One-off purchase
NieR: Automata cost to play
What NieR: Automata costs on Steam UK as the Game of the YoRHa Edition, its PEGI 18 rating and Steam player numbers.
NieR: Automata gameplay, images and trailer
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The short version
- From £29.99: Cheapest standard price: NieR:Automata™ (Steam UK, standard price)
- One-off price: Bought once; no store currency or random items on this page
- 33.5 h to beat: Normal playthrough: 33.3 hours (IGDB)
- 90p an hour: £29.99 ÷ 33.3 hours (normal playthrough)
- 1,965 Steam peak: Peak concurrent players on Steam, last 30 days (Steam Charts)
- PEGI 18: Age rating
- Released
- 17 March 2017
- Developer
- Square Enix, PlatinumGames Inc.
- Publisher
- Square Enix
- Platforms
- PS4, PC, Xbox One
- Age rating
- PEGI 18
- Genre
- Action RPG
- Modes
- Single-player
On this page
NieR: Automata player count
Concurrent players on Steam, from Steam Charts, read 28 Oct 2026.
- Peak, last 30 days
- 1,727
- Peak, Sept 2026
- 1,965
- 773 on average
- Change vs Aug 2026
- +35%
- monthly peak
- All-time peak
- 23,813
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Is NieR: Automata dead?
No. NieR: Automata peaked at 1,965 players at once on Steam in September 2026, with 773 playing at any moment on average. That is steady with the three months before. These are Steam players only; people playing on PS4, Xbox One or other PC stores aren't counted, so the real number is higher.
| Month | Average | Peak | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 773 | 1,965 | +35.4% |
| August 2026 | 781 | 1,451 | −6.0% |
| July 2026 | 829 | 1,544 | +7.4% |
| June 2026 | 728 | 1,437 | −15.2% |
| May 2026 | 864 | 1,695 | +2.7% |
| April 2026 | 923 | 1,651 | −35.6% |
| March 2026 | 1,285 | 2,565 | +89.7% |
| February 2026 | 764 | 1,352 | −15.3% |
| January 2026 | 926 | 1,597 | +8.7% |
| December 2025 | 853 | 1,469 | −0.5% |
| November 2025 | 766 | 1,476 | −20.8% |
| October 2025 | 816 | 1,863 | – |
What NieR: Automata costs to play
| Item | Price | Per | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| NieR:Automata™ (Steam UK, standard price) | £29.99 | game | store.steampowered.com Checked 21 Oct 2026 |
How long is NieR: Automata?
A normal playthrough of NieR: Automata takes about 33.5 hours, and about 77 hours to complete everything.
- Rushing the story22 h
- Normal playthrough33.5 h
- Completionist (100%)77 h
Cost per hour (normal playthrough)
90p
£29.99 on Steam UK ÷ 33.5 h
Averages of 18 players’ submitted times on IGDB, read 28 Oct 2026. Your time will vary with difficulty and play style.
How NieR: Automata is rated
GamesChart Score
86.4, #66 of 3,236 rated games
#6 of 2017 · #37 of the 2010s · #6 in Hack and slash/Beat 'em up · #39 on Xbox
Critics
Players
Built from 125,911 ratings across 4 of 5 sources (no RAWG rating). Critics and players count 50/50. Ratings pulled 5 November 2026.
Where it sits in the ranking
- #65
Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings1999 · Ensemble Studios86.5 - #66
NieR: Automata2017 · PlatinumGames86.4 - #67
Dragon Age: Origins2009 · BioWare Edmonton86.3
NieR: Automata questions
How much does NieR: Automata cost in the UK?
NieR:Automata™ (Steam UK, standard price): £29.99. Prices checked 21 October 2026.
Is NieR: Automata free to play?
No. NieR: Automata is not free to play: you buy the game to play it.
How long is NieR: Automata?
Rushing the story: about 22 hours. Normal playthrough: about 33.5 hours. Completionist (100%): about 77 hours (averages of 18 players' times on IGDB). At £29.99, that's 90p per hour (normal playthrough).
What age rating is NieR: Automata?
NieR: Automata is rated PEGI 18.
How many people play NieR: Automata?
Peak concurrent players on Steam, last 30 days (Steam Charts): 1,965, checked 21 October 2026. Its all-time Steam peak is 23,813.
What is NieR: Automata's all-time Steam peak?
23,813 concurrent players on Steam, the highest Steam Charts has recorded for NieR: Automata (read 28 October 2026). The peak in the last 30 days was 1,727. Players on other stores and consoles aren't counted.
Is NieR: Automata dead?
No. NieR: Automata peaked at 1,965 players at once on Steam in September 2026, with 773 playing at any moment on average. That is steady with the three months before. These are Steam players only; people playing on PS4, Xbox One or other PC stores aren't counted, so the real number is higher.
Do these NieR: Automata player numbers include consoles?
No. The player counts on this page are Steam only (Steam Charts, read 28 October 2026). People playing on PS4, Xbox One, through Game Pass or on other PC stores aren't counted, and publishers rarely publish those figures.
Who makes NieR: Automata?
NieR: Automata is developed by Square Enix, PlatinumGames Inc. and published by Square Enix.
NieR: Automata is an action role-playing game developed by PlatinumGames with Square Enix and published by Square Enix, first released in 2017; it came to Steam on 17 March 2017. It is sold at a one-off price.
How it plays
NieR: Automata is a single-player action role-playing game about the androids 2B, 9S and A2. Machines from another world have driven humanity from Earth, and the human resistance has sent a force of android soldiers to take the planet back.
Combat is fast and switches between melee and ranged attacks against hordes of enemies and bosses. Players combine light and heavy attacks, switch between weapons and evade enemies at speed. A support unit called a Pod can attack in manual or lock-on modes and helps outside battle too, for example by letting the player glide through the air. Pods can be upgraded with new attacks during the game.
The open world is joined together without loading between areas and has many side events alongside the main story. Role-playing elements include collecting weapon types, levelling up, learning combat skills and building a loadout. Beginners can choose Auto Mode for easier attacks and evasion, and the game has adjustable difficulty.
What it costs
On Steam UK, NieR: Automata is sold as the Game of the YoRHa Edition for £29.99 at standard price. Steam lists eight add-ons for the game.
Players
The 30-day peak on Steam Charts was 1,965 concurrent players on 21 October 2026, and its all-time peak on Steam is 23,813. PlayStation and Xbox players aren't counted.
Age rating
NieR: Automata is rated PEGI 18 for bad language and violence in Steam's store data. Steam also shows USK 16 for Germany.
How we checked
The price is the Steam UK listing, read on 21 October 2026, at standard price. Player figures are from Steam Charts on the same day. The age rating is from Steam's UK store data, because the pegi.info search used for this page returned no NieR: Automata record. The gameplay description is based on the publisher's Steam store page.
It ranks #66 in our best games of all time ranking.
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