NieR: Automata (2017)

All time rank: 79 of 1,400
2010s rank: 23 of 348
2017 rank: 3 of 34
List appearances: 62 lists
Developers: PlatinumGames, Square Enix Business Division 6
Platforms: PlayStation 4Windows PCXbox One
Genres: Hack and SlashAction RPG
Series: NieR
Wikipedia: Wikipedia
IGDB: IGDB
HowLongToBeat: HowLongToBeat
Main: ~21h
Main+Extra: ~38h
100%: ~61h
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NieR: Automata

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All time 10
2026 Dexerto
These are the 100 best games of all time #73
2025 Dexerto
These are the 100 best games of all time #71
2024 Dexerto
These are the 100 best games of all time #66
2023 British GQ
The 100 greatest video games of all time, ranked by experts #43
2023 Digital Trends
The 50 best video games of all time #44
2023 GLHF
The best 100 games of all time, ranked #39
2022 GLHF
The 100 best video games of all time, ranked #40
2020 GAMINGbible
The Greatest Video Games Of All Time #61
2020 Slant Magazine
The 100 Best Video Games of All Time #9
2018 Slant Magazine
The 100 Greatest Video Games of All Time #7
Decade 22
2020 Culture of Gaming
CoG’s Top 20 Games of the Decade #1
2020 IGN
The Best Games of the Decade #1
2020 IGN Japan
2010年代のゲームを振り返ろう！ここ10年で最高の30本はこれだ！ #1
2020 Thrillist
The 20 Best Video Games of the 2010s #1
2020 Trusted Reviews
Trusted Reviews’ top 25 games of the decade #5
2020 USgamer
USG's Top 100 Games of the Decade #5
2019 Areajugones
Los mejores juegos de la década para PS4, Xbox One, Switch y PC #5
2019 CNET
The 30 best video games of the decade, ranked #17
2019 Den of Geek
100 Best Games of the Decade #73
2019 DualShockers
The 50 Best Video Games of the Decade (2010-2019) #21
2019 Everyeye
I giochi del decennio: i migliori videogame dal 2010 al 2019 #2
2019 Fanbyte
Fanbyte’s Top 50 Games of the Decade #31
2019 Gamer.nl
De 100 beste games van het decennium #5
2019 GamesRadar+
The 100 best games of the decade #39
2019 GAMINGbible
GAMINGbible's Greatest Games Of The Decade #22
2019 GQ
The 17 Best Games That Shaped the Decade #1
2019 Les Inrockuptibles
Voici les 50 meilleurs jeux vidéo de la décennie #41
2019 Paste
The 100 Best Videogames of the 2010s #21
2019 Polygon
The 100 best games of the decade (2010-2019) #16
2019 Slant Magazine
The 100 Best Video Games of the 2010s #1
2019 The Young Folks
The Young Folks’ Top 50 Video Games of the 2010s #28
2019 VG247
The top 50 games from 2010-2020, ranked #36
Miscellaneous 2
2024 IGN
The 100 Best PlayStation Games of All Time #36
2020 Eurogamer
The top 10 games of the generation #8
End of year 28
2018 Game Developers Choice Awards
GDCA Game of the Year 2017 #2
2018 GamesRadar+
The best games of 2017 #15
2018 Hardcore Gamer
Top 10 Games of 2017 #1
2018 Kotaku
The 12 Best Video Games Of 2017 #1
2018 New York Game Awards
Big Apple Award for Game of the Year (2017) #2
2017 Ars Technica
Ars Technica’s best video games of 2017 #3
2017 CNET
Here are the greatest video games of 2017 #1
2017 Den of Geek
The 15 Best Video Games of 2017 #7
2017 Electronic Gaming Monthly
EGM’s Best of 2017 #10
2017 Empire
The Best Games Of 2017 #13
2017 Eurogamer
Eurogamer's Top 50 Games of 2017 #36
2017 Forbes
The 20 Best Video Games Of 2017 #3
2017 GameSpot
Best of 2017 Games #10
2017 GamingBolt
GamingBolt’s Game of The Year – Top 25 Games of 2017 #4
2017 Giant Bomb
Game of the Year 2017: Best Game #3
2017 Goomba Stomp
The Very Best Games of 2017 #25
2017 IGN
Game of the Year (2017) #3
2017 Paste
The 30 Best Games of 2017 #3
2017 Polygon
The 50 best games of 2017 #4
2017 Screen Rant
These Are The Best Video Games of 2017 #7
2017 Slant Magazine
The 25 Best Video Games of 2017 #1
2017 The Guardian
The top 10 video games of 2017 #5
2017 The New Yorker
The Best Video Games of 2017 #1
2017 The Verge
The 15 best video games of 2017 #1
2017 Thrillist
The Best Video Games of 2017 #3
2017 USgamer
USgamer's 20 Best Games of 2017 #2
2017 VentureBeat
The 10 best games of 2017 and GamesBeat’s Game of the Year #9
2017 Wired
The Best Games of 2017 #1

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