Horizon Forbidden West™ Complete Edition similar games & best alternatives

Horizon Forbidden West™ Complete Edition

PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5 • 2024

Should you play it?

Experience the epic Horizon Forbidden West™ in its entirety with bonus content and the Burning Shores expansion included. The Burning Shores add-on contains additional content for Aloy’s adventure, including new storylines, characters, and experiences in a stunning yet hazardous new area.

What works
  • Beautiful and immersive open world
  • Well-optimized pc port with high performance
  • Engaging story and character development
  • Deep and satisfying combat system
  • Extensive customization and exploration options
Things to keep in mind
  • Some grind and farming required for upgrades
  • Story pacing issues and some weak villain motivations
  • Minor bugs and occasional performance drops in cutscenes
  • Arena mode considered frustrating by some players
  • Some players dislike heavy-handed social themes

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Top picks

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  • Ys: Memories of Celceta

  • Eternal Edge+ Prologue

  • Visions of Mana

  • Horizon Zero Dawn™ Remastered

  • Cubic Odyssey

  • Castlevania Advance Collection

  • Ys I & II Chronicles+
Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

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  • Sonny Legacy Collection

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Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Why this game works” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

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Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers (hidden on purpose).

Horizon Forbidden West™ Complete Edition: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Fellowship, Violence, Survival, Cooperation. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Exploration, Relaxation. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Leadership.

Why this game works

A motivational profile of the game, with the closest similar game for each player motivation.

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