Games like NieR:Automata™
If NieR:Automata™ is your kind of game, the closest matches are NieR Replicant™ ver.1.22474487139..., FINAL FANTASY XV WINDOWS EDITION and STAR OCEAN™ - THE LAST HOPE -™ 4K & Full HD Remaster — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its philosophical themes resonate deeply, atmospheric and contemplative. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →NieR: Automata is a 2017 action RPG developed by PlatinumGames and Square Enix, set in a post-apocalyptic world where androids fight to reclaim Earth from machine lifeforms. The gameplay blends hack-and-slash combat with bullet-hell sequences, hacking mini-games, and a plug-in chip customisation system. Multiple interconnected storylines unfold across several playthroughs, with perspective-shifting segments and numerous branching endings. Players describe the game as atmospheric, contemplative, and melancholic, with reviewers highlighting how side quests add unexpected depth and philosophical themes resonate deeply. The soundtrack is frequently cited as amplifying the emotional impact of the narrative. Currently priced at $15.99 on Steam with a 90% positive rating from nearly 50,000 reviews, the game is playable on Steam Deck.
About NieR:Automata™: NieR: Automata tells the story of androids 2B, 9S and A2 and their battle to reclaim the machine-driven dystopia overrun by powerful machines.
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NieR Replicant™ ver.1.22474487139...
WHY THIS
Top pick for NieR:Automata™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with NieR:Automata™.
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.
FINAL FANTASY XV WINDOWS EDITION
WHY THIS
Shares an emotional mood with NieR:Automata™.
Second-strongest match for NieR:Automata™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with NieR:Automata™.
Take the journey, now in ultimate quality. Boasting a wealth of bonus content and supporting ultra high-resolution graphical options and HDR 10, you can now enjoy the beautiful and carefully-crafted experience of FINAL FANTASY XV like never before.
STAR OCEAN™ - THE LAST HOPE -™ 4K & Full HD Remaster
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for NieR:Automata™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with NieR:Automata™.
Explore the galaxy on your quest, make allies and enemies among the alien races you encounter, and uncover a danger so great that it threatens all of creation.
LIGHTNING RETURNS™: FINAL FANTASY® XIII
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with NieR:Automata™.
Ranked #4 for NieR:Automata™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with NieR:Automata™.
Lightning Returns is the concluding chapter of the Final Fantasy XIII saga and series heroine Lightning's final battle. The grand finale of the trilogy brings a world reborn as well as free character customization and stunning action based battles.
FINAL FANTASY TYPE-0™ HD
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for NieR:Automata™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with NieR:Automata™.
FINAL FANTASY TYPE-0 HD brings an immersive world, memorable characters and the production value known of the series, together with high quality gameplay and storytelling truly worthy of the FINAL FANTASY name.
Horizon Forbidden West™ Complete Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with NieR:Automata™.
Ranked #6 for NieR:Automata™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with NieR:Automata™.
Experience the epic Horizon Forbidden West™ in its entirety with bonus content and the Burning Shores expansion included. The Burning Shores add-on contains additional content for Aloy’s adventure, including new storylines, characters, and experiences in a stunning yet hazardous new area.
Horizon Zero Dawn™ Complete Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with NieR:Automata™.
Ranked #7 for NieR:Automata™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with NieR:Automata™.
Experience Aloy’s legendary quest to unravel the mysteries of a future Earth ruled by Machines. Use devastating tactical attacks against your prey and explore a majestic open world in this award-winning action RPG!
Tales of Berseria™
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for NieR:Automata™ fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with NieR:Automata™.
Players embark on a journey of self-discovery as they assume the role of Velvet, a young woman whose once kind demeanor has been replaced and overcome with a festering anger and hatred after a traumatic experience three years prior to the events within Tales of Berseria.
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NieR Replicant™ ver.1.22474487139...
WHY THIS
Reviewers of NieR:Automata™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and RPG with NieR:Automata™.
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.
