This is a very fun little follow up to a deep dive article from The Mane Quest about Chariot Racing in Games: Mobile game developer Towering Towers reached out to inform me that the aforementioned article had “struck a chord” with them and that they’ve just published their own Chariot Racing game.

Blackboard Ponies is a 2D Platformer where you play as a pony wreaking havoc on a classroom blackboard, developed by a two person team from Austria. The game’s prototype was originally created as an entry to the Tiny Horse Game Jam #2, a community game jam focused on making small horse games within just a month of work.

Driftborn is a multiplayer fantasy creature racing game coming to Steam for PC. Developer Redstride Studio aims to release a playable demo in 2026 and has been making waves primarily in the horse game spaces on TikTok and Instagram with a bunch of juicy creature animation showcases.

Champions Stable: Equestrian Dynasty is an upcoming simulation strategy game about horse racing. The game aims to provide an in-depth sports simulation along with riding races in first person and being able to ride around an open world for side activities.

Palia is an online multiplayer life sim game that I’ve had a somewhat interested eye on even without the horses, as someone who enjoys cozy life sim gameplay and prettily stylized character designs. It’s now given me an immediately convincing reason to take a closer look: The Royal Highlands Expansion, announced for release on May 12th, will add horses to the game.

PikPok, the New Zealand studio behind Rival Stars Horse Racing, and Mattel, Inc have exciting news for horse game players today: Barbie Horse Ride and Rescue is a brand new horse game coming to mobile devices on June 16th 2026, with a release on PC and Switch 2 to follow in 2027.

Rival Stars Horse Racing is coming to consoles! In a press release today, developer and publisher PikPok announces that their game will be coming to PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Xbox One on April 28, with a Nintendo Switch 2 version set to be coming soon.

The Legend of Khiimori, the Mongolian courier rider game developed by Aesir Interactive and published by Mindscape, releases into Early Access today. I worked on this game as Creative Producer during its early concept phase in 2023 and helped shape the game’s vision very early on.

Steam is currently hosting a themed sale called “Horse Fest”. There are so many new and exciting things happening in horse games right now that I can’t possibly provide in-depth coverage for all of them, but I want to chime in with some recommendations to the best of my knowledge nonetheless!

Kate Gray made a list of the Best Horses on the Nintendo Switch and has consulted me for additional inputs.

I’m publishing a game that’s being developed by two members of the TMQ community and is inspired by my childhood favorite game that nothing ever lived up to in the past 20+ years. Today, we’re launching a free public demo for everyone to try.

Fernhoof Grove: Riding Academy is finally available to wishlist on Steam. I consider it one of the more promising WIP indie projects in the horse game space at the moment, because while I haven’t played it yet, I find that the screenshots and videos shown so far give a rather more tangible impression of what the gameplay mechanics might look like.

In case you missed it, about a year ago an odd game announcement made waves in the horse game community. I have not bought it, nor do I plan to write an actual review, but I did want to put out a quick follow up to give everyone who cares a little bit of closure.

As 2025 comes to an end, I’ll continue the cherished TMQ tradition of sharing numbers, insights, highlights and sappy feelings about my website and my work.

The Tiny Horse Game Jam is a community project that took place for the second time already in November 2025. Game developers get together to create and finish very small horse games over the course of a month.

The Tiny Horse Game Jam is the perfect antidote to beginners’ general tendency to hopelessly overscope when making their own horse game.

Steam’s “Animal Fest” is happening right now, and quite a few horse games are part of it – meaning, a lot of them are on discount. Here’s some tips for what to check out, along with links to my reviews where they exist:

I have very special news to share today: Horses of Hoofprint Bay is a brand new upcoming horse game that’s incredibly special and dear to me for various reasons I’ll tell you all about below. But first of all, here’s the just-released trailer

Horse Racing Manager is a 2D Management Game where you run your own racing stables, breed and train horses, and manage staff. Since its announcement, the project has grown and evolved – adding Harness Racing , Betting, Medical Care for horses and new locations, among other things – and launches into Early Access today!

Roly-Pony is a Suika style puzzle game that you can play in your browser for free on itch.io. It was developed by two TMQ Community members. In true Tiny Horse Game Spirit, the two creators got together for about two weeks to create, finish and release Roly-Pony to the community.

Disney Dreamlight Valley is an adventure life-sim featuring lots of classic and modern Disney characters all the way from Mickey Mouse to Moana. Needless to say that when its publisher Gameloft reached out to me before gamescom with a request to show me something relevant to my interests at the event, I was stoked to take an exclusive look.

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.

Barbie 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.

In 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.

Umamusume: 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™. 

I’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.

As 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.

I 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.

The 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.

After 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. 

Today 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.