The player plays as a rookie county

sheriff and a team of sheriffs assigned to Hope County to arrest the leader of Eden's Gate, "Holy Father" Joseph Sider.
Joseph Sid was attacked during the flight out of Hope County. After this, Joseph Sider escaped and his men arrested the Sheriff and others, while the Sheriff escaped and was saved by the residents of Hope County who were resisting the movement. In this armed conflict between Eden's Gate and the resistance, players must help the people of Hope County fight the Order to reclaim Hope County. [3]