Games like NIER
Closest overall match: Dungeon Siege 3 (★ 3.1). Highest rated: Mass Effect 2 at ★ 4.5. Quickest to finish: Dungeon Siege 3 at about 2 hours.
We compared NIER against every game in our catalog on shared tags, genre, rating, playtime and release era, and these 25 came closest. What ties them together most: Great Soundtrack, Magic and Hack and Slash.
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57%
1. Dungeon Siege 3
Shares Magic; same developer; rated 1.2 lower; about 16h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2011
- Rating
- ★ 3.1
- Metacritic
- 72
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 52%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
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57%
2. Mass Effect 2
Shares Great Soundtrack; same release year.
- Year
- 2010
- Rating
- ★ 4.5
- Metacritic
- 94
- Playtime
- 22h
- Finish rate
- 92%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
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56%
3. Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2011
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 89
- Playtime
- 17h
- Finish rate
- 81%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
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56%
4. Final Fantasy XVI
Shares Magic, JRPG, Violent and Great Soundtrack; same developer.
- Year
- 2023
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 88
- Playtime
- 16h
- Finish rate
- 85%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
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55%
5. Dark Souls
About 30h longer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2011
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 89
- Playtime
- 48h
- Finish rate
- 70%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
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55%
6. Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
Shares Magic and Hack and Slash; rated 0.4 lower; about 5h shorter.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 85
- Playtime
- 13h
- Finish rate
- 75%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
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55%
7. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Shares Magic and Great Soundtrack; about 28h longer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2011
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 94
- Playtime
- 46h
- Finish rate
- 74%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
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54%
8. Mass Effect
Shares Great Soundtrack; about 9h shorter.
- Year
- 2007
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 89
- Playtime
- 9h
- Finish rate
- 88%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
-
54%
9. Mass Effect 3
Shares Story; about 12h longer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 90
- Playtime
- 30h
- Finish rate
- 92%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
-
54%
10. Overlord II
Shares Magic; rated 0.5 lower; about 16h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2009
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 79
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 61%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
-
54%
11. Dishonored 2
Shares Magic and Great Soundtrack; about 6h shorter.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 86
- Playtime
- 12h
- Finish rate
- 79%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
-
54%
12. NieR:Automata
Shares JRPG, Hack and Slash, Violent and Great Soundtrack; about 5h shorter.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 86
- Playtime
- 13h
- Finish rate
- 76%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
-
53%
13. Demon's Souls
About 20h longer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2009
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 89
- Playtime
- 38h
- Finish rate
- 70%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
-
53%
14. KINGDOM HEARTS HD 1.5 +2.5 ReMIX
Same developer; about 18h shorter.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 86
- Finish rate
- 77%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
-
53%
15. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Shares Story; about 14h shorter.
- Year
- 2006
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 94
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 70%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
-
53%
16. Lord of the Rings: War in the North
Shares Hack and Slash; rated 0.9 lower; about 15h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2011
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 66
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 60%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
-
53%
17. Kingdom Hearts II
Same developer; about 18h shorter.
- Year
- 2005
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 87
- Finish rate
- 91%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
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53%
18. Middle-earth: Shadow of War
Shares Magic, Hack and Slash, Violent and Great Soundtrack; rated 0.4 lower; about 5h shorter.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 82
- Playtime
- 13h
- Finish rate
- 67%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
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53%
19. Torchlight II
Shares Hack and Slash; rated 0.4 lower; about 8h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 88
- Playtime
- 10h
- Finish rate
- 51%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
-
53%
20. Kingdom Hearts III
Shares JRPG; same developer; rated 0.4 lower; about 18h shorter.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 82
- Finish rate
- 81%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
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52%
21. Dark Souls III
Shares Great Soundtrack; about 11h longer.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 89
- Playtime
- 29h
- Finish rate
- 76%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
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52%
22. Dark Souls II
About 25h longer.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 91
- Playtime
- 43h
- Finish rate
- 74%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
-
52%
23. Risen 2: Dark Waters
Shares Great Soundtrack; rated 0.9 lower; about 14h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 69
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 72%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
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52%
24. Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue
Shares Magic, JRPG and Great Soundtrack; same developer; about 10h shorter.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 79
- Playtime
- 8h
- Finish rate
- 92%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
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52%
25. Torchlight
Shares Magic and Hack and Slash; rated 0.6 lower; about 13h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2009
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 83
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 61%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like NIER?
On our similarity model, Dungeon Siege 3 is the closest match to NIER — shares Magic; same developer; rated 1.2 lower; about 16h shorter; released within 1 year.
Which game like NIER is rated highest?
Mass Effect 2 holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.5/5 from 3,106 players.
Are there games like NIER on Nintendo Switch?
Yes — we found 5 games like NIER on Nintendo Switch. See the dedicated list.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against NIER on five signals: weighted tag overlap (rare tags count more), genre overlap, platform family overlap, rating and playtime proximity, and release era. The list is recomputed nightly as ratings and new releases change.
Base game data via RAWG.