When did NieR Re[in]carnation come out?

NieR Re[in]carnation was released on 18 February 2021 for Android and iOS.

NieR Re[in]carnation (2021) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

NieR Re[in]carnation

NieR Re[in]carnation is a role-playing video game which takes place in the universe of NieR and its sequel, NieR: Automata. Set in a realm called the Cage, the player takes on the role of a girl guided by a…

18 February 2021

What NieR Re[in]carnation is

NieR Re[in]carnation is an adventure game developed by Applibot, Inc and released in 2021. It was published by Square Enix. It is available on Android and iOS. It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The world takes place within cages, a series of towers and dungeons, sometime in the future. A girl awakens on a stone floor with no voice and no memories. She is greeted by a strange being calling itself Mama. In order to restore what she has lost and to redeem herself from a past sin, the girl and Mama travel to reawaken fragments of a forgotten world.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, drama, mystery and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Drakengard series

NieR Re[in]carnation is the 28th of 35 entries we hold in the Drakengard series. It arrived 2 years after Nier: Automata - Game of the Yorha Edition. The next entry was NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139... in 2021.

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What it launched against

NieR Re[in]carnation launched on 18 February 2021, within three weeks of Little Nightmares II, Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury, Loop Hero and The Medium.

Released around the same time: Little Nightmares II, Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury, Loop Hero, The Medium.

Official trailer