ActionRPG
NieR:Automata™
Give it 10 hours
Gets good by 10h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 20h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 45% of players who started
Started playing 81% of owners
Steam reviews 87% positive of 154,288
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (49%); after 20h it's 1 in 14 (7%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- The opening is criticised more than in 77% of games we track.
- 45% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “It's a Healthy Baby Boy!” (Complete the desert area): only 76% of starters get there.
- 81% of owners got the first achievement.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 154,962 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 32.5h for positive, 18.4h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (80.7% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- It's a Healthy Baby Boy! Complete the desert area. Most players quit here 76% −24
- We Await Your Next Visit Complete the amusement park ruins. 70% −6
- Creation and Insurrection Complete the alien ship. 60% −10
- The Mechanical Kingdom Complete the forest castle. 52% −8
- One Battle Ends Achieve ending A. 45% −7
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (47)
story milestone ending side
- Resuscitated Body Stare into space from the Bunker. 100%
- Vestiges of Prosperity Arrive at the city ruins. 89%
- First Errand Complete your first quest. 82%
- It's a Healthy Baby Boy! Complete the desert area. 76%
- We Await Your Next Visit Complete the amusement park ruins. 70%
- The Circle of Death Have your body collected. 64%
- Creation and Insurrection Complete the alien ship. 60%
- The Mechanical Kingdom Complete the forest castle. 52%
- Ruler of the Skies 255 enemies destroyed using a flight unit. 51%
- Ruler of the Deep Complete the flooded city. 49%
- Those Who Love Humans Complete the copied city. 48%
- Iron Soul Complete the abandoned factory. 46%
- One Battle Ends Achieve ending A. 45%
- Fighting's Not My Thing Play your first hacking game. 43%
- Desire Without Emotion At least 100,000 G in possession. 43%
- Come Take a Look! Emil's shop used for the first time. 42%
- A New Battle Begins Achieve ending B. 32%
- Treacherous Blade Control A2 for the first time. 30%
- Final Wish Watch 2B die. 30%
- Farewell, Pascal Grant Pascal's final request. 29%
- Chip Collector 80% of all plug-in chips collected. 28%
- Justice Stop all resource recovery units. 28%
- Crime and Punishment Watch the final moments of Devola and Popola. 28%
- Beautiful World Achieve A2's ending. 27%
- Wait! Don't Kill Me! 10 friendly machine lifeforms destroyed. 27%
- Tools of the Trade Any weapon upgraded to the highest level. 25%
- Leaving for the New World Achieve 9S's ending. 24%
- Cherish Our Resources Have 100 bodies collected. 22%
- The Minds That Emerged View the final credits. 21%
- A Scanner's Power 100 machine lifeforms destroyed by hacking. 20%
- Pod Hunter All Pods found. 19%
- Harvest King Materials gathered at a hidden harvest point 10 times. 19%
- Animal Rider Any animal ridden for 5 kilometers. 17%
- Destruction is My Job 80% of all unit data unlocked. 17%
- What Are You Doing? 2B's secret discovered 10 times. 16%
- Lunar Tear The place of memories has been visited. 15%
- The Mercenary 80% of all quests completed. 14%
- Machines vs. Machines 50 machine lifeforms destroyed by remote control. 13%
- A Round by the Pond 20 different kinds of fish caught. 8.6%
- The Power of Hate 50 machine lifeforms destroyed with berserk mode. 8.2%
- Naughty Children Emil destroyed. 8.1%
- Information Master 80% of all archives found. 7.8%
- Not That I Mind... 1 hour played with 9S in a certain state. 7.6%
- Inorganic Blade All weapons upgraded to the highest level. 7.3%
- Weapons Maniac All Pod programs obtained. 7.1%
- Supreme Support Weapons All Pods upgraded to the highest level. 6.8%
- Transcendent Being All endings achieved. 6.6%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-21.