NieR: Automata
- Developer
- PlatinumGames
- Publisher
- Square Enix
- Released
- 23 February 2017
- Age rating
- PEGI 18
- UK price
- £29.99
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC, Xbox One
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
1080p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 5 7600
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 8GB
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 1TB NVMe SSD
Mid-tier
1440p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 7700
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
High-end
1440p · 144fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
Enthusiast
4K · 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 23 August 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, look at the tier picks above.