'' Nier : Automata '' was nominated for " Best Storytelling " and " PlayStation Game of the Year " at the 35th Annual Golden Joystick Awards , and for " Best International Game " at the 2017 Ping Awards , 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 " . At IGN 's Best of 2017 Awards , the game received nominations for " Game of the Year " , " Best PlayStation 4 Game " , " Best RPG " , " Best Story " , and " Best Original Music " ( the latter for which it became a runner-up ) . The game also won the award for " Best PS4 Game " at '' Destructoid '' s Game of the Year Awards 2017 . 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 . '' 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 " . The game came 1st in a top 10 countdown of Best Games of 2017 by '' Wired Magazine '' . '' Polygon '' ranked the game 4th on their Game of the Year countdown and in their list of the 50 best games of 2017 , '' GamesRadar '' ranked it 15th in their list of the 25 best games of 2017 , GameSpot ranked it 10th , and '' Eurogamer '' ranked the game 36th on their list of the " Top 50 Games of 2017 " , while EGMNow ranked it tenth on their list of the 25 Best Games of 2017 . '' The Verge '' named it one of their 15 Best Games of 2017 . '' GamesRadar '' ranked the game 9th in their list of " 30 best PS4 games "
The Game Awards 2017
The Game Awards 2017
Nier: Automata