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2017

NieR: Automata: 17 Game of the Year awards

No: NieR: Automata collected 17 Game of the Year awards in 2017 and finished No. 4; the season went to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild with 265. The Game Awards named The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild its Game of the Year.

Nier: Automata is a 2017 action role-playing game developed by PlatinumGames and published by Square Enix. It is the sequel to Nier (2010).

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NieR: Automata finished #4 in the 2017 race, with 17 awards from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

  • 17Total awards
  • 13Media outlets
  • 4Readers' choice
  • 9Countries

Also in the 2017 season: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (265), Horizon: Zero Dawn (69), Super Mario Odyssey (37), Persona 5 (15), PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (12), Assassin's Creed Origins (10) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did NieR: Automata win?

NieR: Automata won 17 Game of the Year awards in the 2017 season — 3.7% of every award tracked that season. 13 came from editorial picks and 4 from readers' polls, across 9 countries.

Did NieR: Automata win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 4 in 2017, behind The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, which collected 265.

Game facts

  • Single-playerYes
  • Co-opNo
  • Split screenNo
  • MultiplayerNo
  • Online multiplayerNo
  • Released23 February 2017
  • DeveloperPlatinumGames
  • PublisherSquare Enix
  • action role-playing game
  • hack and slash
  • character-action video game
  • post-apocalyptic video game
  • PlayStation 4
  • Microsoft Windows
  • Xbox One
  • Nintendo Switch

Where the awards came from

CountryAwards
United States9
Australia1
United Kingdom1
Denmark1
Germany1
France1
Israel1
Saudi Arabia1
Sweden1

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

← Full 2017 results

Updated 13 October 2026 · Source: the Meta Awards database, where every award row cites where it was published.