In a recent interview with Famitsu, Stellar Blade Director Kim Hyung-tae confirmed that NieR: Automata served as a big source of inspiration for the upcoming action title.
When asked about the comparisons between Square Enix and PlatinumGames’s titles, director Kim Hyung-tae said that NieR: Automata was the game that made him realize that he wanted to make a game like Stellar Blade.
Some other game series that influenced Kim Hyung-tae in the creation of Stellar Blade include Bayonetta, Sekiro, and Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order.
Stellar Blade is an upcoming character-action game being developed by Nikke creators Shift Up.