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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

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.

257
playing now
88%
positive of 28k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
47
twitch viewers (latest)
82/100
critic score (12 outlets, IGDB)
84/100
IGDB user rating (194 ratings)
39h
to beat · rushed 20h · completionist 70h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$59.99
steam price (US)

257 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 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)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 257 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 6% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 565k–1.3M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 28,256 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 40 observed days (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

4181292026-08-06 22:00 — 243 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 174 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 261 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 258 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 194 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 326 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 318 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 237 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 418 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 325 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 194 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 302 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 265 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 214 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 308 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 238 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 183 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 319 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 353 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 172 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 181 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 252 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 183 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 232 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 223 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 190 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 129 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 238 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 257 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$59.99$20.992020-09-242026-08-262020-09-24 — best price $59.992021-06-28 — best price $44.992021-09-29 — best price $38.992021-12-16 — best price $38.992022-03-24 — best price $29.992022-04-29 — best price $29.992022-06-24 — best price $29.992022-07-13 — best price $59.992022-09-29 — best price $59.992022-12-22 — best price $30.002023-01-27 — best price $59.992023-04-03 — best price $59.992023-05-06 — best price $59.992023-07-13 — best price $23.992023-12-14 — best price $23.992024-01-15 — best price $27.482024-03-21 — best price $23.992024-04-25 — best price $23.992024-05-16 — best price $59.992024-07-18 — best price $59.992024-09-16 — best price $23.992024-10-02 — best price $59.992024-12-05 — best price $59.992025-01-03 — best price $59.992025-02-05 — best price $59.992025-03-14 — best price $23.992025-04-28 — best price $23.992025-06-20 — best price $23.992025-07-23 — best price $59.992025-09-25 — best price $21.002025-11-18 — best price $23.992025-12-06 — best price $59.992026-01-05 — best price $59.992026-02-04 — best price $59.992026-03-18 — best price $23.992026-04-23 — best price $23.992026-05-07 — best price $59.992026-07-09 — best price $59.992026-08-04 — best price $23.992026-08-26 — best price $59.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

10302026-08-26 19:15 — 82 viewers2026-08-26 20:34 — 75 viewers2026-08-26 22:34 — 19 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 70 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 25 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 2 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 21 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 103 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 48 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-28 06:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-28 10:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-28 12:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 32 viewers2026-08-28 16:35 — 82 viewers2026-08-28 18:34 — 47 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 62 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 21 viewers2026-08-30 07:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-30 13:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 45 viewers2026-08-30 16:35 — 47 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

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.

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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