Schleich and Wild River Games announce Horse Club Adventures for PC and Consoles

Toy model manufacturer Schleich has partnered with Wild River Games to announce a horse-themed open world adventure game for PC and Consoles. Let’s have a look at the announcement trailer, the already existing mobile game of (almost) the same name, and what to expect from the game.

Horse Mechanics in Harvest Days – Decent Animations and Features, Inaccurate Terminology

Harvest Days is an upcoming farming simulation indie game which promises somewhat extensive horse features In their latest dev log video, the team reveals details about the horse mechanics and unfortunately… let’s say it’s a mixed bag.

newsAlice RuppertMarch 12, 2021harvest days, upcoming, pc horse game, indie game, indiedevComment

New Features in Rival Stars: Quick Ride, Horse Types, Jumping Stats

When I reviewed Rival Stars Horse Racing for the release of its Desktop Edition in June 2020, I already came away with a fairly positive view on it. I certainly did not expect the game’s scope to significantly expand beyond Racing. But as it turns out, PikPok games will be doing its best to make a lot of horse game fans very happy in the near future

newsAlice RuppertMarch 5, 2021rival stars horse racing, rival stars, rival stars mobile, upcomingComment

Dissension – A Pixel Art Adventure about a Medieval Spy and her Mare named Pumpkin

I came across a lovely looking adventure game: Dissension tells the story of an Imperial spy sent onto a dangerous undercover mission. Naturally, I reached out to the developer Disguised Games to get a bit more information about how this cute indie game will tackle its horse content.

newsAlice RuppertFebruary 12, 2021dissension, pixel art, indie game, indiedev, upcoming, pc horse game, dev interviewComment

The Horse Game Database: A TMQ Community Project calls for Contributors

Let’s face it: Horse Games can be very confusing. Over on wiki.themanequest.com, some of our community members have been creating pages, and categories with a lot of information and screenshots of dozens of different horse games, all in an attempt to help people find the games they’re looking for.

newsAlice RuppertFebruary 7, 2021wiki, horse game database, tmq communities, tmqComment

Game Announcement: Spirit Lucky’s Big Adventure is coming to Consoles and PC in Summer 2021

Dreamworks and Outright Games have announced a new video game based on the Spirit: Riding Free TV show and it’s upcoming feature film adaptation, Spirit Untamed. Spirit Lucky’s Big Adventure will be released on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and in the digital PC market.

Yearly Review & Stats — How far we’ve come on our Mane Quest

As the year draws to a close, I want to take the opportunity to share some site stats and insights as well as a bit of self-indulgent rambling on this website and what it means to me. So let’s catch up: what has The Mane Quest been up to in 2020?

newsAlice RuppertDecember 26, 2020tmq, tmq communities, community, stats, yearly review Comments

Must-Read: Polygon Analyzes Assassin's Creed Horses with an Expert of Equine History

Polygon writer Simone de Rochefort and Horse Historian Professor Donna Landry take a close look at the horses in the Assassin’s Creed games: The recent titles Origins, Odyssey and Valhalla all use the same horse model regardless of their vastly different settings and cultural context.

newsAlice RuppertNovember 14, 2020recommendation, polygonComment

[UPDATED] My Riding Stables 2: A New Adventure Announced for PS4 and Switch

My Riding Stables 2: A New Adventure is scheduled to release this year (exact dates vary) on Playstation 4 and Nintendo Switch. Thanks to a chat with RokaPublish Managing Director Robert Kaiser, I’ve been able to learn a bit more about the project than is currently publicly available.

Red Dead Online Players are organizing Charity Rides to Fundraise for Cancer Research

We’ve written about Red Dead Online and its active Trail Riding communities before. Some people take this positive energy one step further: and organize special Charity rides where they raise funds for various organizations in the process. One such ride takes place next Sunday!

newsAlice RuppertOctober 3, 2020rdo, red dead redemption 2, red dead, trail ridesComment

Star Stable Online announces Mobile version, Closed Beta opening soon

In a live stream, Star Stable announced that their popular horse-based MMORPG will soon come to the small screen. The mobile port promises cross-platform play between mobile users and PC/Mac players, so you can seamlessly hop from one platform to the other depending on where you are.

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[REDACTED] TMQ wants YOU to write your own Horse Game Article for the upcoming Community Section!

My dear horse game fans and lovely readers, I hope you will join me on a little experiement: I want to launch a new section on this website where other horse game enthusiasts can contribute articles. Send me your pitches now!

newsAlice RuppertSeptember 11, 2020community, tmq, community article ctaComment

PROJECT D – A Multiplayer Survival Game that lets you Explore a Post-Apocalyptic World on Horseback

PROJECT D: Human Risen is an open world survival game, currently in development by Indonesian studio Cat Games and scheduled for a 2020 Early Access release according to its Steam page.

newsAlice RuppertAugust 17, 2020project d, early access, survival game, game with horsesComment

Second Life Quadrille: Modders and Equestrians unite for Elaborate Dressage Performances

Second Life is a social online simulation, a virtual world where you can do just about anything. Thanks to active content producers and TMQ community members Teager and Monstaar, I get the occasional insight into this fascinating niche.

This is what it can look like when a group of motivated equestrian Second Life players gets practicing.

newsAlice RuppertAugust 7, 2020second life, sl, teeglepet, monstaarComment

The Best Horse Games to play on PC and Console in 2020 (Original)

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”.

newsAlice RuppertJuly 10, 2020best horse games on pc, good horse games, tmq, listicle, best horse games 2020, best of listComment

A Sneak Peek at “Rewrite: Fantasy” – An Upcoming Mobile RPG with Elaborate Horse Features

Rewrite: Fantasy is an adventure role-playing game coming to iOS and Android in Summer 2020. The game features a 2D side-scrolling overworld, a character driven story, and a turn-based battle system. And horses!

The TMQ Community Draws! From #BellaSaraMay to #Junicorn and beyond!

If you follow some artists on social media, you will no doubt have heard of one or the other monthly drawing challenge: from Inktober to Mermay, various such community events have popped up over the years.

In May and June, several TMQ community members — including yours truly — participated in two horse-oriented drawing marathons.

newsAlice RuppertJuly 3, 2020art, art showcase, junicorn, drawing, painting, community, tmq, bella sara, bellasaramayComment

Rival Stars Horse Racing comes to PC and Mac next Month

New Zealand based games publisher PikPok has announced a desktop version of their popular mobile game Rival Stars Horse Racing.

Rival Stars Horse Racing: Desktop Edition is scheduled to launch on Steam on June 24th 2020 and will be available for Mac and PC. The game’s description claims it has been “graphically enhanced for desktop”.

newsAlice RuppertMay 29, 2020rival stars, phar lap, hrc, new horse games, new releaseComment