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* ImprobableSelfMaintenance: Despite humanity being reverted to hunter-gatherers, you won't find any with dirt, grime, or the like sticking to them. Facepaint and tribal tatoos, sure, but not the natural detritus of such an outdoorsy lifestyle.
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* BeliefMakesYouStupid: A recurring theme throughout the series, although it's most prevalent in the first game.
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* BeliefMakesYouStupid: A recurring theme throughout the series, although it's most prevalent in the first game. Most of the religious people that Aloy comes across in ''Zero Dawn'' are intolerant fanatics [[CargoCult unknowingly worshipping man-made creations from thousands of years ago]] that react with extreme indignance at the idea that they might be wrong in their zealotry. Aloy is especially scarred in this regard by the Nora ruling caste, as [[TheExile they shunned her as an outcast for most of her life and treated her with disdain]] before suddenly pulling a 180 the moment she arbitrarily fulfilled a prophecy of theirs about being able to open a door.
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* FantasticRacism: The closest equivalent in ''Horizon's'' setting to "race" is tribal affiliation, as each tribe is roughly identical in terms of phenotypical diversity. That doesn't make prejudice on those grounds any less prevalent.
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* FantasticRacism: The closest equivalent in ''Horizon's'' setting to "race" is tribal affiliation, as each tribe is roughly identical in terms of phenotypical diversity. That doesn't make prejudice on those grounds any less prevalent. The Carja and Quen in particular regard other tribes as "lesser" and "backward" due to them having less cultural (in the case of the Carja) and scientific (in the case of the Quen) advancement.
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* BarbarianHero: Aloy is a member of the Nora tribe, who are the most isolated and primitivist society seen in the game. Naturally, every other person from a different tribe she comes across views her as this.
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* BarbarianHero: Aloy is a member of the Nora tribe, tribe by proxy, who are the most isolated notoriously isolationist and primitivist society seen in the game. Luddite. Naturally, every other person from a different tribe she comes across views her as this.this.
* BeliefMakesYouStupid: A recurring theme throughout the series, although it's most prevalent in the first game.
* BeliefMakesYouStupid: A recurring theme throughout the series, although it's most prevalent in the first game.
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* FantasyKitchenSink: The series is essentially every PulpMagazine trope amalgamated into one setting for your convenience. There are ruins of a mysterious civilization beneath the earth. There are brawny tundra barbarians with brutal rites of passage. There are indolent nobles jockeying for power. There are vast deserts filled with cows and lonely towering mesas. There are steamy jungles filled with mad cultists. There are bands of mercenaries. There are exotic femme fatales spying for king and country. There are blood sacrifices. There are Epic Heroes inexplicably better than normal men at everything. There are elaborate clifftop cities. There are shirtless men and [[NubileSavage oddly-scantily-clad women]]. There are intrepid archaeologists and big game hunters. There are savage pirates on tropical paradise islands. There is at least ''one'' child [[{{Wuxia}} who trained on a mountain for years to fulfill their mystically-charged destiny]]. And that's not even mentioning any of the pulp sci fi elements blended in for good measure: killer robots [[spoiler:that TurnedAgainstTheirMasters]], the long looming shadow of {{Precursors}}, glowing holographic InstantRunes... And the franchise is only broadening as time goes on.
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* FantasyKitchenSink: The series is essentially every PulpMagazine trope amalgamated into one setting for your convenience. There are ruins of a mysterious civilization beneath the earth. There are brawny tundra barbarians with brutal rites of passage. There are indolent nobles jockeying for power. There are vast deserts filled with cows and lonely towering mesas. There are steamy jungles filled with mad cultists. There are bands of mercenaries. There are exotic femme fatales spying for king and country. There are blood sacrifices. There are Epic Heroes inexplicably better than normal men at everything. There are elaborate clifftop cities. There are shirtless men and [[NubileSavage oddly-scantily-clad women]]. There are intrepid archaeologists and big game hunters. There are savage pirates on tropical paradise islands. There is at least ''one'' child [[{{Wuxia}} who trained on a mountain for years to fulfill their mystically-charged destiny]]. And that's not even mentioning any of the pulp sci fi sci-fi elements blended in for good measure: killer robots [[spoiler:that TurnedAgainstTheirMasters]], the long looming shadow of {{Precursors}}, glowing holographic InstantRunes... And the franchise is only broadening as time goes on.on.
