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NieR Replicant™ ver.1.22474487139... cover art

NieR Replicant™ ver.1.22474487139...

Square Enix · 2021-04-23

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ActionAdventureRPG

Franchise: Drakengard · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Apr 23, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 23, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Apr 23, 2021 (Xbox One)

The upgraded prequel of NieR:Automata. A kind young man sets out with Grimoire Weiss, a strange talking book, to search for the "Sealed verses" in order to save his sister Yonah, who fell terminally ill to the Black Scrawl.

NieR Replicant™ ver.1.22474487139... is an Action, Adventure, RPG game released in 2021, priced at $59.99, with an owner estimate of 500,000 .. 1,000,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (88% of 28402 reviews).

193
playing now
88%
positive of 29k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
82/100
critic score (12 outlets, IGDB)
84/100
IGDB user rating (194 ratings)
4.56★
PlayStation Store rating (12,888 ratings)
39h
to beat · rushed 20h · completionist 70h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$59.99
steam price (US)

193 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 03:00 UTC (census sample)

The protagonist is a kind young man living in a remote village. In order to save his sister Yonah, who fell terminally ill to the Black Scrawl, he sets out with Grimoire Weiss, a strange talking tome, to search for the "Sealed verses." Experience the NieR Replicant story for the first time in the west through the eyes of the protagonist as a brother.(Storyline via IGDB)

Trailer

NieR Replicant™ ver.1.22474487139... trailer thumbnail

NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139... - Official Trailer

≈2,180 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 193 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,334 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~167/week).
  • · Review velocity down 3% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (4,819 reviews).
  • · Top 3% of 27,817 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 572k–1.3M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 28,598 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$59.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $20.99 at Steam (2025-08-07)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $59.99 · on sale 20 of 42 observed days · $39.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4.0k4.0k20212026Week of 2021-04-01: 3,989 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 830 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2,487 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 281 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 674 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 628 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 285 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 454 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1,345 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 366 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 386 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 304 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 275 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 303 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 220 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 272 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 271 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 211 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 223 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 237 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 214 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 10 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4701142026-09-15 12:00 — 143 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 185 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 115 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 241 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 374 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 214 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 149 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 267 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 241 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 346 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 347 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 307 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 169 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 329 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 398 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 184 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 286 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 285 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 181 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 370 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 415 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 242 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 185 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 193 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
15k141Apr 2021Aug 2026Apr 2021 — avg 15,024 · peak 28,509Jun 2021 — avg 1,011 · peak 1,981Aug 2021 — avg 519 · peak 946Oct 2021 — avg 642 · peak 1,385Dec 2021 — avg 455 · peak 1,119Feb 2022 — avg 289 · peak 486Apr 2022 — avg 446 · peak 1,086Jun 2022 — avg 322 · peak 687Aug 2022 — avg 279 · peak 500Oct 2022 — avg 271 · peak 629Dec 2022 — avg 302 · peak 655Feb 2023 — avg 257 · peak 478Apr 2023 — avg 361 · peak 768Jun 2023 — avg 209 · peak 366Aug 2023 — avg 233 · peak 387Oct 2023 — avg 152 · peak 281Dec 2023 — avg 305 · peak 661Feb 2024 — avg 219 · peak 394Apr 2024 — avg 285 · peak 545Jun 2024 — avg 192 · peak 403Aug 2024 — avg 226 · peak 401Oct 2024 — avg 224 · peak 471Dec 2024 — avg 293 · peak 557Feb 2025 — avg 265 · peak 520Apr 2025 — avg 220 · peak 399Jun 2025 — avg 240 · peak 487Aug 2025 — avg 331 · peak 642Oct 2025 — avg 217 · peak 454Dec 2025 — avg 231 · peak 453Feb 2026 — avg 230 · peak 420Apr 2026 — avg 269 · peak 521Jun 2026 — avg 209 · peak 393Aug 2026 — avg 228 · peak 407
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
20202026-09-232026-10-142026-09-23: 20 new positive2026-09-23: 1 new negative2026-09-24: 5 new positive2026-09-24: 1 new negative2026-09-26: 6 new positive2026-09-26: 2 new negative2026-09-27: 5 new positive2026-09-27: 2 new negative2026-09-28: 14 new positive2026-09-28: 1 new negative2026-09-29: 6 new positive2026-09-29: 3 new negative2026-09-30: 1 new positive2026-09-30: 1 new negative2026-10-01: 12 new positive2026-10-01: 3 new negative2026-10-03: 10 new positive2026-10-03: 1 new negative2026-10-04: 8 new positive2026-10-04: 3 new negative2026-10-05: 9 new positive2026-10-06: 6 new positive2026-10-06: 2 new negative2026-10-09: 5 new positive2026-10-09: 2 new negative2026-10-10: 9 new positive2026-10-10: 2 new negative2026-10-11: 7 new positive2026-10-11: 3 new negative2026-10-12: 9 new positive2026-10-12: 3 new negative2026-10-13: 6 new positive2026-10-14: 8 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$20.992020-09-242026-10-142020-09-24 — best price $59.992021-07-08 — best price $59.992021-10-12 — best price $59.992022-03-22 — best price $29.992022-04-29 — best price $29.992022-06-30 — best price $29.992022-09-14 — best price $29.992022-12-15 — best price $29.992023-01-27 — best price $59.992023-04-04 — best price $59.992023-05-12 — best price $59.992023-08-04 — best price $59.992024-01-15 — best price $27.482024-03-25 — best price $59.992024-05-08 — best price $59.992024-07-11 — best price $23.992024-09-16 — best price $23.992024-11-21 — best price $23.992024-12-20 — best price $24.002025-01-27 — best price $23.992025-03-14 — best price $23.992025-04-29 — best price $23.992025-07-10 — best price $23.992025-09-18 — best price $20.992025-11-18 — best price $23.992025-12-11 — best price $59.992026-01-15 — best price $23.992026-03-12 — best price $23.992026-04-23 — best price $23.992026-05-18 — best price $59.992026-07-16 — best price $23.992026-09-02 — best price $59.992026-10-07 — best price $59.992026-10-14 — best price $59.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

13502026-10-01 06:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-02 03:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-02 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 15:34 — 32 viewers2026-10-02 21:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-03 03:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-03 23:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-04 05:34 — 91 viewers2026-10-04 11:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-04 17:34 — 83 viewers2026-10-04 23:34 — 15 viewers2026-10-05 05:34 — 36 viewers2026-10-06 03:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-06 09:34 — 28 viewers2026-10-07 22:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-08 04:34 — 56 viewers2026-10-08 10:34 — 22 viewers2026-10-09 21:34 — 46 viewers2026-10-10 03:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-10 09:34 — 18 viewers2026-10-10 15:34 — 22 viewers2026-10-10 22:34 — 69 viewers2026-10-11 04:34 — 20 viewers2026-10-11 13:34 — 50 viewers2026-10-11 19:34 — 27 viewers2026-10-12 02:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-12 08:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-13 07:34 — 18 viewers2026-10-13 13:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-13 19:34 — 113 viewers2026-10-14 01:34 — 24 viewers2026-10-14 07:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-14 11:34 — 20 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

47
achievements tracked
80.2%
earned "The Book of Legend"
21.4%
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 Cloud9 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 9 DLC released, first 2021-04-23, latest 2025-03-13 (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

RPGJRPGAnimeActionNudityAdventureStory RichAtmosphericBullet HellCult Classic

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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