Rival Stars Horse Racing: Desktop Edition

The horse girlies have it rough with one of the better games being a phone port that is being shown no love by the developers.

Not a fan. Always the same things to do again and again.

I wish horses were real.

Bought this after getting so tired of all the microtransactions necessary to be competitive for the mobile app version, and I wish I had done it way sooner! Loving that all the new features eventually come across to this version as well so I literally haven't touched the mobile version since. Makes breeding for the perfect combo of stats and colour actually exciting and challenging rather than frustrating and a waste of time and money like it is on the mobile one. I do wish it had the same weekly competitive races with rewards like the mobile one does so I'd feel more compelled to play it regularly, but overall I find its absolutely better than the mobile one regardless.

Pros : -Great graphics Cons: - FLAT GAMEPLAY thought for mobile, close to a point and click, no interractions, feels souless - Absolutely NOT OPTIMISED, the only times you can control your horse (cross) it runs at 15 fps and I have a good pc! - NEVER UPDATED, the team privileges the mobile version so they get the updates, we don't! - Progression is really NOT REWARDING you spend time levelling up only to earn an unsignificant item (useful on mobile not desktop) - EXPENSIVE, got the game on sale and still think I paid too much. - SHORT, once every story quest is complete you are left with nothing interesting to do Don't get it or at least at full price since it's definitly not worth it! Horses are pretty but that's all of it!

Devs have stated there will be no updates in 2026, despite updates to mobile of course (and it coming to consoles). Overall a fun game to have on while watching TV. It is nice it doesn't have the mtx of its mobile version (which I would never play). However, the delay between updates and now an actual cessation of them make it impossible to rec this game.

A lot more fun than the mobile version, although to my understanding doesn't get as many events nor updated as frequently. Still worth the purchase for entertainment if you want a horse game with good quality graphics and animations + several activities to keep you occupied. There is still room for improvement but the game has come a long way :)

I bought the PC version because I find it hard to play games on my phone. I thought the PC version would continue to get the same updates that the mobile version does but recently they are making it seem as if they will not be updating the PC version. Bummed out, but it isn't worth the price for a game you will never get all the features for. If you don't care about all that- it's a decent game on PC & still enjoyable.