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As hunter Aloy you roam a lush post-apocalyptic wilderness full of animal-like machines that you take apart with bows, traps and tactics. A gripping sci-fi mystery about the fall of the old world ties it all together.

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The closest matches for Horizon Zero Dawn are Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, Death Stranding and Metro Exodus. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Horizon Zero Dawn special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Death Stranding 2: On the Beach

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Post-apocalyptic setting
Lavish presentation
Open world

Hideo Kojima's sequel sends Sam on grueling delivery routes across Mexico and Australia, centered on route planning, infrastructure building and asynchronous cooperation with other players. It pairs this with a bizarre, lavishly cinematic story and more combat options than the original.

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Death Stranding

Post-apocalyptic setting

Hideo Kojima's singular courier odyssey turns traversal itself into the game: balancing cargo, planning routes across haunting terrain, and building roads and bridges with unseen fellow players. It wraps this in a surreal, melancholic story about death and human connection.

Metro Exodus

Post-apocalyptic setting

Artyom and his companions ride the Aurora steam train across an irradiated Russia, travelling through every season of the year. The journey blends scarce ammo, improvised weapons and tense survival horror with wide sandbox areas to explore.

Days Gone

Post-apocalyptic setting

As biker Deacon St. John you roam a Freaker-infested Oregon, maintaining your motorcycle and surviving massive hordes that flood entire valleys. A gritty, emotional story about loss and loyalty set in a tense open world.

Fallout 3

Lots to discover

A sprawling irradiated wasteland around Washington D.C. to roam freely, full of darkly funny stories and VATS-assisted gunfights. Moral choices shape towns, factions and the ending.

Fallout 4

Sci-fi setting

As the lone survivor of Vault 111, you roam the irradiated ruins of Boston, blending gunplay with the slow-motion V.A.T.S. targeting system and building your own settlements. Faction choices and countless darkly funny side quests shape the fate of the Commonwealth.

The Last of Us Part II

Strong, story-driven narrative

A brutal, emotionally harrowing revenge story in a ruined world that uses two perspectives to question the cycle of violence. Tense stealth-survival combat meets outstanding cinematic presentation and performances.

Horizon Forbidden West

Post-apocalyptic setting

Aloy heads into a breathtaking post-apocalyptic West to hunt colossal robotic beasts, using bows, traps and tactics to strip their components and exploit weak points. A lush open world full of secrets is tied to a gripping sci-fi mystery about the fall of the old world.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat

Shooting and gunplay

An atmospheric survival shooter set in the Zone around Pripyat, where you dodge anomalies, hunt artifacts and fight mutants and rival stalker factions. Its open hubs, consequential side quests and oppressive mood make it a cult classic.

Crysis 3 Remastered

Sci-fi setting

A visually striking first-person shooter where the Nanosuit lets you either sneak by cloaked or attack head-on, set in an overgrown, futuristic New York. The remaster brings the single-player campaign to current hardware with polished visuals.