NieR:Automata™ Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-08-31
- Memorable and deep characters
- Exceptional soundtrack and story
- Masterpiece with philosophical themes
- Poor keyboard and mouse controls
- Side quests feel like filler
- PC port has performance issues
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows <8GB VRAM / <16GB RAMpositiveWindows <8GB VRAM / 16-31GB RAMpositive
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 153,107
- Positive
- 133,85587.4%
- Negative
- 19,25212.6%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 10,671,142
- Estimated revenue
- $426,738,969
- Game price
- $40
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 2572.27%
- Estimated copies lost
- 17,912
- Estimated revenue lost
- $716,301
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 2582.3% Avg playtime 0.9h | 1731.5% Avg playtime 1.1h |
| > 2h playtime | 8597.6% Avg playtime 24h | 10,04588.6% Avg playtime 50.2h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 3.3 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 28.7 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 171.2 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 3,443.4 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
11,335 total
Organic purchasers9,26181.7%
Voted up: 90%
Key activations2,07418.3%
Voted up: 91%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
11,335 total
First impression0-2h5915.21%
Voted up: 50%
Mid game2-10h1,99117.6%
Voted up: 84%
Late game10-20h1,50713.3%
Voted up: 86%
Endgame20h+7,24663.9%
Voted up: 96%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
86.2%
Global baseline 90.1%
196 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 153,107 total.