* FantasticRacism: The closest equivalent in ''Horizon's'' setting to "race" is tribal affiliation, as each tribe is roughly identical in terms of phenotypical diversity. That doesn't make prejudice on those grounds any less prevalent.
* FantasticRacism: The closest equivalent in ''Horizon's'' setting to "race" is tribal affiliation, as each tribe is roughly identical in terms of phenotypical diversity. That doesn't make prejudice on those grounds any less prevalent.
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* ProudWarriorRace: The Tenakth fit this to a T, being a culture where martial prowess and strength is valued above all else and much of their society features ritualized TrialByCombat. It's later revealed that this is because [[spoiler:[[AllHailTheGreatGodMickey The pillars of their culture are extracted from heavily corrupted presentations at the ancient military museum that makes up the Memorial Grove, their most holy site and seat of power for the Chief, which honors a squadron of fighter pilots who fought in a 21st century conflict called the Hot Zone Crisis]]]]. Aloy is instantly able to earn their respect by defeating Regalla's champion, and only proceeds to further convince them that she's a LivingLegend over the course of ''Forbidden West'' with her feats.
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* CapitalismIsBad: ''[[ExaggeratedTrope Hoboy]]''. Given that the entire overarching plot of the series is built upon the predicate of [[TheElitesJumpShip the unfathomably rich elite fleeing the world's problems instead of trying to fix them]] or [[FromBadToWorse actively making them worse in the process]] through [[TooDumbToLive their own stupidity]], this is a pervasive recurring theme throughout every game. Special standouts go to trillionaire mogul and GreaterScopeVillain Ted Faro, who caused a GreyGoo scenario to play out through his own incompetence and then doomed humanity to be sent back to the pre-industrial age by wiping out the cumulative records of all human civilization just so that he wouldn't be remembered as the villain ([[{{Jerkass}} and asshole]]) that he was, and the HowardHughesHomage Walter Londra from ''Burning Shores'', who [[spoiler:essentially grooms a large number of Quen into creating a cult of personality around himself and [[AGodAmI planned to create a society where he was effectively a living god surrounded by brainwashed sycophants]]]].
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* CapitalismIsBad: ''[[ExaggeratedTrope Hoboy]]''. Given that the entire overarching plot of the series is built upon the predicate of [[TheElitesJumpShip the unfathomably rich elite fleeing the world's problems instead of trying to fix them]] or [[FromBadToWorse actively making them worse in the process]] through [[TooDumbToLive their own stupidity]], this is a pervasive recurring theme throughout every game. Special standouts go to trillionaire TechBro mogul and GreaterScopeVillain Ted Faro, who caused a GreyGoo scenario to play out through his own incompetence and then doomed humanity to be sent back to the pre-industrial age by wiping out the cumulative records of all human civilization just so that he wouldn't be remembered as the villain ([[{{Jerkass}} and asshole]]) that he was, and the HowardHughesHomage Walter Londra from ''Burning Shores'', who [[spoiler:essentially grooms a large number of Quen into creating a cult of personality around himself and [[AGodAmI planned to create a society where he was effectively a living god surrounded by brainwashed sycophants]]]].
* CitadelCity: The HolyCity of Meridian is the seat of power of the [[SternSunWorshippers Carja Sundom]] because it's built on top of and partially inside a mountain which towers over the surrounding landscape and is only accessible by elevator and a single road leading in, making it nearly impenetrable to a ground assault. Of course that doesn't stop [[spoiler:Dervahl from trying to assail it with [[AirborneMook Glinthawks]] or the Eclipse from using their army of Deathbringers as long-range artillery against it]].
