release: 23 april 2010 (origineel), 23 april 2020 (remaster)
genre: action, RPG
dev: Cavia
Spiritueel vervolg op Drakengard.
Players will jump into the title role of the unyielding Nier as he begins his desperate quest to discover a cure for his daughter, Yonah, who is stricken with the deadly Black Scrawl disease. Armed with a powerful set of magical abilities as well as mighty swords and armor, Nier will do battle alongside a set of formidable allies against waves of dark enemies and giant bosses to discover the truth about the disease, his daughter…and himself.