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NieR:Automata™
NieR:Automata™ makes its case through rapid melee and ranged combat, weapon changes, and evasive moves. For a single-player adventure with RPG elements, ≈ $5.68 at 
GAMIVO is the lowest recorded on this site; its story follows 2B, 9S, and A2. At $39.99 from GAMIVO, NieR:Automata™ is at this site's recorded low; its solo story and fluid mix of melee, ranged attacks, and evasion give the purchase a clear appeal.
KinguinNieR: Automata Game of the YoRHa Edition Steam CD KeyAll-time low ~ $13.99across Steam & third-party storesat the recorded all-time low
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Past 36 months · Updated dailyHistorical Low~ $12.852026-07Current Low Across Stores~ $33.99Kinguinvs. Historical Low+165%
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01About NieR:Automata™
NieR:Automata™ blends fast action combat with role-playing elements in a world overrun by machines. Playing as androids 2B, 9S, and A2, you switch between melee and ranged attacks, weapons, and evasive moves while developing skills and customizing a loadout. Pods assist in and outside battle, and an Auto Mode can simplify attacks and dodges. Steam player rating: 88% positive from 115,800 reviews.
Credits
DIRECTOR
Yoko Taro
video game director, writer and designer
WRITER
Yoko Taro
video game director, writer and designer
Composer
Keiichi Okabe · Keigo Hoashi · Kuniyuki Takahashi
Art Director
Akihiko Yoshida
Developer
Square Enix · PlatinumGames Inc.
Publisher
Square Enix
Voice
D.C.道格拉斯
Lowest recorded in 36 months
$12.852026-07-30 · KinguinBase game · same records as the chart above; USD history, not a regional Steam low.Language support
| Language | Interface | Subtitles | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| French | Yes | Yes | — |
| Italian | Yes | Yes | — |
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| Language | Interface | Subtitles | Audio |
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| German | Yes | Yes | — |
| Spanish | Yes | Yes | — |
| Japanese | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Steam PC edition data · 2026-10-16
02Before you buy
Play mode
The Steam PC listing categorizes the game as single-player; multiplayer or co-op support is not established here.
Language
English and Japanese full audio are listed, with subtitles in English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish.
03Frequently asked questions
What is the story about?
It follows androids 2B, 9S, and A2 as they fight machine lifeforms in a machine-driven dystopia.
What is combat like?
Combat combines melee and ranged attacks, weapon switching, and evasion, alongside leveling, skills, and loadout customization.
What do Pods do?
Pods can attack manually or with lock-on and provide support outside combat, including gliding.
Is there an accessibility option for combat?
Beginners can select Auto Mode for easier attacks and evasions.
Latest news about NieR:Automata™
Popular Steam reviews
Native-language selection · 10 reviewsSelected helpful reviews in this language show both recommendations and criticisms. This selection does not represent the overall positive rating; opinions reflect the version reviewed.
RecommendedSteam player
This game is a masterpiece. Yes, it's imperfect, and has defaults, but if it reaches you, it goes deep, and you're not likely to forget it. Ever. On that somewhat random chance, I recommand this game. Now, let's talk about perfection and imperfection. Starting by imperfection, to act as a fair warning : - the technical aspect of the game seems not quite on par with what's expected nowadays, and by that, I mean that many people have reported technical issues going from annoying to making the game unplayable. Myself, I stumbled unto two main problems : white screen of death when starting the game, solved by updating my graphic drivers, and a couple random crashes. So I guess I was lucky to get into the "just annoyed" gang. - the game is not accessible. Many people state that it can be played whitout having played the first NIER, and while it is kinda true, the world's background is awesome, and knowing at least the synopsis of the previous game increases the overall experience a LOT. In the same spirit, the game has no auto-save feature, but a hard and old savepoints system, that unlocks only after the first 45 minutes. Yes, it means that you have to sit and play 45 minutes non-stop before saving. The tutorial is minimal, and thus you can easily die during those 45 minutes before having the chance to learn how to control the game. However, this "questionnable" decision is in fact deeply rooted in the core design of the game. It's one clear exemple of "immersion over practicality". While I criticize it, I also encourage you to accept it and push through, as it is really worth it. To sum it up : yes, this game will require some efforts from your side, perhaps more than what it should, and certainly not what we're accustomed to nowadays. Even so, it's worth it, because now I'll talk about maybe not perfection, but greatness. - graphically, I always place art design and coherence above technical prowess. You can criticize the graphics all you want, but the art design is top-notch, and I'm not only talking about the fanservicy first look of the game, but about the quality of pretty much everything else, from character design to animations. The style is well-define and brings something special, an identity to the title. - but that identity wouldn't be complete without the beautiful soundtrack, one of the best I've ever heard, one that will stick with you for a long time, akin to the legendary Ghost in the Shell theme, if you happen to know it. That's the kind of soundtrack you have here. - after the look and the sound, we have the gameplay, and let me tell you that it's a stunning achievement. Nier Automata provides one of the most