The Horizon games are vastly successful, but do they deserve more recognition? This is my first ever video essay - hope you like it! You can support this channel at   / gaminginthewild  . Thanks for watching!

Editorial note: someone pointed out that I misremembered a detail about Gaia's initial task. I acknowledge the error, but hid their comment because it had no spoiler warning.

Music by Musictown, Syouki Takahashi, and Yevhenii Kovalenko and provided by Pixabay.

00:00 Intro
00:28 Release & critical reception
02:41 (Spoilers!) The story of HZD
07:38 Conclusion & Outro