Gripping story and lore
Mentioned in ~3 in 5 positive reviews
“It's rare to see an open-world game, where the story is the most interesting part.”
Steam review · 158.5 h played ↗
Horizon Zero Dawn™ Complete Edition
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 88%Very Positive · 88%Guerrilla2020Adventure · RPG · Action
The verdict
Gorgeous open-world action RPG with tactical robot-dinosaur hunting and a gripping mystery story. Skip it if repetitive open-world checklists and weak side quests bother you.
Great for
Story-driven players who enjoy tactical machine hunting and beautiful open worlds
Main risk
The open-world loop and side quests get repetitive and boring after the first hours
What changed in the last 30 days
60 recent reviews
Recent negatives cite repetitive gameplay, boring side quests, inventory limits and a controller that stopped working. Reasons are scattered, so confidence is low.
60 recent reviews
What players love
Stunning visuals and open world
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“the open world of Zero Dawn is incredibly beautiful, and packed to the brim with detail.”
Steam review · 131.6 h played ↗
Tactical machine combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Fighting the machine monsters is a thrilling tactical puzzle.”
Steam review · 12.1 h played ↗
What players complain about
Repetitive, boring gameplay loop
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“the gameplay gets repetitive even at the beginning and the side quests are boring.”
Steam review · 38.5 h played ↗
Weak story and bland characters
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“The story is boring as hell and horribly predictable”
Steam review · 6.9 h played ↗
Protest over Sony PC policy
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“I, in good conciense, can't recommend a PlayStation published PC title, now matter how good it is.”
Steam review · 75.1 h played ↗
Ubisoft-style collectible checklist
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“it loses a lot by trying to adopt the Ubisoft-slop style game loop, with mindless collectables all over the map.”
Steam review · 44.5 h played ↗
Crashes and unstable PC port
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 negative reviews
“crashes a lot when you try to load or fast travel.”
Steam review · 118.6 h played ↗
Limited inventory and no save anywhere
Mentioned in ~1 in 30 negative reviews
“You need materials for everything but they wont give you enough inventory space for anything.”
Steam review · 33 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support100 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10 64-bits
ProcessorIntel Core [email protected] or AMD FX [email protected]
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GeForce GTX 780 (3 GB) or AMD Radeon R9 290 (4GB)
Storage100 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10 64-bits
ProcessorIntel Core [email protected] or Ryzen 5 [email protected]
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GeForce GTX 1060 (6 GB) or AMD Radeon RX 580 (8GB)
Storage100 GB available space
OSWindows 10 64-bits
ProcessorIntel Core [email protected] or AMD FX [email protected]
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GeForce GTX 780 (3 GB) or AMD Radeon R9 290 (4GB)
Storage100 GB available space
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