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The Mane Quest 🐴🎮 Horses in Video Games 🎮🐴
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The Mane Quest is a website dedicated to "horse games" and the portrayal of horses in video games. Always happy to learn about and give feedback to upcoming games with horses! 💖

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NEW ARTICLE: Living Creatures vs Meat Motorcycles – How to Make Horses in Games Feel Alive

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Living Creatures vs Meat Motorcycles – How to Make Horses in Games Feel Alive — The Mane Quest
What makes horses in games feel alive and how do you get players to care for them? When complex independent behaviors are out of scope, what measures can developers take to give players a sense of emo...
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January 9, 2026 at 3:28 PM
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A few updates from Horses of Hoofprint Bay 🎉🎉
thoglistudios.com thogli studios 🐴 Wishlist Horses of Hoofprint Bay @thoglistudios.com · 4d
Initial Playtests for Horses of Hoofprint Bay have been well underway for a few weeks now 🥰

Over 3000 people have registered as testers, and we've so far given about 400 people access! We're adding more in batches, but keeping things manageable so we can stay on top of reports and feedback 😊
screenshot from Horses of Hoofprint Bay, showing the yard overview zoomed in on a stable and paddock with one horse
January 7, 2026 at 12:57 PM
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it's the dangers that come with the job 😔
malicedafirenze.bsky.social Alice Ruppert 🐴🎮 @malicedafirenze.bsky.social · 6d
cat pictures 20 GB
vacation pictures 50 GB
work documents 70 GB
horse game gameplay footage 300 GB
software 30 GB

someone who is good at the data management please help me budget this. my HDD is bursting
January 5, 2026 at 9:26 PM
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2026 will be the Year of the Horse! Here's a bunch of cool horse game things to look forward to! 🥰

Video here if you prefer that: www.tiktok.com/@themaneques...
January 5, 2026 at 2:47 PM
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NEW ARTICLE: Tiny Horse Game Jam #2 – Here’s 21 (!) Brand New Innovative Little Horse Games to Try for Free

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Tiny Horse Game Jam #2 – Here’s 21 (!) Brand New Innovative Little Horse Games to Try for Free — The Mane Quest
The Tiny Horse Game Jam is a community project that took place for the second time already in November 2025. The goal? Game developers, many of them complete beginners, get together to create and fini...
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December 28, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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NEW ARTICLE: 2025 in Review – Website Stats, Highlights and Musings

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2025 in Review – Website Stats, Highlights and Musings — The Mane Quest
As 2025 comes to an end, I’ll continue the cherished TMQ tradition of sharing numbers, insights, highlights and sappy feelings about my website and my work.
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December 29, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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This is very funny and I love it, thank you Santa Ragione 💖
santaragione.com Santa Ragione @santaragione.com · 12d
Would like to publicly apologize to @themanequest.com and @malicedafirenze.bsky.social for disrupting the timeline of horse-related games in late 2025, and recommend to our new followers this upcoming game about actual horses: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5pC... (we can't wait to play)
The Legend of Khiimori | 1st Gameplay Trailer
YouTube video by Aesir Interactive
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December 31, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Have you heard? 2025 was the best year ever on The Mane Quest in terms of site traffic and visitors! And the Year of the Horse is only starting 💪

More here: www.themanequest.com/blog/2025/12...
screenshot from the site traffic insights of The Mane Quest, showing total yearly traffic from 2018 to 2025 as a black on white graph. The curve rises steeply from 2018 to 2020, then drops a bit until 2023, where it rises again. The 2025 point is higher than 2020, i.e. the highest ever, at a bit under 300k visits. At the top of the screenshot, you can also see a total of 1.3M visits, a Bounce Rate of 77.89%, 1.1M Unique visitors and 2M pageviews
January 3, 2026 at 3:53 PM
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reminder to check out my 2025 summary and skim for relevant horse game highlights you might have missed. It's very cool and interesting to read even if you're not playing the game's themselves actually, because it's also just about the things I've done and includes some personal reflection
December 31, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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malicedafirenze.bsky.social
have you considered starting the Year of the Horse by playing one of 21 free horse games that the TMQ community made because they're awesome like that? 🥰
January 2, 2026 at 2:18 PM
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This is very funny and I love it, thank you Santa Ragione 💖
santaragione.com Santa Ragione @santaragione.com · 12d
Would like to publicly apologize to @themanequest.com and @malicedafirenze.bsky.social for disrupting the timeline of horse-related games in late 2025, and recommend to our new followers this upcoming game about actual horses: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5pC... (we can't wait to play)
The Legend of Khiimori | 1st Gameplay Trailer
YouTube video by Aesir Interactive
www.youtube.com
December 31, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Had a chance to help by giving some tips on it and it was fun playing some of the games listed!!
December 29, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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NEW ARTICLE: 2025 in Review – Website Stats, Highlights and Musings

www.themanequest.com/blog/2025/12...
2025 in Review – Website Stats, Highlights and Musings — The Mane Quest
As 2025 comes to an end, I’ll continue the cherished TMQ tradition of sharing numbers, insights, highlights and sappy feelings about my website and my work.
www.themanequest.com
December 29, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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malicedafirenze.bsky.social
HEY YOU WANNA PLAY SOME BRAND NEW HORSE GAMES?