customizable experience I know, combined with thematic reflexions about the video game medium. Just that. Yes, you can over-level and make the game incredibly easy...but you can also just select a harder difficulty, and/or not use certain core interface element like showing your life bar. Platinium Games has a very good reputation for crafting action combat, and they do deliver here with a very satisfying amount of weapon and skills that you can combine in different playstyles, and just watching your character fight is a feast for the eyes. Now, just let me ramble a bit about people complaining about the difficulty, at any point of the game. There is no difficulty achievement. With the amount of care this game has been made, it's not an oversight. It's just that you, the player, have to choose how you are playing. I'll admit, there is no in-game guide about it, it comes from tweaks you have to make. Will I go for all the side-quests? Will I farm the best items? Will I play in Very Hard? Only one answer : try it until you find your style, and if you're not happy, push through, and make your own rules. So rarely have you that amount of freedom over your experience. - and finally, the story. While it may not be the best, the narration in itself is very well done, and is articulated around twists and revelations. And yes, it may seem artificial and even weak at times. But that's not even what's the most important about it. Because this story touches philosophy. Not the kind you find in books, but the kind you stumble on when you stop your everyday life to think a bit about your life and your place in the universe. Sure, there are references to known philosophers, but the philosophic and metaphysics thoughts and concepts presented are not dry and complex, they're intertwined in the narrative, making them much more accessible, and engaging. This, imho, is the biggest achievement of Nier Automata. It's showing that entertainment can be thought-provoking, that video games, and Games in general, ARE important, and have a rightful place alongside other forms of Arts, like literature or film-making. So, yes, I genuinely think this is a masterpiece, and hope it will have a big impact on the gaming industry. Because there have already been incredible video games in the past, but never with that amount of self-awareness. This game is a weird case of fulfilled ambition without pretense, and one last time, I encourage you to look past the imperfections. Yes, it's worth it.Show moreShow less
68.5 hours at review10,637 people found this helpful
Not recommendedSteam player
The game is fantastic, the PC port is terrible. I'll switch my rec when they patch some of these super easy to fix problems: 1) Resolution bug. Why is this even a thing? You set the game to 1920x1080 and it doesn't run at 1920x1080. It runs at some lower resolution that causes your monitor to letter AND pillar box the video unless you install the user-made patch or mess with your GPU's stretch/scale options. This should have been patched in a day. There is no excuse for this. 2) No native DirectInput controller support and it ignores some XInput emulators. The only way I can use my controller with this game is to switch to Steam's Big Picture UI and launch the game from within that. I also can't Alt+Tab out of the game or my controller switches to normal desktop mode and I have to relaunch the game. 3) The KB/M controls are trash. I don't really mind if this gets fixed since I prefer a controller for third-person single-player action games but just bear in mind that you don't want to buy this if you don't have a controller. And if your controller is DirectInput only, keep #2 in mind. As for the game itself, as I'm sure most people already know, it's fantastic. As you can expect from Square Enix, the graphics, atmosphere and story are all top notch. The combat is a bit simplistic but it's satisfying and gets the job done. One surprise, though, was the insane soundtrack. I enjoy a good soundtrack but I very rarely appreciate even the best ones. To me, it's just background music in the most literal sense. This one, however, stops me in my tracks. Some areas I become completely entranced and just have to sit and listen to the music for awhile before begrudgingly moving on to the next area. Square Enix games tend to have pretty good sountracks but this one is among the best of the best. I'm not going to go into detail on a AAA game where you can find a million detailed reviews all over the net. It's a great game and you can't go wrong purchasing it. I have to give it a negative rec on principle, though. AAA games should not be putting out PC ports this poorly done.Show moreShow less
23.3 hours at review1,566 people found this helpful
RecommendedSteam player
game purchase - I hope this is not just some weird fanservice sh** ending A- ... ending B- ok it's getting better ending C- wow! ending D- Game of the year ending E- Okay now i can't get enough, need 100% clear and dlc 10/10Show moreShow less
39.4 hours at review5,967 people found this helpful
Not recommendedSteam player
Most games get bombed on for their performance and the ratings reflect that as a warning to potential buyers. But not with NieR. Instead most of the fanbase has turned a blind eye to the poor framerate issues, crashing, full screen issues, cutscene loading problems, and a numerous other glitches that could have been ironed out easily with a patch. And that's the biggest problem of all. There is no offical patch. Not one. After all this time Platinum Games have made no effort to fix the game with a patch. Instead the task fell to the communitys hands. And god bless those patient souls who put out custom made patches to fix this game. But even for all their effort, even the community couldn't fix this PC port, and many problems persist that leave a bitter taste. While many are giving the game a free pass and a recommendation out of love for this excellent game plauged by performance problems, I think it's only fair that some players like me, should do the opposite. As much as I love it, I do not recommend this game on PC if you own a PS4 Pro or a XB1X. If you own the base versions of those consoles, or don't own them at all, the PC version after mods will perform well enough. But at the end of the day, it doesn't deserve the near unblemished praise or abundance of recommendations it's currently getting. Patch your games Platinum! After all the work you've done for this amazing game, NeiR Automata especially deserves it! Sincerely, Loving FanShow moreShow less
