Reviews

• gamedeal user

  Jun 18, 2014

  If you are looking for a well rounded horse game, then this is a *very* well rounded horse game. It covers many aspects of horse life that other games do not usually include. These aspects include, but not limited to, horse riding, horse caring (beyond just cleaning and feeding), training, working with multiple horses, breeding and selling said horses, and running a profitable stable yard (where guests can rent your horses). It takes a realistic approach to horses where it can while keeping in perspective that it is still a game. Some of these realities are the fact that your horse does get tired if run for too long, can get stressed, and even sick if not properly taken care of. The in-game books (used for increasing skill levels) are not limited to in-game information, but rather information on the game's aspects in general, such as actual horse care, behavior to be taken when caring for a foal, etc. As far as the technical aspects of the game goes, there are many positives. The graphics are not as realistic as most modern games, however, what it does have is beautiful. The controls are extremely simple, even if the concepts of the game are more for children 8+. The game restricts the player to an "8 hour day" where it will auto-save at the end of said day, so no night rides. I would recommend this game for children 8+ and can go as high as teens to twenties. Definitely a fun, well rounded game for children and adults of all ages.
• gamedeal user

  Dec 5, 2014

  It's not bad. I've played many horse games over the years, and this is one of the best. That said, even the best wasn't that great. It might just be that I'm picky, though. It IS the best horse game currently on Steam, in my opinion. Note that this review is from the POV of an equestrian, and is probably best targeted at someone similar. This is mostly me being picky. Things I like: - I like that you can lead your horse. It takes goddamn forever, but I recently realized I could speed up the game (hotkey 1 to speed up/slow down) while leading my horse or doing other similarly slow tasks to speed them up. - I like the upgrades to the facilities even though it's slightly linear as to what you can do, and when - I like the animations, which are very good compared to many other games with horses in (though not necessarily horse games) - I like the riding activity. I've only got the first field unlocked, but it's nice, and I like that there are bonus points scattered around for you to find. Things I don't like: - You can tell whoever they hired is not totally on the up-and-up on all things horses. This list is primarily going to revolve around that. - Lunging foals that look like they haven't even been weaned? And on tiny circles? If you did that in real life you'd have a broke-ass (and not in the good way) horse within a year. Their joints would just disintegrate (not a technical term) with the stress. - There are only three breeds. Hanoverian, Friesian and Andalusian. Not bad breeds, but who the hell's idea was it to put Friesians in the game? Friesians only come in solid black, in reality. It's kind of their thing. In this game, they can come in any damn colour. NO. NOT RIGHT. WRONG. D: Hanoverians and Andalusians do not come in cream, either. Totally inaccurate. Not even close. They could have improved the realism tenfold just by adding a few more breeds, making them actually look like those breeds, and STICKING TO REALITY. Having a gray (white), palomino or spotty Friesian is the equivalent of having a purple polkadotted pony. It's not possible. - Only being able to gallop over jumps, when in reality you want to NOT speed over jumps, usually. That's how you break legs. - Lack of show jumping or dressage. The best horse game I ever played incorporated all three branches of eventing. Sadly, it lacked in other areas. I have yet to find one that hits every note.
• gamedeal user

  Feb 26, 2020

  this is the best horse game ！
• gamedeal user

  Jul 16, 2014

  I bought this game for my Fiancee who is a real life equestrian and I wanted to get her something for rainy days. She started playing and I was amazed at how excited and happy this game was making her, so I purchased it for myself too. I am usually the kind of guy who plays RPG's and Resident Evil like horror games and so this is really not the kind of game I would usually go for. After 10 minutes of playing though, I was hooked! This is a wonderful game that touches on many aspects of owning a horse in real life, and most of all it relies on teaching you how to manage your time. The horses are animated beautifully, and in my honest opinion the horse models are much better than much recent and bigger budget games like The Elder Scrolls Online, or Lord of the Rings Online. Some of the mini games are very fun to play too, like cleaning the horses hooves or hosing them down. I have found myself addicted to this game in a very short amount of time! I would recommend this game to anyone who has a passing interest in horses, and also to anyone who just simply enjoys simulator style games as the main story mode has you rebuilding your business by training and selling horses. Considering I had never previously heard of this game, nor even the company who made it, I honestly believe that this game deserves a 10/10 for playability and value for money.
• gamedeal user

  Sep 17, 2019

  I have this game on the Wii, however it is called Gallop & Ride, rather than My Riding Stables... but aside from that, I am kinda too old for this game, but I don't care. It's my childhood and I love horses. I really enjoy this game, and I think it is a lot of fun to play. I recommend all horse lovers to give this game a try, it is very interactive, and I feel like there is a lot you can do.
• gamedeal user

