NieR: Automata
- Developer
- PlatinumGames
- Publisher
- Square Enix
- Released
- 23 February 2017
- Age rating
- PEGI 18
- UK price
- £29.99
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC
Genres: role playing rpg , hack and slash beat em up
NieR: Automata tells the story of androids 2B, 9S and A2 and their battle to reclaim the machine-driven dystopia overrun by powerful machines.
Best gaming PC for NieR: Automata in 2026
Full buyers guide →Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for NieR: Automata today. These are our 2026 hardware picks, not the dated publisher minimums you'll find on Steam.
Budget
£7991080p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 5 7600
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 1TB NVMe SSD
Mid-tier
£1,2991440p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 7700
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super 12GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
High-end
£1,7991440p · 144fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
Enthusiast
£3,4994K · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 32GB
- RAM
- 64 GB
- Storage
- 4TB NVMe SSD
Official system requirements
These are the minimum and recommended specs as published by Square Enix on Steam. They tend to be conservative — usually "what ran the game at 1080p when it shipped". For what you should actually buy in 2026, see the tier cards above.
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Windows 7 / 8.1 / 10 64bit | Windows 8.1 / 10 64bit |
| CPU | Intel Core i3 2100 or AMD A8-6500 | Intel Core i5 4670 or AMD A10-7850K |
| RAM | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 VRAM 2GB or AMD Radeon R9 270X VRAM 2GB | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 VRAM 4GB or AMD Radeon R9 380X VRAM 4GB |
| Storage | 50 GB | 50 GB |
| DirectX | 11 | 11 |
Verified 18 May 2026 against the Steam store page.
Can your PC run NieR: Automata?
If your CPU is roughly equivalent to Intel Core i5 4670 and your GPU is at or above NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 VRAM 4GB, you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, see the tier picks above.