Horizon Zero Dawn: Complete Edition

Overview

Horizon Zero Dawn is a 2017 action role-playing game developed by Guerrilla Games and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. The first instalment in the Horizon video game series, it is set in a post-apocalyptic United States where large robotic machines dominate the Earth while humans live in primitive tribes with varying levels of technological development. The game follows Aloy, a young huntress who sets out to uncover her past. The player uses ranged weapons, a spear, and stealth to combat mechanical creatures and other enemy forces. A skill tree provides the player with new abilities and bonuses. The player can explore the open world to discover locations and take on side quests.

Horizon Zero Dawn was Guerrilla Games' first new intellectual property since Killzone in 2004 and its first open-world and role-playing game. Director Mathijs de Jonge considered it the riskiest idea among those pitched. Development began in 2011 after the completion of Killzone 3. The game engine, Decima, was developed for Killzone: Shadow Fall and modified for Zero Dawn. The game uses vibrant colours and was designed to evoke a sense of adventure and hope despite its post-apocalyptic setting. Anthropologists were consulted to inform the world's decay, while experts in robotics were consulted to develop realistic machine designs. Non-fiction books by Jared Diamond, and futuristic fiction such as Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) and Princess Mononoke (1997), influenced the design of the game's setting and narrative. The game's cast included Ashly Burch and Lance Reddick, while the soundtrack was composed by Joris de Man, featuring contributions from The Flight.

Released for the PlayStation 4 in February 2017, the game was ported to Windows in 2020 as the first in a series of PlayStation-exclusive video games arriving on personal computers. A remastered version of the game, developed by Nixxes Software, was released in October 2024. Zero Dawn received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised its setting, story, visuals, and combat; however, its role-playing mechanics and unoriginal gameplay received some criticism. The game won numerous awards including one British Academy Games Awards and two D.I.C.E. Awards, and has sold over 24 million units. An expansion, The Frozen Wilds, was released in November 2017. A sequel, Horizon Forbidden West, was released in February 2022. Events in the game are reinterpreted comically in Lego Horizon Adventures. A film adaptation is in the works by PlayStation Productions and Columbia Pictures.

Official trailer

Trailer. Watch on YouTube

Gameplay

Horizon Zero Dawn - E3 2016 Gameplay Video | PS4, PlayStation. Watch on YouTube

Screenshots

Game details

Genres

Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure

Developer

Guerrilla Games

Publisher

Sony Interactive Entertainment

Series

Horizon

Engine

Decima

Platforms

PlayStation 4, Windows

Age rating

ESRB T

Modes

Single player

Yes

Local multiplayer

No

Online multiplayer

No

Co op

No

Age ratings

PEGI

16

CERO

D

GRAC

19+

ESRB

T

ACB

M

CLASS IND

14

USK

12

Release dates

Editions

Check out the store

Subscription history

Trophies

Trophies79

Platinum possibleYes

Platinum

1

Gold

2

Silver

11

Bronze

65

Total

79

Points

1785

Platinum time

40 to 50 hours

Difficulty

2 out of 10

Playthroughs for platinum

1

Playthroughs for 100%

2

New Game Plus

Yes. An Ultra Hard New Game+ run has its own trophy

Platinum without online

Yes

Online trophies

0

Boosting needed

No

DLC has trophies

Yes

Platinum includes DLC

No

100% includes DLC

Yes

DLC comes in

Complete Edition

DLC note

The Frozen Wilds: 21 trophies, included in the Complete Edition

Missable trophies

0

Chapter select fixes a miss

No

Separate trophy lists by region

No

Only in a language other than English

No

Languages

English, Arabic, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish, Spanish (Latin America), Swedish

Region note

European store: voices in English, Polish and Russian.

