Guerrilla Games' Horizon series is one of the more recent Sony exclusive franchises that achieved great success and now counts among PlayStation's best and highest rated single-player experiences. With 2017's Horizon: Zero Dawn and the 2022 sequel Horizon: Forbidden West, players were introduced to a "post-post-apocalyptic" world that was very different from most other games with the same framework. Instead of the usual fare of drab blasted out wastelands, the Horizon titles were set in a lush recreation of portions of the Mid and Western United States. Their areas were more visually and impressively vibrant compared to their contemporaries, and thus stood out among them.