# Nier: Automata Secret Church

> A fake Nier: Automata discovery drew over 3 million views on one Twitter repost.

- Owner: DevolasRevenge, Woeful_Wolf and RaiderB
- Kind: Creator moment
- Sector: Gaming
- Seed date: 2022-06-10
- Peak proxy date: 2022-07-29
- Date basis: Proxy date; not a directly measured attention peak.
- Spread Score: 34 (Niche), v1.2
- Mechanics: Mystery & lore, Platform jump, Press loop, Fandom mobilisation, Controversy

## Summary

A Reddit mystery became a shared investigation: players compared assets and lighting in a public report. The creators later described a deliberately naive persona and covert help with reconstructions. A playable release turned the spectacle into a usable artifact.

## Timeline

- 2022-06-10 — u/sadfutago (Reddit) — Sadfutago asked how to open a church in Nier: Automata on r/NieRFanart.
- 2022-06-14 — u/sadfutago (Reddit) — Sadfutago posted photographs of the church to r/NieRAutomataGame.
- 2022-06-15 — u/sadfutago (Reddit) — The church photographs reached the larger r/nier subreddit.

The full timeline, metrics and sources are on the case page, or via the Pro API (https://howitspread.com/developers).

Canonical URL: https://howitspread.com/cases/nier-automata-secret-church

Cite as: How It Spread (2026). “Nier: Automata Secret Church.” Case HIS-00959. Spread Score v1.2: 34/100. Updated 2026-10-15. https://howitspread.com/id/HIS-00959