Stellar Blade™
WHY THIS
Shares multiple endings and an atmospheric mood with NieR:Automata™.
Reviewers of NieR:Automata™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and RPG with NieR:Automata™.
Save humanity from extinction in post-apocalyptic action-adventure Stellar Blade™. Experience blistering combat and a twisting storyline as you unravel the mysteries of Earth’s downfall.
Touhou Mystia's Izakaya
WHY THIS
Reviewers of NieR:Automata™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with NieR:Automata™.
A brand new pixel art restaurant simulator based on the Touhou Project! Play as Mystia, the owner of a small izakaya. Collect ingredients by day, cater to the customers by night, learn recipes from familiar characters, and become the best izakaya owner in all of Gensokyo!
Disco Elysium - The Final Cut
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with NieR:Automata™.
Reviewers of NieR:Automata™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with NieR:Automata™.
Disco Elysium - The Final Cut is a groundbreaking role playing game. You’re a detective with a unique skill system at your disposal and a whole city to carve your path across. Interrogate unforgettable characters, crack murders or take bribes. Become a hero or an absolute disaster of a human being.
Braid
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with NieR:Automata™.
Reviewers of NieR:Automata™ cross-mention this title as a similar play.
This is the original version of Braid from 2009, which may not work well on newer systems. For an updated version of the game with nicer graphics, more levels and a large amount of developer commentary, see Braid, Anniversary Edition.
SOMA
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with NieR:Automata™.
Reviewers of NieR:Automata™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with NieR:Automata™.
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.
Cyberpunk 2077
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with NieR:Automata™.
Reviewers of NieR:Automata™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with NieR:Automata™.
Cyberpunk 2077 is an open-world, action-adventure RPG set in the dark future of Night City — a dangerous megalopolis obsessed with power, glamor, and ceaseless body modification.
CODE VEIN
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with NieR:Automata™.
Reviewers of NieR:Automata™ cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and RPG with NieR:Automata™.
In the face of certain death, we rise. Team up and embark on a journey to the ends of hell to unlock your past and escape your living nightmare in CODE VEIN.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below NieR:Automata™ at current Steam store prices.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~69% under NieR:Automata™ on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with NieR:Automata™.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
R.E.P.O.
WHY THIS
Priced ~56% under NieR:Automata™ on Steam right now. Shares Action with NieR:Automata™.
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under NieR:Automata™ on Steam right now. Shares Action with NieR:Automata™.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~72% under NieR:Automata™ on Steam right now. Shares Action with NieR:Automata™.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
Noita
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under NieR:Automata™ on Steam right now. Shares Action with NieR:Automata™.
Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~94% under NieR:Automata™ on Steam right now. Shares Action with NieR:Automata™.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~81% under NieR:Automata™ on Steam right now. Shares Action with NieR:Automata™.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~69% under NieR:Automata™ on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with NieR:Automata™.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with NieR:Automata™.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with NieR:Automata™.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with NieR:Automata™.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with NieR:Automata™.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
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Coming soon from Square Enix
Announced and quality-gated upcoming releases from Square Enix — ranked by community wishlist demand from our scraped pool.
The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales
WHY THIS
Announced upcoming release from Square Enix, the studio behind NieR:Automata™. Shares Action and RPG with NieR:Automata™.
A brand-new action RPG from the creators of OCTOPATH TRAVELER and BRAVELY DEFAULT – The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales combines stunning HD-2D visuals and exciting action-adventure gameplay for the first time!
FINAL FANTASY RESONANCE
WHY THIS
Announced upcoming release from Square Enix, the studio behind NieR:Automata™. Shares RPG with NieR:Automata™.
Return to the pixel‑art world of FINAL FANTASY, evolved from its classic roots. Travel with companions bound by fate and call on Visions to aid you in battle to uncover the truth behind a force that threatens to bring everything to ruin.
