 Nier ( romanized as NieR in the Japanese version ) is an action role @-@ playing video game developed by Cavia and published by Square Enix . It was released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in Australia , Europe , Japan and North America in April 2010 . In Japan , the game was released as Nier Gestalt ( Japanese : ニーア ゲシュタルト Hepburn : Nīa Geshutaro ) and in North America as Nier RepliCant ( Japanese : ニーア リプリカント Hepburn : Nīa Rippurikanto ) . The game was later released for