Charming hand-drawn art, no AI
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“The handdrawn art style is absolutely gorgeous and feels so fresh and unique.”
Steam review · 5.9 h played ↗
Horses of Hoofprint Bay
Worth buying? What 151 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 151 Steam reviews actually say.
Overwhelmingly PositiveOverwhelmingly Positive · 99%Thogli Studios2026Management · Point & Click · Simulation
−15%$26.99$22.94
US Steam price, checked 51 min ago
The verdict
A charming hand-drawn cozy horse sim with breeding, training, boarding and competitions, echoing early-2000s horse games. Skip it if you dislike repetitive grind.
Great for
Horse lovers and fans of cozy management games or old-school Mein Pferdehof-style horse games
Main risk
Repetitive grind and slow money may wear thin, especially at the price
What players love
Cozy, relaxing and addictive gameplay loop
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“it's the perfect de-stress game, where i can just turn my brain off a bit and play with adorably drawn horses and their many babies”
Steam review · 10.1 h played ↗
Nostalgic successor to childhood horse games
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“This game is pure old-school nostalgia.”
Steam review · 5 h played ↗
Deep, realistic breeding and horse care
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“The horses have clear and established gaits, traits and personalities”
Steam review · 2 h played ↗
Adjustable difficulty and accessibility
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 positive reviews
“There are lots of options to make the game easier or adjust it to possible handicaps, like auto-jump.”
Steam review · 1.5 h played ↗
Runs smoothly and bug-free
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 positive reviews
“Full release on day one, runs super smooth, i found no bugs, great gameplay loop.”
Steam review · 2 h played ↗
What players complain about
Repetitive grind
Mentioned in ~9 in 10 negative reviews
“It becomes extremely repetitive sooner than later and it's hard to earn money so you'll have to keep grinding it.”
Steam review · 4 h played ↗
Too expensive for the content
Mentioned in ~9 in 10 negative reviews
“But for this price??? Ugh.”
Steam review · 4 h played ↗
Minimal customization options
Mentioned in ~9 in 10 negative reviews
“I expected to have at least some fun with customization (clothes/horse gear) but it's bare minimum - almost none of that.”
Steam review · 4 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable
Minimum
OSWindows 10 version 21H1 (build 19043) or newer
Processorx86, x64 architecture with SSE2 instruction set support, Arm64
OSWindows 10 version 21H1 (build 19043) or newer
Processorx86, x64 architecture with SSE2 instruction set support, Arm64
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