
The player controls Aloy, a hunter in a world populated by dangerous, animalistic machines. Horizon Forbidden West is an action role-playing game played from a third-person perspective. An expansion, Burning Shores, was released on Apexclusively for the PlayStation 5 version.

The game had sold over 8.4 million units by April 2023. It was praised for its visuals, combat, vocal performances and technical advancements, while the writing and open world design drew mixed responses. Horizon Forbidden West was released on February 18, 2022, for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5. The player can explore the open world and complete quests using ranged and melee weapons against hostile machine creatures.

The sequel to 2017's Horizon Zero Dawn, the game is set in a post-apocalyptic version of the Western United States recovering from the aftermath of an extinction event caused by a rogue robot swarm.

Horizon Forbidden West is a 2022 action role-playing game developed by Guerrilla Games and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment.
