The Horses Zone

Games featuring horses, riding, ranching, care, racing, or equestrian life.

Latest Standouts

Recent releases that landed well, newest first, filtered to games with enough reviews to trust the score.

Medieval Horse Dealer Simulator - Trade horses, formulate feed, and breed generations of elite stallions, racehorses, draft mounts, war horses, and more. Train, auction, mine, forge, farm, run caravans, build a mercenary force, and deal with powerful lords. Dominate the medieval horse trade.
Sound of Horses - Sound of Horses is a story-driven horseback adventure. Begin your journey in the peaceful Homeland and uncover a world of hidden truths and distant echoes of something greater. Create your own rider and horse, explore an open world on horseback, and start your adventure.
Horse Racing Manager - Manage your own horse racing stables, breed and train future champions. Compete across diverse tracks, balance finances, manage staff, and expand your reach in the world of horse racing. Turn ambition into legacy, one choice at a time.
FoE Remains - Players say: Explore a pony-led post-apocalyptic wasteland, fighting through shifting dungeons with firearms, explosives, magic, and telekinesis. Players like: Weapon And Magic Variety · Flexible Character Builds · Dungeon Exploration ·
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Remains is a hardcore mix of platformer, 2D-shooter and roguelike with RPG elements. Travel around a post-apocalyptic world and explore its various corners, communicate with locals and help them, level up and fight enemies using a vast arsenal of weapons and magic.

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Ranch Simulator: Build, Hunt, Farm - Players say: Restore an inherited ranch by building facilities, raising livestock, farming, hunting, and selling goods alone or with friends. Players like: Co-op Play · Ranch Building · Gradual Progression ·
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Builder. Farmer. Hunter. Trader. Ranching certainly isn’t your average job. Think you have the skills to turn your family’s rundown homestead into the most prosperous ranch in the valley? Then it’s time to head out into the wilderness in this captivating single and multiplayer open-world simulator.

Red Dead Redemption 2 - Players say: As outlaw Arthur Morgan, survive a changing 1899 frontier through gang jobs, gunfights, and free-roaming exploration. Players like: Story and Characters · Living Open World · Immersive Details ·
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Arthur Morgan and the Van der Linde Gang are outlaws on the run. With federal agents and bounty hunters massing on their heels, the gang must rob, steal, and fight their way across the rugged heartland in order to survive.

Battle Brothers - Players say: Lead a mercenary company across a generated medieval world, taking contracts and fighting tactical battles to keep your band alive. Players like: Tactical Battles · Emergent Company Stories · Campaign Replayability ·
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Lead a mercenary company in this tactical RPG set in a medieval fantasy world. Chase fame and fortune as you choose where to go, who to recruit, which contracts to pursue, and how to train and equip your men in a procedurally generated open world campaign.

Hidden Gems

Well-liked but under-played: strong scores, small review counts.

MareQuest: An Interactive Tail - A terrible darkness threatens a world of overwhelmingly adorable mares. Can a new cute mare with amnesia save the world or will she lose more than her memories along the way?
Slaughter Horse 2 - Use deduction, murder and trust your luck to eliminate the town council and rule over the helpless cartoon horses in a twisted strategy RPG.
Pocket Stables - Manage a ranch while training your racehorses to race for a Triple Crown.
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Sep 25, 2022
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The Pony Factory - Players say: Explore Winston’s failed hell-powered pony factory in a dark FPS, swapping between flashlight and gun to fight its creatures. Players like: Dark Visuals and Sound · Brief Horror Campaign · Surprise Attacks ·
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Winston thought he could use heavy machinery and power from the depths of hell to transform sinful men into magic ponies. Winston was wrong.

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Jan 18, 2024
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Nancy Drew®: The Secret of Shadow Ranch - Take a Wild Ride into Terror and Trickery to Rein in a Ghostly Secret!
My Riding Stables: Life with Horses - The Riding Stables at Mill Creek are mere ruins, but you are about to change that: stables, riding hall and guesthouse are being renovated and guests will happily pay for their stay...

