Released in 2022 as the sequel to Horizon Zero Dawn, Horizon Forbidden West launched to critical acclaim, hailed as one of the best modern open-world games, and as one of the best-looking PS5 games. The premise of this game is that a swarm of robots that went rogue has destroyed the world, leaving a post-apocalyptic landscape in the Western USA for the the game's protagonist, Aloy, to explore. Gameplay follows an open-world format, and players are free to complete quests and explore as they wish.