-02 — best price $41.992017-07-31 — best price $39.992018-01-10 — best price $56.302018-04-22 — best price $29.992018-07-14 — best price $59.992018-10-10 — best price $53.992018-12-11 — best price $39.992019-03-26 — best price $23.992019-07-14 — best price $26.392019-11-03 — best price $22.992020-01-13 — best price $26.722020-01-27 — best price $23.992020-02-13 — best price $26.092020-03-22 — best price $19.982020-08-02 — best price $17.992020-10-20 — best price $33.992021-04-29 — best price $19.992021-12-16 — best price $19.992022-04-01 — best price $39.992023-04-28 — best price $19.992023-07-26 — best price $39.992024-03-14 — best price $15.992024-05-15 — best price $39.992024-09-16 — best price $15.992024-12-05 — best price $39.992025-02-06 — best price $16.002025-04-28 — best price $15.992025-07-23 — best price $39.992025-11-18 — best price $15.992026-01-05 — best price $39.992026-03-18 — best price $15.992026-05-07 — best price $39.992026-07-30 — best price $39.992026-08-11 — best price $39.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2.1k8862026-05-29 — 1,104 pageviews2026-06-02 — 1,055 pageviews2026-06-06 — 2,063 pageviews2026-06-10 — 1,350 pageviews2026-06-14 — 1,127 pageviews2026-06-18 — 996 pageviews2026-06-22 — 1,041 pageviews2026-06-26 — 1,035 pageviews2026-06-30 — 977 pageviews2026-07-04 — 1,129 pageviews2026-07-08 — 1,175 pageviews2026-07-12 — 1,149 pageviews2026-07-16 — 1,052 pageviews2026-07-20 — 1,002 pageviews2026-07-24 — 886 pageviews2026-07-28 — 988 pageviews2026-08-01 — 966 pageviews2026-08-05 — 1,070 pageviews2026-08-09 — 1,145 pageviews2026-08-13 — 926 pageviews2026-08-17 — 934 pageviews2026-08-21 — 980 pageviews2026-08-25 — 1,011 pageviews2026-08-29 — 954 pageviews2026-09-02 — 969 pageviews2026-09-06 — 1,142 pageviews2026-09-10 — 1,021 pageviews2026-09-14 — 953 pageviews2026-09-18 — 1,084 pageviews2026-09-22 — 1,089 pageviews2026-09-26 — 1,348 pageviews2026-09-30 — 942 pageviews2026-10-04 — 1,156 pageviews2026-10-07 — 1,775 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

30622026-09-30 21:34 — 36 viewers2026-10-01 06:34 — 115 viewers2026-10-01 15:34 — 97 viewers2026-10-02 00:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-02 09:34 — 26 viewers2026-10-02 18:34 — 23 viewers2026-10-03 03:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-03 12:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-03 21:34 — 41 viewers2026-10-04 06:34 — 38 viewers2026-10-04 15:34 — 65 viewers2026-10-05 00:34 — 109 viewers2026-10-05 09:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-05 18:34 — 293 viewers2026-10-06 03:34 — 34 viewers2026-10-06 12:34 — 28 viewers2026-10-06 21:34 — 26 viewers2026-10-07 06:34 — 37 viewers2026-10-07 15:34 — 117 viewers2026-10-08 00:34 — 77 viewers2026-10-08 09:34 — 60 viewers2026-10-08 18:34 — 89 viewers2026-10-09 03:34 — 56 viewers2026-10-09 12:34 — 30 viewers2026-10-09 21:34 — 81 viewers2026-10-10 06:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-10 15:34 — 75 viewers2026-10-11 00:34 — 71 viewers2026-10-11 09:34 — 29 viewers2026-10-11 18:34 — 304 viewers2026-10-12 03:34 — 263 viewers2026-10-12 12:34 — 52 viewers2026-10-12 21:34 — 48 viewers2026-10-13 06:34 — 62 viewers2026-10-13 15:34 — 141 viewers2026-10-14 00:34 — 162 viewers2026-10-14 09:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-14 18:34 — 107 viewers2026-10-14 20:34 — 50 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

47
achievements tracked
80.8%
earned "Resuscitated Body"
22.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable Difficulty#category_playable_at_your_own_pacePlayable without Timed InputStereo SoundPartial Controller SupportSteam Cloud8 DLC

5 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain

Post-launch support: 8 DLC released, first 2017-05-02, latest 2026-01-20 (Steam store data)

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RPGJRPGAnimeActionNudityRobotsSci-fiOpen WorldStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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