NieR: Automata artwork

Every Drakengard Game Ranked

Drakengard spans 4 critic-rated games on CriticDB, released between 2010 and 2021. The highest-rated is NieR: Automata (89) and the lowest is Drakengard 3 (65). Across 75 critic reviews, the series averages 77, and NieR: Automata has drawn the most reviews.

Highest ratedNieR: Automata 89
Lowest ratedDrakengard 3 65
Series average77
  1. 1
    NieR: Automata

    NieR: Automata

    89
    32 critic reviews·Feb 23, 2017·Square Enix
    PCPS4Xbox One
    “Nier: Automata is a crazy, beautiful, and highly entertaining journey full of nutty ideas and awesome gameplay.”
    — IGN · 89/100
  2. 2
    NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139...

    NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139...

    79
    25 critic reviews·Apr 23, 2021·Square Enix
    PCPS4Xbox One
    “NieR Replicant was always an odd title that was great both in spite of and because of its limitations.”
    — TheSixthAxis · 80/100
  3. 3
    NieR RepliCant

    NieR RepliCant

    76
    10 critic reviews·Apr 22, 2010·Square Enix
    PS3
    “Padded and tedious, but engrossing and enjoyable. NieR Replicant occupies a strange spot in the gaming pantheon.”
    — PC Invasion · 75/100
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    Drakengard 3

    Drakengard 3

    65
    8 critic reviews·Dec 19, 2013·Square Enix
    PS3
    “This silence was mine, but now it can be yours, too. Come join Zero and her band of sex-crazed misfits as they seek to kill her siblings.”
    — RPGamer · 60/100

Expansions & DLC

Add-ons, expansions and bundles, not included in the ranking.

Nier: Automata - The End of Yorha Edition

Nier: Automata - The End of Yorha Edition

2022

Nier: Automata - Become as Gods Edition

Nier: Automata - Become as Gods Edition

2018

Drakengard games in release order

  1. 2003Drakengard—
  2. 2005Drakengard 2—
  3. 2010NieR—
  4. 2010Nier Replicant76
  5. 2013Drakengard 365
  6. 2017NieR: Automata89
  7. 2021NieR Re[in]carnation—
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