Top Rated

Defining examples of the genre, all rated 85%+ across 1,000+ reviews.

Mount & Blade: Warband - Players say: Build a warband in Calradia, fight on foot or horseback, and climb from roaming fighter to ruler through battles and politics. Players like: Open-Ended Freedom · Army Command · Mounted Combat ·
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In a land torn asunder by incessant warfare, it is time to assemble your own band of hardened warriors and enter the fray. Lead your men into battle, expand your realm, and claim the ultimate prize: the throne of Calradia!

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Mar 31, 2010
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Pony Island - Players say: Trapped in a devil-made arcade machine, you jump through pony levels and alter broken code to solve puzzles and find a way out. Players like: Fourth-Wall Tricks · Clever Logic Puzzles · Unexpected Rule Changes ·
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Pony Island is a suspense puzzle game in disguise. You are in limbo, trapped in a malevolent and malfunctioning arcade machine devised by the devil himself. It is not a game about ponies.

Umamusume: Pretty Derby - Players say: Train anime horse-racing stars, shape their abilities through career runs, then watch them compete and perform onstage. Players like: Strategic Training · Character Stories · Race-Day Drama ·
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Umamusume: Pretty Derby, winner of Best Mobile Game at The Game Awards 2025, is ready to race! Scout featured trainees and supporters as you navigate the immersive sports life simulation through the game's in-depth training system and top-of-the-line 3D graphics!

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Jun 24, 2025
94% 👍
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The Ranch of Rivershine - Players say: Build a horse ranch, care for and breed a herd, train for cross-country events, and explore trails around Rivershine. Players like: Horse Breeding · Cute Horse Designs · Relaxing Cozy Play ·
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Saddle up and build your own horse ranch! Raise foals, care for your horses and train them as you explore the countryside. Participate in cross country competitions and become your town's champion! Befriend the villagers who'll help you on your adventure at the Ranch of Rivershine!

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May 23, 2025
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METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN - Players say: As Big Boss rebuilds a private army in 1984, infiltrate open-world missions with stealth, combat, gadgets, and flexible tactics. Players like: Flexible Mission Approaches · Smooth Stealth Controls · Base-Building Progression ·
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Ushering in a new era for the METAL GEAR franchise with cutting-edge technology powered by the Fox Engine, METAL GEAR SOLID V: The Phantom Pain, will provide players a first-rate gaming experience as they are offered tactical freedom to carry out open-world missions.

Rival Stars Horse Racing: Desktop Edition - Players say: Restore a family ranch by breeding and training horses, then race, jump cross-country courses, and explore on horseback. Players like: Horse Models and Animations · Coat and Pattern Variety · Breeding and Horse Creator ·
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With stunning, realistic horses, an in-depth breeding system, and a range of exciting game modes, Rival Stars Horse Racing offers horse fans the ultimate racing and riding experience. Take the reins and become an equestrian legend!

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Jun 24, 2020
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DEEEER Simulator: Your Average Everyday Deer Game - Players say: Roam a small town as a physics-defying deer, stretch your neck, wreck the streets, and draw increasingly strange animal police. Players like: Absurd Humor · Chaotic Physics · Surreal Boss Fights ·
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Put simply, DEEEER Simulator is a “Slow-Life Town Destruction Game”. You can spend your days enjoying a nice, relaxed frolic here and there together with the other animals around town, or you can choose to relieve some stress and absolutely destroy the town and everything in it.

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Nov 23, 2021
92% 👍
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Knightfall: A Daring Journey - Players say: Pair with another knight, drift your horse between towns, fight rival duos, and race to claim the castle’s rose. Players like: Horse Drifting · Fun With Friends · Horseback Gunfights ·
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Two knights, a strong bond, and a long journey. Take up the race for the rose, ride from town to town and take shelter before nightfall by any means necessary! If your bond is strong and your horse drifts well, you can be the recipient of the fabled rose. Luckily you brought guns!

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Apr 1, 2022
89% 👍
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