Aloy is a fictional character and the protagonist of the Horizon video game franchise, developed by Guerrilla Games. She first appears in Horizon Zero Dawn (2017) and returns in its sequel Horizon Forbidden West (2022). The narrative of the games takes place in a post-apocalyptic 31st-century United States. Aloy is a skilled huntress who uses tactical intelligence and tribal weaponry to survive in a world that has been reclaimed by nature and overrun by hostile machines. She is raised as an outcast and embarks on a journey to discover her origins. She learns she is a genetic clone of 21st-century scientist Dr. Elisabet Sobeck, created by a benevolent artificial intelligence to restore Earth's failing terraforming systems and prevent a second mass extinction. Throughout the series, she grows from an isolated outcast pressured to live up to Sobeck's legacy, into a leader who embraces a "found family", including her clone sister Beta.