10 Video Games That Take Multiple Playthroughs For The TRUE EXPERIENCE

10. Nier: Automata

Let's kick things off with perhaps the gold standard of games which outright need you to play through them numerous times.

Rolling credits once on Nier: Automata just won't cut it, as players require a minimum of three playthroughs to experience every sliver of story it has to offer.

Once you've "beaten" the game as android protagonist 2B, you'll be able to witness the same events from the perspective of fellow android 9S, which given that the duo are separated for large chunks of the story, ensures a wealth of new content, with 9S also playing quite differently to 2B.

And then there's the third playthrough, which picks up after 2B and 9S's stories have concluded for an entirely new mini-campaign of sorts, with players now controlling yet another android character, A2.

Playing through all this is necessary to unlock Nier: Automata's true ending, Ending E, ensuring that those who jump off after 2B's initial campaign are really only seeing a third of the story play out.