  Mar 17, 2022

  I used to play this game on the Wii when I was younger so I get nostalgic feelings when I play this game. Yet, I feel that I should give a full honest review of this game for those looking at playing this game for the first time. Here is my full review. The positives that I found with this game were: - The graphics for the time period and with the budget were pretty good - Free riding on the trails was fun - There were several languages to choose to play this game in within the start menu The negatives that I found with this game: - Cleaning the hooves of the horses was a pain, and I am almost positive there is a better way to do it - This game is more about budgeting than horses.. well budgeting surrounding horses a. What I mean here is that there are things that you can't access until you get to a certain level which is hard to achieve on a first try.. and takes a lot longer than anticipated b. These things include trails for your horses to ride on, which I understand the purchasing of land.. but not being a certain a status. The trails are one of the funnest things in this game, at least make it achievable to ride on all of them without having to climb such a tall metaphorical ladder - To add onto my previous point about budgeting and levels, you need several horses at a certain cleanliness to get a certain level a. Trying to clean 6 or more horses per game day (Including their frustrating hooves), can really make the replayability go down - The replay value of this game was already pretty low, and gets boring/repeats actions at around the 4 to 5 hour mark I really appreciate the hard work that the game developers put into this game, but I cannot recommend this game to any new players looking for a horse simulator. I only continue to play this game because of nostalgia and the warm memories I carry with it.
• gamedeal user

  Jun 26, 2022

  rdr2 aint got shit on this
• gamedeal user

  May 6, 2016

  Love the idea of ithis game. Don't love the actual gameplay so far. Graphics and sound are wonderful but when you start out, you have to train foals in order to earn money. So if you fail at foal training then you can't buy anything. Like horse food. So your starter horse will get hungry and sick. You can't do anything with a sick horse except maybe brush and rename it. You won't be able to afford medicine or a new horse. Plus you won't be able to upgrade anything - which prevents you from being able to try earn income in other ways. If the foal training was a bit easier or if it wasn't the sole source of daily income for a beginner, that would improve theis game a lot. If there were sources of food to be found around the ranch - visit a fruit tree while out riding or add a little match 3 minigame or let us actually farm that garden behind the house or something - that could also be very helpful both in making the game more survivable and making it more fun. Edit: Gave this game a second chance more recently. Made it a little further, after much struggle. Managed to open the horse massage center. Had really, really hoped that it would be more fun and profitable than the foal training. It wasn't. Clients want you to completely finish each massage in under a minute. No wonder their horses are stressed out, huh? So yeah. Unless there are some drastic changes to how income can be earned, am done with this game. As it is... If you'e looking for a challenging time management game that just happens to have a horse theme, maybe this could work for you. But if you were hoping - like me - for more of a "relax, explore and build with your virtual pet" type title, this isn't it.
• gamedeal user

  Jan 21, 2017

  This game is too heavy on the tedium and too lacking in instruction and enjoyment. It expects you to spend WAY too much time cleaning hooves, grooming, walking your horse slowly from place to place, etc. When riding your horse in the field, your horse runs out of energy after just a few minutes - not enough time to get from one side of the field to the other, and when you're finished you need to slowly walk the horse back to its stall, put it away, then walk the saddle back to the saddle rack, then walk back to your house to reset the day. OR you can take the more time consuming option of walking to the feed bin to fill a bucket of feed, walking to the horse's stall to dump it in the horse's feed bucket, walking your empty bucket BACK to the feed bins to put it away, and waiting for your horse to finish eating. It took me WAY too long to figure out how to actually ride my horse. Despite having a "saddle horse" option on the horse's stall, and a "mount" option when you're leading the horse, you have to actually put the horse back in its stall, walk over to the saddle rack, pick up a saddle, walk it to the stall, then you can finally use the saddle horse option. But then you're left leading your horse, not on top of it, and the mount option doesn't work. So you need to walk your horse out of the barn to mount up. The controls are very poorly done as well; the game shows you to click left mouse to move. I assumed that, like most games that use left mouse movement, this meant you click where you want your avatar to walk and spent a minute or two scooting and rotating in place before I realized you need to actually click and hold the left mouse button. When you stop holding the left mouse, you stop moving. This is poor design for accessibility: rough if you happen to have carpal tunnel or a similar condition. I played this game for an hour and a half and wasn't able to complete the first major goal of "achieving a one star rating". Most of my time playing was spent walking back and forth between the various chores the game asks you to do, with none of the quality of life improvements you might expect (such as, for example, putting you on your horse after you saddle, putting your saddle away for you when you dismount, putting your bucket back for you after feeding). If you're really into doing tedious chores - and as a horse owner, I can assure you they are far more tedious in this game than they are in real life - then this game is for you. If you're looking for a game that's actually fun, this isn't it. Even if this game was aiming for high realism, a game needs an element of enjoyment to keep people playing. If you expect users to play for over an hour and a half to get to the part that's supposed to be fun (assuming it exists), you should consider revisiting the design and planning stage.