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Gather up horse game fans, it is time for another announcement roundup. This is where I do a quick rundown of upcoming and recently released games that I want to let you all know about, but don’t have capacity for deep dives and dedicated articles for.
Read MoreBarbie Horse Adventures fans rejoice! There’s going to be a brand new Barbie horse game published by Outright Games and developed by PHL Collective. Mattel announced that Barbie Horse Trails will come to Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Steam) on October 10th 2025.
Read MoreIn an announcement post for Steam Developers on July 31st 2025, Valve revealed its sales and events schedule for the first half of 2026. Among other genre-specific and focused thematic sales Steam announces Horse Fest, taking place from February 19 - 23 next year.
Read MoreThe Ranch of Rivershine stands out among the horse game niche. I’ve followed Rivershine and its creator Éloise Laroche of Cozy Bee Games for years and previously featured them on TMQ on multiple occasion. With the full release now a few weeks back, I sat down with Éloise once more to look back on five years of development, the lessons learned along the way, and of course, to learn what’s next in store for her one woman studio.
Read MoreUmamusume: Pretty Derby is a game about horse girl racing. Yes, you read that right, not horse racing, horse girl racing. The questions of “is this a horse game?” and “will TMQ review it?” have been in the room, so let me take this opportunity to turn the several questions and requests I’ve received about this into Content™.
Read MoreI’m happy to confirm that I’ll once again be attending the devcom and gamescom events in Cologne, Germany this Summer! I’ll be in town 17-22 August 2025, and more than happy to meet up for any horse game related chats.
Read MoreHorse Club Adventures 2 – Hazelwood Stories was developed and published by Wild River Games from Germany and released on Steam, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 and Xbox One in October 2022. With a few years’ delay, let’s finally look into how Horse Club Adventures 2 compares and what it offers.
Read MoreHow To Market A Game is the website and blog of game marketing consultant and strategist Chris Zukowski. This week, Chris’ latest blog post is all about horse games, summarizing some insights into our niche from yours truly. Find and read the full blog post here.
Read MoreAs part of the State of Unreal 2025 event, CD Project Red showed the world exciting new material from their w upcoming fantasy RPG The Witcher 4. The Tech Demo shown at State of Unreal introduces Ciri’s equine companion Kelpie, named after the mythological water horse.
Read MoreI always advise people to “make and finish tiny horse games”.
Well, a bunch of community members have taken this to heart in the best of ways: They organized the first official TMQ Tiny Horse Game Jam: Of the 8 resulting games, several were made by people who had never made a game before, but who now made their small but wonderful debut titles available for all to play.
Read MoreThe Ranch of Rivershine is a standout in the horse game niche for various reasons. I’ve written about the game and talked to developer Éloise Laroche back when the game released its first playable demo in early 2023 and came away with very positive impressions, and from everything I’ve seen, the project has only improved from there. After about two years in Early Access with several game updates and patches, the game has received its final major content updates on May 23rd 2025.
Read MoreEarlier this week I saw someone on Facebook claim that Red Dead Redemption 2 was the first video game to use motion capture for horses. While I was instantly sure that was not in fact true, the question of “What WAS the first video game to use motion capture for horses?” isn’t actually all that easy to answer.
Let’s take a look at what I’ve found:
Read MoreI hope you’ll forgive me for what’s essentially just a “hey look, I’m doing my job!” post, but as it turns out I think my job (i.e. horse game consultation) is really fucking cool and I get to brag about it a little bit sometimes, as a treat.
Read MoreFollowing the announcement of Equinox: Homecoming, Harvey Randall at PC Gamer began to wonder why someone would make a game like that and what is up with the horse game niche in general. Naturally, I was happy to provide some insight.
Read MoreAfter 30 days of campaign and another week of late pledging, the crowdfunding campaign for Windstorm: The Legend of Khiimori by Aesir Interactive has officially closed on Friday, April 11th 2025. The total amount raised ended up at €504 798 from 8889 backers, just unlocking the much asked-for stretch goal “Falconers of Mongolia” that promises giving players an option to hunt with an Eagle.
Read MoreEquinox: Homecoming combines dark mystery with horse-focused gameplay into one of the most promising new game announcements our genre has ever seen. Let’s have a look at the announcement trailer and dive into some juicy behind-the-scenes insight for how this game is getting made and why it took so long for someone to realize this potential.
Read MoreToday we get to look at two recently released horse games that may have flown under your radar.
Both of these games came to my attention because their creators used the TMQ communities to find interested players. They might not fulfill every horse game dream you’ve had, but they’re sure worth a look if you’re willing to try something new and support independent developers at a very affordable price tag.
Read MoreHow do horses live? What does a stable look like? Splendid barn aesthetics are nice to have for humans, but what horses really need are the so-called three Fs: Friends, Forage and Freedom. Today I want to have a look at what meeting those needs looks like and how horse-focused media can play an important role in education and normalization when it comes to the question of “What should a cool, fancy, high quality stable look like?”
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