In a primitive tribal world where strange, monstrous, animalistic machines roam the wilderness, a brave young female warrior goes on a quest to learn the truth about her mysterious origin and the state the world is in. Centuries after the fall of civilization caused by the rise of predatory machines, a young woman named Aloy, an orphan lovingly raised by an outcast from his tribe, roams the harsh wilderness to discover what caused the catastrophic apocalypse, and seek the answers to her past.