Aloy's First Same-Sex Kiss in Horizon Forbidden West

The Burning Shores DLC for Horizon Forbidden West has revealed that protagonist Aloy is queer and gives players the option to enter a romantic relationship for the first time in the series, with a woman named Seyka. The DLC sends Aloy to Horizon’s post-apocalyptic take on Los Angeles, where she meets Seyka and ropes her into her quest to save the world from the space-faring Nemesis machines. The two bond over feeling disenfranchised from their homes, the incoming apocalypse, and finding hope in a seemingly hopeless situation. The DLC makes it clear that Aloy is queer, and the romance with Seyka is optional but framed in a way that doesn't deny Aloy's queerness.