Accolades
Nier: Automata was nominated for "Best Storytelling" and "PlayStation Game of the Year" at the 35th Annual Golden Joystick Awards,[83][84] and for "Best International Game" at the 2017 Ping Awards,[85] while at The Game Awards 2017, the game won the award for "Best Score/Music" and was nominated for "Best Narrative" and "Best Role-Playing Game".[72] At IGN's Best of 2017 Awards, the game received nominations for "Game of the Year",[86] "Best PlayStation 4 Game",[87] "Best RPG",[88] "Best Story",[89] and "Best Original Music" (the latter for which it became a runner-up).[90] The game also won the award for "Best PS4 Game" at Destructoid's Game of the Year Awards 2017.[91] It won the "Best Shopkeeper" award for the character Emil and the "Best Music", "Best Moment or Sequence" (Route E), and "Best Story" awards, in addition to runner-up for the "Best New Character" award for the character Pascal and "Game of the Year" at Giant Bomb's Game of the Year 2017 Awards.[92][93][94][95][96] PC Gamer awarded the game "Best Action Game", whereas its other nominations were for "Best Story", "Best Mod" for FAR: Fix Automata Resolution, "Breakout Game of the Year", and "Game of the Year".[97][98] The game came 1st in a top 10 countdown of Best Games of 2017 by Wired Magazine.[99] Polygon ranked the game 4th on their Game of the Year countdown and in their list of the 50 best games of 2017,[100][101] GamesRadar+ ranked it 15th in their list of the 25 best games of 2017,[102] GameSpot ranked it 10th,[103] and Eurogamer ranked the game 36th on their list of the "Top 50 Games of 2017",[104] while EGMNow ranked it tenth on their list of the 25 Best Games of 2017.[105] The Verge named it one of their 15 Best Games of 2017.[106] GamesRadar ranked the game 9th in their list of "30 best PS4 games".[107]
The game won the award for "Best Sidekick" (9S) and "Best Soundtrack" in Game Informer's 2017 RPG of the Year Awards, while in their Reader's Choice Best of 2017 Awards, it came in third place for both "Best Sony Game" and "Best Role-Playing Game".[108][109][110] The game was nominated for the Big Apple Award for Best Game of the Year and the Herman Melville Award for Best Writing at the New York Game Awards 2018.[111] It was also nominated for "Best Audio", "Best Design", and "Game of the Year" while winning the "Audience Award" at the 18th annual Game Developers Choice Awards;[112][113] and won the "Role-Playing Game of the Year" award at the 21st Annual D.I.C.E. Awards.[114][115] In addition, it won the awards for "Excellence in Musical Score" and "Excellence in Technical Achievement" at the 2018 SXSW Gaming Awards, whereas its other nominations were for "Excellence in Visual Achievement", "Excellence in Art", "Excellence in Design", and "Video Game of the Year".[116][117] At the 17th Annual National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers Awards, the game was nominated for "Character Design"; "Game Design, Franchise"; "Game of the Year"; and "Writing in a Drama",[118] and won in "Camera Direction in a Game Engine" and "Original Dramatic Score, Franchise".[119] It also won the award for "Best Audio" at the Italian Video Game Awards, whereas its other nominations were for "Game of the Year", "Best Art Direction", and "Best Game Design";[120] it was also nominated for "Game Design" and "Game Innovation" at the 14th British Academy Games Awards,[121][122] and for "Xbox Game of the Year" at the 36th Annual Golden Joystick Awards.[123] At the Famitsu Awards, it won the Excellence Prize.[1 24]