DRAGON QUEST MONSTERS: The Withered World
WHY THIS
Announced upcoming release from Square Enix, the studio behind NieR:Automata™. Shares Action and RPG with NieR:Automata™.
In this RPG, you befriend monsters from the DRAGON QUEST series, raise them up, synthesize new creatures, and pit them against other monsters in battle. Join fledgling monster wranglers Bianca and Nera as they set off on the adventure of a lifetime.
More from Square Enix
Other recommendable Steam games by Square Enix, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
FINAL FANTASY XIV Online
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with NieR:Automata™.
Another title from Square Enix, the studio behind NieR:Automata™. Shares RPG with NieR:Automata™.
Join over 30 million adventurers worldwide and take part in an epic and ever-changing FINAL FANTASY. Experience an unforgettable story, exhilarating battles, and a myriad of captivating environments to explore.
FINAL FANTASY XV WINDOWS EDITION
WHY THIS
Shares an emotional mood with NieR:Automata™.
Another title from Square Enix, the studio behind NieR:Automata™. Shares RPG with NieR:Automata™.
Take the journey, now in ultimate quality. Boasting a wealth of bonus content and supporting ultra high-resolution graphical options and HDR 10, you can now enjoy the beautiful and carefully-crafted experience of FINAL FANTASY XV like never before.
FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE INTERGRADE
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with NieR:Automata™.
Another title from Square Enix, the studio behind NieR:Automata™. Shares Action and RPG with NieR:Automata™.
Cloud Strife, an ex-SOLDIER operative, descends on the mako-powered city of Midgar. The world of the timeless classic FINAL FANTASY VII is reborn, using cutting-edge graphics technology, a new battle system and an additional adventure featuring Yuffie Kisaragi.
FINAL FANTASY VII
WHY THIS
Shares a melancholic mood with NieR:Automata™.
Another title from Square Enix, the studio behind NieR:Automata™. Shares RPG with NieR:Automata™.
The RPG classic FINAL FANTASY VII returns to PC, now with brand new online features!
FINAL FANTASY XVI
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with NieR:Automata™.
Another title from Square Enix, the studio behind NieR:Automata™. Shares Action and RPG with NieR:Automata™.
An epic dark fantasy where fates are decided by mighty Eikons and the Dominants who wield them. This is the tale of Clive Rosfield, a tragic warrior who swears revenge on the Dark Eikon Ifrit, a mysterious entity that leaves naught but calamity in its wake.
FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with NieR:Automata™.
Another title from Square Enix, the studio behind NieR:Automata™. Shares Action and RPG with NieR:Automata™.
The Unknown Journey Continues... After escaping the city of Midgar, Cloud and his friends set out on a journey across the planet. New adventures await in a vibrant, expansive world in this standalone entry of the FFVII remake trilogy.
NieR Replicant™ ver.1.22474487139...
WHY THIS
Another title from Square Enix, the studio behind NieR:Automata™. Shares Action and RPG with NieR:Automata™.
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.
FINAL FANTASY X/X-2 HD Remaster
WHY THIS
Shares an emotional mood with NieR:Automata™.
Another title from Square Enix, the studio behind NieR:Automata™. Shares RPG with NieR:Automata™.
FINAL FANTASY X/X-2 HD Remaster celebrates two of the most cherished and beloved entries to the world-renowned franchise, completely remastered in gorgeous High Definition & now available on PC / Windows!
Frequently asked about NieR:Automata™
- Does NieR:Automata™ run on Steam Deck?
- NieR:Automata™ is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does NieR:Automata™ cost?
- NieR:Automata™ is listed on Steam at 15.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to NieR:Automata™?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside NieR:Automata™ are NieR Replicant™ ver.1.22474487139..., FINAL FANTASY XV WINDOWS EDITION, STAR OCEAN™ - THE LAST HOPE -™ 4K & Full HD Remaster.
- Who developed NieR:Automata™?
- NieR:Automata™ was developed by Square Enix, PlatinumGames Inc. and published by Square Enix.
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