Horizon Zero Dawn™ Complete Edition
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ActionAdventureRPGOpen WorldFemale ProtagonistSingleplayerStory RichPost-apocalyptic

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Game description

Experience Aloy’s legendary quest to unravel the mysteries of a future Earth ruled by Machines. Use devastating tactical attacks against your prey and explore a majestic open world in this award-winning action RPG!

Basic info

DeveloperGuerrilla
PublisherPlayStation Publishing LLC
PlatformsWindows
Steam DeckVerified
Release dateAug 7, 2020
Price

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Minimum specs

OSWindows 10 64-bits
ProcessorIntel Core [email protected] or AMD FX [email protected]
Memory8 GB
GraphicsNvidia GeForce GTX 780 (3 GB) or AMD Radeon R9 290 (4GB)
Storage100 GB
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Review Analysis Score

Based on 443 reviews from the past 1 year

83.3/ 100
Top 50%

Steam rating: Very Positive (88%)

Review analysis summary (Reviewed Oct 22, 2026)

Hunting robotic beasts across a post apocalyptic wild, Horizon Zero Dawn™ Complete Edition wins players over with its story and scores 83.3.

👍 Strengths

Story & World appears in 80% of analyzed reviews and ranks 483rd of 1096. 106 reviews praise the story, calling it engaging and well written, and some single out the voice acting. 91 admire the visuals, with a few highlighting gorgeous environments, elegant machine designs and a smooth PC port. 76 find it fun to play, and some call it one of their favorite games. Visuals & Sound ranks 229th of 1249, Gameplay ranks 294th of 1396, and Tech & Support ranks 188th of 1399.

👎 Where it falls short

42 reviews say the open world grows repetitive, with side quests and activities that feel the same and a map that can feel empty. 27 have issues with how combat and controls feel, and some mention camera shifts while strafing, clunky mount movement or frustrating inventory management. 27 find the story or characters dull, saying the plot loses its grip by the middle of the game. Others note that facial animations look stiff. Content Volume ranks 679th of 1351.

Representative reviews Original reviews ↗

“main story writing and voice acting were fantastic and well crafted” · 106 reviews
“optimized for PC wonderfully, genuinely blown away” · 91 reviews
“practically bug free and joyous to play, great story and characters” · 76 reviews

How it holds up

−50+5

Controls, difficulty, progression and depth
Mentioned in 60% of reviews · Top 30% of the games we've analyzed

Freedom +2.63 · Room to explore, build, and play your own way
Positive “exploration is engaging and world invites discovery” · 9 reviews
Negative “open world feels dead, activities feel pointless” · 7 reviews

Progression 13% · Difficulty 14% · Onboarding 5% · Strategy 17% · Controls & feel 24%

Plot, characters and the world
Mentioned in 80% of reviews · Top 50% of the games we've analyzed

Story +2.85 · Plot, quests, writing, and the ending
Positive “main story writing and voice acting were fantastic and well crafted” · 106 reviews
Negative “characters, story and gameplay felt tedious” · 27 reviews

Characters 26% · World 42%

How much there is to do, variety and replay value
Mentioned in 34% of reviews · Bottom 50% of the games we've analyzed

Volume +2.98 · How much there is to play, including endgame, for the price
Positive “90 hours of engaging content with NG+ mode available” · 5 reviews
Negative “NG+ was over so fast with no missibles” · 8 reviews

Variety 23% · Replayability 4%

Graphics, art style, music and sound
Mentioned in 58% of reviews · Top 20% of the games we've analyzed

Visuals +3.91 · Graphics, art style, and animation
Positive “optimized for PC wonderfully, genuinely blown away” · 91 reviews
Negative “facial animations feel wooden and lack emotional depth” · 8 reviews

Audio 12%

Playing with others, the community and servers

Not enough data — only 1% of reviews mention this.

Playing together +3.67 · Fun of playing with friends, teammates, or rivals

Community 0% · Servers & Connection 0%

Pricing, cheaters, balance and matchmaking
Mentioned in 6% of reviews · Top 40% of the games we've analyzed

Balance -0.03 · Whether classes, weapons, and builds are evenly matched
Negative “balance issues with one hit killing despite progression” · 2 reviews
Positive “verschiedene Strategien und Schwachstellen der Gegner” · 1 review

Anti-cheat 0% · Pricing 3% · Matchmaking 0%

Bugs, performance and developer support
Mentioned in 13% of reviews · Top 20% of the games we've analyzed

Performance +0.21 · Frame rate, optimization, and loading times
Positive “decent optimization and good combat mechanics” · 7 reviews
Negative “AMD GPU graphics looks washed out” · 2 reviews

Stability 6% · Developer support 1%

Grey means too few reviews mention it to trust. — means almost no reviews mention it.

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