Aloy can kill enemies in a variety of ways – setting traps such as tripwires using the Tripcaster, shooting them with arrows, using explosives, and a spear. Players take control of Aloy, a hunter who ventures through a post-apocalyptic land ruled by robotic creatures.

Horizon Zero Dawn is an action role-playing game played from a third-person view. A sequel, Horizon Forbidden West, is currently scheduled to be released for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 on 18 February 2022. An expansion, The Frozen Wilds, was released in November 2017. The game won numerous awards and sold over 10 million copies by February 2019, making it one of the best-selling PlayStation 4 games. Horizon Zero Dawn was praised by critics for its open world, story, visuals, combat, characterization, and the performance of voice actress Ashly Burch however, the dialogue, melee combat, and character models received some criticism. The soundtrack was led by composer Joris de Man, featuring contributions from The Flight. Being set in a post-apocalyptic setting, anthropologists were consulted to authenticate the world's decay over a millennium. The game engine, Decima, was developed for Killzone: Shadow Fall and altered for Horizon Zero Dawn. Development began in 2011 after the completion of Killzone 3, with director Mathijs de Jonge considering it the riskiest idea pitched at the time. Horizon Zero Dawn is Guerrilla Games' first intellectual property since Killzone in 2004 and its first role-playing game. It was released for the PlayStation 4 in 2017 and Microsoft Windows in 2020.

The player can explore the open world to discover locations and take on side quests. A skill tree provides the player with new abilities and bonuses. The player uses ranged weapons, a spear, and stealth to combat mechanical creatures and other enemy forces. The plot follows Aloy, a young hunter in a world overrun by machines, who sets out to uncover her past. Horizon Zero Dawn is a 2017 action role-playing game developed by Guerrilla Games and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment.

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