Emotional, unforgettable story
Mentioned in ~3 in 5 positive reviews
“It's nothing short of a masterpiece of fiction and touches on serious topics that”
Steam review · 90.1 h played ↗
NieR Replicant™ ver.1.22474487139...
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Very Positive · 88%Very Positive · 88%Square Enix, Toylogic Inc.2021JRPG · Action · RPG
$59.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A deeply emotional, music-rich story from Yoko Taro, wrapped in dated, repetitive gameplay, fetch quests and forced replays. Skip it if you need engaging combat or hate repeating content.
Great for
Story-focused players and NieR Automata fans who can tolerate grind and replaying the second half several times
Main risk
Repetitive gameplay, fetch quests and forced replays may wear you out before the story payoff.
What players love
Outstanding soundtrack
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“I bought the soundtrack for this game and Automata because of how good they are.”
Steam review · 56.7 h played ↗
Memorable, lovable characters
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Kainé and Emil's stories, in particular, hit me harder than anything that happened to the main characters in Automata.”
Steam review · 37 h played ↗
Multiple endings reward persistence
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“For every instance of saying to myself, damn I have to go through this again, it ended up being a joy to go through it again”
Steam review · 54.3 h played ↗
Great for fans of NieR Automata
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“Replicant and Automata have been the best single player games I've played in a very long time”
Steam review · 37 h played ↗
Fun combat and varied mini-games
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“At one moment you are hack n slashing, at another you are fishing, gardening, platforming, playing a light novel, playing a horror game, and more.”
Steam review · 38.8 h played ↗
What players complain about
Tedious fetch quests, backtracking and grind
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“Endless fetch quests for dozens of items with extremely low drop rates. Constant back-tracking through dull enviroments.”
Steam review · 10 h played ↗
Dated, shallow combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Combat is so generic. Press those light or heavy attack over and over.”
Steam review · 34.3 h played ↗
Repetitive forced replays for endings
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“the game just unapologetically puts you back to the route beginning FOR THE THIRD TIME.”
Steam review · 24.3 h played ↗
Much worse than Automata
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“The gameplay is worse, the graphics are worse, the pacing is terrible”
Steam review · 29.8 h played ↗
Poor PC port and technical issues
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“Every few minutes, the game will stutter with the game speed slowing to a crawl and FPS dropping into the single digits.”
Steam review · 1.1 h played ↗
Slow, boring start
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews
“the beginning drags so badly with pointless ♥♥♥♥ that you wont care about.”
Steam review · 4.9 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable26 GB
Minimum
OSWindows® 10 64-bit
ProcessorAMD Ryzen™ 3 1300X; Intel® Core™ i5-6400
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsAMD Radeon™ R9 270X; NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 960
Storage26 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows® 10 64-bit
ProcessorAMD Ryzen™ 3 1300X; Intel® Core™ i5-6400
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsAMD Radeon™ RX Vega 56; NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1660
Storage26 GB available space
OSWindows® 10 64-bit
ProcessorAMD Ryzen™ 3 1300X; Intel® Core™ i5-6400
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsAMD Radeon™ R9 270X; NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 960
Storage26 GB available space
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