* ProudIndustriousRace: The Oseram are an entire tribe of [[TheBlacksmith Blacksmiths]] who are experts at repurposing Machine scrap and turning them into strong armor or impressive machines. Compared to the rest of the iron-age North American tribes, the Oseram are more like a pre-industrial society that are on the verge of rediscovering the steam engine, which makes them very popular as both mercenaries and weapons contractors (The Carja Sun-King's PraetorianGuard is even made up of crack Oseram warriors). In one quest in ''Zero Dawn'', Aloy even helps an Oseram woman named Petra invent what is essentially a [[{{BFG}} rapid-fire mortar cannon]] out of repurposed machine parts before the world has even reinvented ''gunpowder''.
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* ScienceFantasy: Downplayed, as the series doesn't really have "magical" or fantastic elements, but it's soft enough of ScienceFiction that it manages to feel like SwordAndSorcery with robots and A.I. instead of fantasy beasts and gods.
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* ScienceFantasy: Downplayed, as the series doesn't really have "magical" or fantastic elements, but it's soft enough of ScienceFiction that it manages to feel like SwordAndSorcery with robots and A.I. instead of fantasy beasts and gods.gods.
* SternSunWorshippers: The Carja tribe combine this trope with {{Mayincatec}}. They're highly nationalistic and patriarchal sun-worshippers who, under their previous "Sun-King", practiced mass slavery and HumanSacrifice before LaResistance (including many heroic Carja and the crown prince) overthrew the government and started improving things. Unusually for the trope, not all Carja have white skin (because all ''Horizon'' tribes are a redistribution of old-world races and ethnicities), and they accept transgender rights (if Warden Janeva's authority is any indication).
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* SternSunWorshippers: The Carja tribe combine this trope with {{Mayincatec}}. They're highly nationalistic and patriarchal sun-worshippers who, under their previous "Sun-King", practiced mass slavery and HumanSacrifice before LaResistance (including many heroic Carja and the crown prince) overthrew the government and started improving things. Unusually for the trope, not all Carja have white skin (because all ''Horizon'' tribes are a redistribution of old-world races and ethnicities), and they accept transgender rights (if Warden Janeva's authority is any indication).
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** ''The Frozen Wilds'' DLC (2017)
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** ''Burning Shores'' DLC (2023)
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* CapitalismIsBad: ''[[ExaggeratedTrope Hoboy]]''. Given that the entire overarching plot of the series is built upon the predicate of [[TheElitesJumpShip the unfathomably rich elite fleeing the world's problems instead of trying to fix them]] or [[FromBadToWorse actively making them worse in the process]], this is a pervasive recurring theme throughout every game. Special standouts go to trillionaire mogul and GreaterScopeVillain Ted Faro, who caused a GreyGoo scenario to play out through his own incompetence and then doomed humanity to be sent back to the pre-industrial age by wiping out the cumulative records of all human civilization just so that he wouldn't be remembered as the villain ([[{{Jerkass}} and asshole]]) that he was, and the HowardHughesHomage Walter Londra from ''Burning Shores'', who [[spoiler:essentially grooms a large number of Quen into creating a cult of personality around himself and [[AGodAmI planned to create a society where he was effectively a living god surrounded by brainwashed sycophants]]]].
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* CapitalismIsBad: ''[[ExaggeratedTrope Hoboy]]''. Given that the entire overarching plot of the series is built upon the predicate of [[TheElitesJumpShip the unfathomably rich elite fleeing the world's problems instead of trying to fix them]] or [[FromBadToWorse actively making them worse in the process]], process]] through [[TooDumbToLive their own stupidity]], this is a pervasive recurring theme throughout every game. Special standouts go to trillionaire mogul and GreaterScopeVillain Ted Faro, who caused a GreyGoo scenario to play out through his own incompetence and then doomed humanity to be sent back to the pre-industrial age by wiping out the cumulative records of all human civilization just so that he wouldn't be remembered as the villain ([[{{Jerkass}} and asshole]]) that he was, and the HowardHughesHomage Walter Londra from ''Burning Shores'', who [[spoiler:essentially grooms a large number of Quen into creating a cult of personality around himself and [[AGodAmI planned to create a society where he was effectively a living god surrounded by brainwashed sycophants]]]].
