Horizon Zero Dawn features quest elements which include the main story quests, as well as a number of side quests.The game features mystical and mythical elements. The player controls Aloy, a huntress who uses her speed, cunning, and agility to stay alive and protect her tribe against the force, size, and power of the machines. Human civilization has regressed to tribal societies of hunters and gatherers who survive in immense forests, imposing mountain ranges, and the atmospheric ruins of their ancestors – all while the machines become increasingly powerful.
Horizon Zero Dawn takes place in the 31st century, in a post-apocalyptic world where colossal machines dominate the land.