31.9 hours at review1,479 people found this helpful
RecommendedSteam player
You can dodge the bullets, but you can't dodge the tears.Show moreShow less
50.5 hours at review1,824 people found this helpful
Not recommendedSteam player
I love this game but several months without patches for the problems is not acceptable.Show moreShow less
44.7 hours at review1,153 people found this helpful
RecommendedSteam player
===[ ❤ Audience: ]=== ☐ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☑ Casual players ☐ Pro players ===[ ☼ Graphics: ]=== ☐ Potato ☐ Really bad ☐ Bad ☐ OK ☐ Good ☑ Beautiful ☐ Masterpiece edit: it is a bad port for the pc unfortunaly, still pretty good graphics ===[ $ Price/quality: ]=== ☑ Full price ☐ Wait for sale ☐ Average ☐ Refund it if you can ☐ Don't do it ===[ ☣ Requirments: ]=== ☐ 90' PC ☐ Minimum ☑ Medium ☐ Fast ☐ High end ☐ NASA computer ===[ ☼ Difficulty: ]=== ☐ You just need 2 arms ☐ Ez ☑ Significant brain usage ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Hard (first few hours) ☐ Dark Souls ===[ ۞ Game time/length ]=== ☐ Really short ( 0 - 8 hours) ☐ Short ( 8 - 20 hours) ☑ Few hours ( 20 - 50 hours) ☐ Long ( 50+ hours) ☐ Endless ---{Audio}--- ☑ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ Earrape ===[ ♬ Story] === ☐ It doesn't have ☐ Still better than Twilight ☐ Average ☐ Good ☑ Life changing ===[ § Bugs ]=== ☐ Game itself is one big BUG ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ Bugs destroying the game ☐ Lot of bugs ☑ Few Bugs ☑ You can use them for speedrun ☐Nothing ---{Grind}--- ☐ Nothing to grind ☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☑ Isnt necessary to progress ☐ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ You‘ll need a second life for grinding ===[ ✦ Others: ]=== ☐ Multiplayer ☑ SingleplayerShow moreShow less
31.1 hours at review1,714 people found this helpful
Not recommendedSteam player
Fear of piracy is not a valid reason to treat your paying customers poorly. This review regards the port quality, not the quality of the game itself. This game is broken in a technical sense on PC. If you own a PS4 you should probably buy that version instead. I pre-ordered this game out of a desire to support Yoko Taro and Platinum, despite knowing from past performance that Square Enix would inevitably botch this port, but I'm still amazed. From its month-delayed release on PC, this game has still yet to be patched, which as of November 28, 2017, has been 256 days. Square Enix has abandoned this game. This game still has Denuvo implemented despite the version in use being cracked; strong DRM should not be an excuse to avoid making the necessary fixes a port requires, either before, or especially after it's been cracked, if the company respects the integral content of their own product, and their paying customers. This game is plagued by a wide range of technical problems. In addition to the poor performance mileage for your hardware, avoid this game if you run an AMD GPU, or specifically a GTX 780 or GTX 780 Ti; the game is prone to going into a state of White Screen of Death for hardware configurations including those GPUs, however other Nvidia GPUs are not immune. They still have not patched basic things, like rendering at 1080p fullscreen without upscaling from 720p, that have a fan-patch (FAR by Kaldaien & co.; if you buy this game you need this); the fan-patch, unfortunately, does not fix everything. They still have not patched more in-depth problems that there is no hope of a fan-patch fixing because it would require source access, like botched implementations of graphics elements that have been around for multiple generations, and as evidenced by the widespread WSOD issue, basic hardware compatibility. If you decide to go ahead with this purchase, I hope it works for you, but for your own sake, keep an eye on the refund clock. Square Enix is aware of these issues, and by their own claim are 'investigating' them, however I have no confidence that they will make good on it, because that would involve them spending more than nothing. The Nier Automata available from delayed-launch will in all likelihood be the same Nier Automata available after a year, and the same Nier Automata available after a decade, except the online elements will probably be shut off by then. If the game will run on your current hardware, now's probably the best time to play it, because with the amount of compatibility trouble this game has with existing hardware that they theoretically tested on, I've got this worry that it might not work at all with future hardware. When it comes to PC, Square Enix is a brand you can trust, to deliver a broken game. Editted to update count of days unpatched.Show moreShow less
8.8 hours at review975 people found this helpful
RecommendedSteam player
2B's measurements are: Bust - 84cm Waist - 56cm Hip - 88cmShow moreShow less
27 hours at review1,706 people found this helpful
Not recommendedSteam player
Bad port. No promised patch or news almost 6 months later. Buy it if you want to support Square Enix's continued mistreatment of PC consumers.Show moreShow less
2.6 hours at review816 people found this helpful
Source: original Steam user reviews. Helpful votes are an archived snapshot, not live data. Last collected: 08/14/2026.