Online-only version

No

Digital-only

No

Disc-only

No

Trophy list shared with other versions

No

Other versions

PS5 Remastered list separate

Players with the platinum

26.38%

Glitches and fixes

• Headshot 30 human enemies can unlock late; keep playing

• All trophies obtained Obtained all Horizon Zero Dawn trophies. Platinum 26.38% of players
• Stealth killed 10 machines Performed a stealth kill on 10 machines. Bronze 73.25% of players
• 3 Strikes From Above Killed 3 enemies using the Strike from Above skill. Bronze 54.68% of players
• Tore off 10 components Detached 10 components from machines during combat. Bronze 80.25% of players
• 10 Vulnerable machine kills Killed 10 machines weak to Fire while burning, or weak to Freeze while frozen. Bronze 58.49% of players
• Tore off 5 heavy weapons Detached 5 heavy weapons from machines during combat. Bronze 51.66% of players
• 7 types of machine overridden Unlocked and used the overrides for 7 different types of machine. Bronze 47.54% of players
• Headshot 30 human enemies Killed 30 human enemies by landing headshots on them. Bronze 62.82% of players
• Downed 23 Grazer dummies Found and knocked over all of the Grazer training dummies in the Nora region. Bronze 27.65% of players
• First Modification Used a Weapon Coil or Outfit Weave on a modifiable weapon or outfit. Bronze 84.36% of players
• All Acquisition machines killed Killed at least one of every type of Acquisition machine. Bronze 43.33% of players
• All Recon machines killed Killed at least one of every type of Reconnaissance machine. Bronze 62.85% of players
• All Combat machines killed Killed at least one of every type of Combat machine. Bronze 47.19% of players
• All Transport machines killed Killed at least one of every type of Transport machine. Bronze 41.44% of players
• Reached level 10 Reached player level 10. Bronze 78.9% of players
• Reached level 25 Reached player level 25. Bronze 58.17% of players
• Reached level 40 Reached player level 40. Bronze 45.46% of players
• Reached level 50 Reached player level 50. Bronze 37.58% of players
• All Skills learned Learned all available skills. Bronze 33.7% of players
• First Tallneck Overridden Scaled a Tallneck and accessed its information. Bronze 72.86% of players
• First Bandit Camp cleared Took back a settlement from a bandit clan. Bronze 68.73% of players
• First Core Overridden Reached the Core of a Cauldron and accessed its information. Bronze 61.24% of players
• All Suns at one Ground Earned at least a Half Sun mark in all three trials at one Hunting Ground. Bronze 45.87% of players
• Blazing Suns at one Ground Earned a Blazing Sun mark in all three trials at one Hunting Ground. Bronze 40.94% of players
• First Corrupted Zone cleared Killed all the corrupted machines in a Corrupted Zone. Bronze 75.34% of players
• All Tallnecks Overridden Scaled all of the Tallnecks and accessed their information. Silver 45.23% of players
• Cleared all the Bandit Camps Took back all settlements from the bandit clans. Silver 36.18% of players
• All Cores Overridden Reached the Core of every Cauldron and accessed the information within. Silver 40.56% of players
• All Suns at all Grounds Earned at least a Half Sun mark in all trials at all of the Hunting Grounds. Silver 32.3% of players
• Blazing Suns at all Grounds Earned a Blazing Sun mark in all trials at all of the Hunting Grounds. Gold 32% of players
• All Corrupted Zones cleared Killed all the corrupted machines in every Corrupted Zone. Silver 33.63% of players
• All machines catalogued Encountered and Focus scanned every type of machine. Bronze 40.93% of players
• First Vantage found Found and accessed a Vantage datapoint. Bronze 53.17% of players
• First Metal Flower found Discovered a strange metal flower. Bronze 68.73% of players
• First Banuk Figure found Found a wooden effigy left by a Banuk traveler. Bronze 41.87% of players
• First Ancient Vessel found Found an ancient vessel once used by the Old Ones. Bronze 74.22% of players
• All Vantages found Found and accessed all of the Vantage datapoints. Bronze 31.75% of players
• All Metal Flowers found Found all of the Metal Flowers. Bronze 31.39% of players
• All Banuk Figures found Found all of Arnak's figures. Bronze 32.32% of players
• All Ancient Vessels found Found all the Ancient Vessels. Bronze 33.57% of players
• Got the Shield-Weaver outfit Recovered an ancient technology and put it to use. Bronze 40.46% of players
• Followed Rost's teachings Learned to hunt and fight alongside Rost. Bronze 94.61% of players
• Defeated the Sawtooth Defeated the Sawtooth that threatened the Nora. Bronze 87.81% of players
• Triumphed in the Proving Overcame adversity and placed first in the Proving. Bronze 85.34% of players
