Nier: Automata PC release date announced alongside minimum and recommended specs

By Stephany Nunneley

Thanks to an update on the Square Enix Japan website, we now know when Nier: Automata will be released on PC.

Originally thought to be releasing alongside the PS4 version of Nier: Automata in Europe March 10, thanks to a video posted for the game, the PC version will instead hit Steam March 17.

That’s not a bad wait at all, really.

Along with the release date, the minimum and recommended PC specs were also released, Those are listed below (thanks, Gematsu).

Minimum

• OS: Windows 7 64-bit / Windows 8.1 64-bit / Windows 10 64-bit (32-bit OS not supported)
• CPU: Intel Core i3 2100 or higher, AMD A8-6500 or higher
• Memory: 4GB or higher free space
• Hard-Disk / SSD: 50GB or higher
• Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 VRAM 2GB or higher / AMD Radeon R9 270X VRAM 2GB or higher
• Sound Card: DirectX 11 or higher
• Communication Environment: Broadband or higher
• Screen Resolution: 1280×720
• DirectX: DirectX 11
• Other: Mouse, Keyboard, Gamepad (XInput-only)

Recommended

• OS: Windows 8.1 64-bit / Windows 10 64-bit (32-bit OS not supported)
• CPU: Intel Core i5 4670 or higher, AMD A10-7850K or higher
• Memory: 8GB or higher free space
• Hard-Disk / SSD: 50GB or higher
• Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 VRAM 4GB or higher / AMD Radeon R9 380X VRAM 4GB or higher
• Sound Card: DirectX 11 or higher
• Communication Environment: Broadband or higher
• Screen Resolution: 1920×1080
• DirectX: DirectX 11
• Other: Mouse, Keyboard, Gamepad (XInput-only)

Nier: Automata is out now in Japan and will be released on PlayStation 4 with PS4 Pro support March 7 in North American and March 10 in Europe.