Let me continue my tradition of using this “time between the years” to summarize what happened on The Mane Quest this year, provide some website statistics and share some reflections.
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For a long time, new horse game options for PC and Console players have been few and far between. In Fall 2022 however, our niche genre has gotten a whooping four new releases. Full reviews may be coming at some point in the future, but for now, let’s have a quick look at what each of these games offer:
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With the initial announcement of Horse Tales – Emerald Valley Ranch, publisher Microids revealed that the Limited Edition of the game would include an additional horse breed: the Irish Cob. It is with great pleasure that I get to share a proper first look at the additional horse model with you all today.
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Horse Tales game was exhibited at Gamescom in Cologne in late August, and Microids released a brand new trailer for the game that gives a lot of insight into various of the game’s features such as horse care, building and customization.
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The vast majority of what we call “horse games” are cheaply made for kids. But what if instead, there were horse games made by people who really cared? A look at six work-in-progress horse games in various stages of development, made by people who really like horses and who want this niche to offer more.
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Simone de Rochefort, Senior Video Producer at popular gaming website Polygon, is a certified Horse Girl. Needless to say, I was delighted when she recently asked me to appear in a video about video game horses and why so many games get them wrong.
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Horse Club Adventures 2: Hazelwood Stories will be coming to Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Steam in October 2022. I talked to the game’s producer Stefan Kummer and game designer Daniel Boos, to give you some exclusive details about what to expect from Horse Club Adventures 2: Hazelwood Stories.
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French Publisher Microids and German Developer Aesir Interactive Horse Tales – Emerald Valley Ranch, an equestrian open world adventure. As the project’s creative producer, I’m excited to share our teaser trailer and give you all some exclusive new insights into what to expect from the game.
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I would absolutely love more sites like TMQ who focus on one very specific subject in video games. As a result I was absolutely stoked to find out about Wyverns and Waypoints: A website dedicated to Dragons in Video Games.
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So many of us feel the same way: we remember that one great horse game we played as a kid, having long forgotten about whatever wasn’t good about it. We start to wonder “hey, it’s been years since I played a good horse game, I wonder what’s new in that genre”.
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If you too wish that The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt had more options for horse customization, this new Mod has got you covered: The Stable is a horse customization mod now out in Beta and still being further developed.
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Roblox is a game creation platform that has exploeded in popularity in recent years, especially with kids and teens. A quick search reveals dozens of attempts at user-made horse games in every quality and style imaginable: Two of the more popular options are Horse Valley and Wild Horse Islands.
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Among Us is an online multiplayer game about social deduction, inspired by games like common parlor games like Mafia or Werewolves. For April Fools 2022, it has also become a horse game.
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Solo game developer Mawleen reached out to me to tell me about their game, and I thought I might as well post a quick article about it: Horse Trek - a Long Faced Journey is a fluffy, cozy Dating Sim game where you play as a human and date sentient horses.
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As is becoming tradition, I want to use the opportunity of the year coming to an end to look back upon what happened on The Mane Quest these past twelve months, to share some stats and numbers and to give you all some insight into the life and work behind this website.
And holy crap, what a year it has been.
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Back in July, I was able to announce Tivola’s upcoming mobile horse racing game Wildshade exclusively on The Mane Quest. As of today, the game is already being played by thousands of very enthusiastic players.
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I was interviewed on the subject of horse games and The Mane Quest in general by games writer Hylke Langhout for The Indie Game Website.
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I am absolutely thrilled to share an exclusive game announcement with you: Tivola has been working on a brand new mobile horse game, and here is your TMQ-exclusive first look at it.
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