• Fought back the corruption Destroyed the corruption inside the Nora valley. Bronze 71.85% of players
• Learned of the ancient past Learned of the ancient past at Maker's End. Bronze 59.08% of players
• Crashed the Eclipse network Infiltrated the Eclipse battle camp and crashed their network. Bronze 54.45% of players
• Discovered the truth Discovered the truth of Zero Dawn. Bronze 53.29% of players
• Broke the siege of All-Mother Defeated the invaders and went inside the sacred mountain. Bronze 52.47% of players
• Recovered a powerful weapon Explored the Mountain That Fell and recovered a powerful weapon. Bronze 51.6% of players
• All allies joined Given Aloy's actions, all possible optional allies joined the defense. Bronze 29.91% of players
• Ended the war machine threat Ended the threat of the ancient war machines. Gold 49.9% of players
• Victorious with the War-Chief Found the Nora War-Chief and defeated the killers in the Ring of Metal. Bronze 68.72% of players
• Saved Meridian from its foe Helped Erend investigate Ersa's fate, and foiled a plot against Meridian. Bronze 55.05% of players
• Aided the defectors Aided the escapes of Uthid and the child king Itamen from the Shadow Carja. Bronze 40.86% of players
• Hunted Redmaw with Talanah Rose through the ranks of the Hunters Lodge and helped Talanah defeat Redmaw. Bronze 38.37% of players
• New Game+ Completed Completed a New Game+ playthrough on any difficulty. Bronze 26.38% of players
• Ultra Hard Completed Completed a New Game+ playthrough on Ultra Hard difficulty. Silver 21.81% of players
• Took the Shaman's Path Survived the Shaman's Path and found Ourea's retreat. Bronze 50.11% of players
• Won the Werak Challenge Challenged Aratak at the Frostfigures and won. Bronze 45.41% of players
• Completed the Second Expedition Successfully assaulted Thunder's Drum. Bronze 43.05% of players
• Conquered the Mountain Drove out the threat within the mountain. Silver 42.13% of players
• Drained the Flood Completely drained the floodwater from inside the Greycatch. Bronze 37.54% of players
• Won Ikrie's Challenge Met Ikrie again at the Snowchants Hunting Ground and took first place in her challenge. Bronze 23.1% of players
• Fully Improved Weapons Acquired the improved versions of three weapons from Varga. Silver 32.39% of players
• All Quests completed Completed all side quests and errands in the Frozen Wilds. Silver 23.84% of players
• All Activities completed Completed the Tallneck, Bandit Camp and Hunting Ground in the Cut. Silver 21.62% of players
• First Spear Modification Applied a modification to your spear. Bronze 41.25% of players
• 5 Dismount Strikes Killed 5 enemies using the Dismount Strike skill. Bronze 22.95% of players
• 5 Machine Types Repaired Used the Machine Repair or Mount Repair skill on 5 different types of machine. Bronze 22.11% of players
• Killed 15 Scorchers Killed 15 Scorcher machines. Bronze 22.79% of players
• Killed 10 Frostclaws Killed 10 Frostclaw machines. Bronze 25.33% of players
• Killed 6 Fireclaws Killed 6 Fireclaw machines. Bronze 28.79% of players
• All Control Towers disabled Disabled all Control Towers by overriding or destroying them. Bronze 32.09% of players
• All Pigments found Found all of the Pigments in the Cut. Bronze 28.44% of players
• All Animal Figurines found Found all of the Animal Figurines in the Cut. Bronze 28.4% of players
• First Bluegleam Trade Traded Bluegleam for a special weapon or outfit. Bronze 43.41% of players
• All Frozen Wilds Skills Learned all of the new skills in the Frozen Wilds. Bronze 37.13% of players
• Reached Level 60 Reached player level 60. Silver 25.79% of players

Space and patches

Space neededAbout 44.6 GB

Update patch01.54

The updates on record for this game.

DLC

The Frozen Wilds expansion is built into the Complete Edition. The rest of the add-ons on the store are free themes, avatars and a language pack.

Playable today

Playable offline todayYes

Single-player only, with no online features.

Online

Online servers runningNo online features

Plays offlineYes

Horizon Zero Dawn is single-player only and has no online play.

Services

Service	Status
Online play	Does not exist

Staff and cast

Staff

Role	Name
Director	Mathijs de Jonge
Producer	Lambert Wolterbeek Muller
Programmer	Michiel van der Leeuw
Artist	Jan-Bart van Beek
Artist	Misja Baas
Writer	Ben McCaw
Writer	Ben Schroder
Writer	Anne Toole
Composer	Joris de Man
Composer	The Flight
Composer	Niels van der Leest
Composer	Jonathan Williams

Credits

Publisher

Sony Interactive Entertainment

Developer

Guerrilla Games

Director

Mathijs de Jonge

Released

2017-12-05

Age rating

ESRB T

Disc ID

CUSA10237

Region

US

Time to beat

about 31 hours