5 Games like Horizon Zero Dawn on Mobile that you should try

What brings it close to Horizon Zero Dawn is strong narrative focus, melee combat and a sci-fi setting, and the two track each other on genre, combat and game mode. To that it adds single-player focus and a third-person camera. They part company on setting and tone: this one brings dark, oppressive atmosphere and fantasy world.

Matches like this one are rare: it meets Horizon Zero Dawn on genre, combat and game mode. The common ground extends to exploration and discovery, and single-player focus. Where the two diverge is setting and tone: dark, oppressive atmosphere and historical setting.

The thread back to Horizon Zero Dawn runs through a sci-fi setting, single-player focus and a third-person camera. Where the two diverge is setting: fantasy world.

It shares the essentials of what Horizon Zero Dawn does: strong narrative focus, open world exploration and stealth mechanics. The common ground extends to exploration and discovery, and single-player focus. Where the two diverge is setting: a space setting.

If Horizon Zero Dawn worked for you because of strong narrative focus, melee combat and a sci-fi setting, the same is here. Both also lean on a third-person camera and single-player focus. The distance is in setting — its own ground is a space setting.