NieR Replicant™ ver.1.22474487139... similar games & best alternatives

NieR Replicant™ ver.1.22474487139...

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One • 2021

Should you play it?

The upgraded prequel of NieR:Automata. A kind young man sets out with Grimoire Weiss, a strange talking book, to search for the "Sealed verses" in order to save his sister Yonah, who fell terminally ill to the Black Scrawl.

What works

  • Deep emotional story
  • Memorable characters
  • Haunting soundtrack
  • Improved combat mechanics
  • Multiple endings with rich lore

Things to keep in mind

  • Tedious and repetitive side quests
  • Required multiple playthroughs with repeated content
  • Small and sparse world
  • Some grind and fetch questing
  • Dated gameplay mechanics

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden

  • God of War

  • South of Midnight

  • 古剑奇谭二(GuJian2)

  • The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

  • NieR:Automata™

Less intimate

Games that feels like NieR Replicant™ ver.1.22474487139... but with less focus on close relationships

  • Bleak Faith: Forsaken

  • VOIN

  • Darksiders Warmastered Edition

  • Black Myth: Wukong

  • Hell is Us

  • Legacy of Kain: Defiance Remastered

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NieR Replicant™ ver.1.22474487139...: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Violence, Survival, Thrill.

Last update: 06/08/2026