The Ranch of Rivershine

I love my ponies!

Genuinely one of my favorite games! There's simplistic horse maintenance (that won't be all you're doing like some games), interesting side characters, plenty of competitive events/races, and horse breeding so you can breed for your ideal horse. This is one of the few games I would recommend buying regardless of it being on sale or not (it's worth full price!). Had no issues running it on my computer. A nice game you can return to and easily pick up where you left off.

As of reviewing this game I have played (for me) a nearly alarming 213 hours. I have found this game to be fun and easy to return to. I love the genetics that have been lovingly programed into this game. ~The artwork for the horses is absolutely adorable. ~There is enough variation between the facial and body structures of the horses that you don't always feel every horse is just a different color of itself on repeat. ~When I tell you the foals are so cute... ~I do feel like the racing challenges are actually a challenge, even with maxed out horses at the expert level race. And look, I will admit there are somethings that still need work, at this point it feels like the devs are still interested in the game and updates have pretty steady. This is so much more than I can say for other games similar in nature to this one. So many times I'll play a fun horse game that has SO much potential only for the devs to give up and dip for a different project. The devs of this game feel actively involved in quality of life as well as interest pulling updates at a decent rate. And honestly, I'll keep coming back to this game just because of that alone.

The best horse game on the market. Very cozy, relaxing game. I like realism in caretaking of horses, despite it's style of models and graphics overall, horses behave like real ones: traits, pregnancy, cute foals which follow their mother, wild horses. I'm in love with characters as well, we do indeed need more storylines, dialogues, and romance (optional, but damn I want to be with Shin, he's such a cute boy). All of cons is grind and lack of content in general, but let's remember it's a game of one person, and grid is very common for horse games, sadly. I just take it as relaxing process, and don't mind it very much. Tho, I think there's a lot what can be added (like more avatar model variety and styles, side activities like fishing or collecting bags, etc); Game's definitely worth the price, especially if you look for diversity (my god, I'm STARVING for gender neutral horse games), full made game without microtransactions, and just warm and relaxing atmosphere. All love and luck for a game and the developer!

Beautiful, cozy horse game.

игра великолепная. для бедолаг, которым надо отвлечься и подумать только о красивых лошадках, красивых нпс и красивых водопадиках - самое то начинала играть чисто из-за того, что хотела виртуально поухаживать за лошадками и построить империю с самыми красивыми лошадьми в мире, но потом... оказалось... что игру я точно не отпущу ближайшие несколько лет... своими механиками игрулька уходит в стардьюшный жанр: выращивание растений, исследование карты, чилловые квесты с милейшими нпсшками и любование живописными пейзажами каждой новой локации. есть к тому же очевиднейший плюс - игра пытается завалить тебя деньгами, чтобы ты мог спокойненько позволить себе всё, что конкретно сейчас "горит". как минимум, выкупать проход на каждую новую локацию мне удавалось ровно в день принятия квеста, так ещё и с денежными бонусами от заинтересованных героев. но минус - по темпу игрушка медленнее, чем стардью, и за эти 7 часов игры я успела отыграть только 2 недели первого месяца. скорее всего, в настройках есть подкрутка этого параметра, которую я просто поленилась потрогать или не запомнила есть несколько вещей, которые не хватает игре лично на мой вкус: 1. вместо карты в инвентаре хотелось бы видеть мини-карту в уголочке. мне и моим кентам с топографическим кретинизмом очень тяжело ориентироваться без возможности видеть куда именно ты бежишь, а открывать каждую минуту карту ради этого... ... . ну. ... очень не хочется.... 2. не только разные масти лошадей, но и ПОРОДЫ. прям ПОРОДЫ. умоляю пожалуйста умоляю я очень хочу ахалтекинскую яя люблю ахалтекинскую ахалтекинская порода ахал аахааалте 3. русский перевод. необязательный пунктик, но было бы оч приятно

I had very high hopes for this but it feels a bit unfinished. There's some obvious gaps and QOL issues in early gameplay. For example, I cannot pet the horses that are tied up around town. I cannot choose a name for my horse. The riding system is okay but turning is oddly clunky, which I understand is because flexibility is a trainable stat, but because you need to be riding your horse to enter or exit town (including just to go to the stable, which is awkward when you're low on energy) it seems uninspired. It's a highly tutorialized game, there's a quest for learning to use the map to navigate, but things like how to clean poop and clip your horse's mane are less clear. My horse had a beautiful fluffy mane and I totally sheared the whole thing off on accident, no confirmation button, can't get it back. I don't think I'll pick it up again.