Horizon Zero Dawn
Hunt giant machines with deep gear and a great story. Mostly ranged, bosses not hard.
Price
Price is for the Remastered version. Price fetched 11 Oct 2026.
CrackWatcher and DRM
Cracked on release day. Scene group: Ksenia & Mr.Goldberg. No Denuvo found. Checked on CrackWatcher 11 Oct 2026.
Monetization
From player reviews.
Rank
40 of 55
Tier: Weak fit (45-64)
- Camera3rd person
- Released2020
- ModelBuy once
- Genreaction rpg
- CollectionsLoot Pool, CrackWatcher AAA
The numbers
Fetched
- Steam, all time
- 89%Very Positive · 51,791 reviewsSource: Steam store page, fetched 11 Oct 2026
- Steam, last 30 days
- 80%Very Positive · 137 reviewsSource: Steam store page, fetched 11 Oct 2026
- Metacritic critics
- —no score
- OpenCritic
- 83Strong · approx.
- CrackWatcher
- CrackedCracked on release day.Checked on CrackWatcher 11 Oct 2026. CrackWatcher page
- Metacritic users
- 8.3out of 10 · approx.
Steam percentages are the share of positive English reviews on the store page. The Steam word, such as Mostly Positive, is Steam's own. Numbers marked approx. come from web search, not from the Steam page.
UNCERTAIN: MC page fetched is the main (PS4-era) entry: 89 from 115 reviews; PC-specific MC score not shown, so metacritic_critic left null. MC user 8.3 is that page's. OC value is PC Complete Edition (57 reviews), recommend pct not found.
Critic sources: metacritic.com, opencritic.com.
What players say
Mostly liked for story and visuals, with some finding gameplay repetitive.
Players like
- Great story and Aloy
- Beautiful colorful world
- Excellent PC port
- Machine hunting mechanics
Players dislike
- Repetitive gameplay and boring side quests
- Stealth weak; detection harsh
- Uninteresting combat for some
- Controls break at times