pixel art horse trading strategy game?
card & turn based navigation with hilarious writing?
trail riding exploration where you manage guests' preferences?
GBA style old school RPG adventure but you're a horse?

look no further: itch.io/jam/tiny-hor...
screenshot of the game "horse merchant" (free on itch.io), showing a pixel art sales screen where you buy a horse, you see its stats on the right and other horses on the left screenshot from "Angry Ex Boyfriends", showing a tile based map in the middle, a hand of cards with movements (turn right, turn around, turn left, move 2, move 1) at the bottom, and two horses' faces and their dialogue to the left and right Screenshot from "Night Ride Guide" where you lead a group of four people on a trail ride. The screen shows five riders in the center, a dialogue log on the bottom right and guest's portraits and scores on the left. game screenshot from SHMORP (Small horse mobile role play), an old school pixel art game where you play a horse. The screen shows an equine character portrait on the bottom right, an inventory bar next to it, and the 2D tile based game world in the back, showing a desert environment with a few horses standing near a building and a dried out oasis
December 28, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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OoooOo you wanna try out cute little horsey games for free ooOooOo
December 28, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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NEW ARTICLE: Tiny Horse Game Jam #2 – Here’s 21 (!) Brand New Innovative Little Horse Games to Try for Free

www.themanequest.com/blog/2025/12...
Tiny Horse Game Jam #2 – Here’s 21 (!) Brand New Innovative Little Horse Games to Try for Free — The Mane Quest
The Tiny Horse Game Jam is a community project that took place for the second time already in November 2025. The goal? Game developers, many of them complete beginners, get together to create and fini...
www.themanequest.com
December 28, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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Scoring the trailer for Horses of Hoofprint Bay 🎶🐎

The brief: organic, playful, grounded. No big cinematic gestures, just music for a hand-drawn, European world.

So, I chose live guitars, bass, and real drums.

Excited to be on board for the game’s demo, too!

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December 19, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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Dev @thoglistudios.com and @themanequest.com have teamed up for Horses of Hoofprint Bay to bring back good, retro-inspired horse games. We interviewed the team behind the FFF Bayern funded project about their ambitions and how they met.
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These German-Swiss Cooperators Want to Bring Good Old Horse-Gaming Back
Thogli Studios and The Mane Quest's Alice Ruppert have teamed up for Horses of Hoofprint Bay to bring back good, retro-inspired horse games. We interviewed the team behind the FFF Bayern funded projec...
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December 17, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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malicedafirenze.bsky.social
wake up babes new hand-drawn horse game footage just dropped
thoglistudios.com thogli studios 🐴 Wishlist Horses of Hoofprint Bay @thoglistudios.com · Dec 10
A lot of people asked for a closer look at horse training in Horses of Hoofprint Bay 😍

Here's some of the lunging and jumping exercises you can do in the game to build up your horse's strength (orange), endurance (bright blue) and confidence (green) 🥰
December 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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proper article tbd, but check out the latest Tiny Horse Game Jam results!!
erbsenfrau.bsky.social Angie H @erbsenfrau.bsky.social · Nov 30
Sooo the tiny horse game jam organized by the @themanequest.com Discord community is now finished and there are so many different types of great horse games! Really recommend checking them out 😊
itch.io/jam/tiny-hor...
And, of course, my (and my team's) submissions: Blackboard Ponies and Luxicorn!
Submissions to Tiny Horse Game Jam – #2!
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December 3, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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Horse Racing Manager on Steam is enjoying 90% positive reviews and has recently dropped their price a bit to make Early Access more accessible. 😊

If you missed it: www.themanequest.com/blog/2025/10...
screenshot of the Steam store capsule for horse racing manager, cursor is hovering over the 51 Very Positive reviews to show that 90% are positive. Full text on: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2740170/Horse_Racing_Manager/
November 22, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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malicedafirenze.bsky.social
"I am excited and curious to see the ways in which this game’s success will inevitably shape the future of the horse game niche. I want to live in a world where The Ranch of Rivershine is the start of what Good Horse Games can look like, not the conclusion."
--> you should read my articles btw 😇
Review: The Ranch of Rivershine – An Almost Perfect Horse Game and What We can Learn from it — The Mane Quest
I have written about The Ranch of Rivershine on this site on various occasions over the years, but what’s been missing is an actual review of the game. The time for that has definitely come, so let’s ...
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November 17, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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Did you know, even though our official announcement was only recently, our artist Anna has actually been sharing behind-the-scenes art insights from our game for months 🤫😇

Check this out! First iteration sketch visuals on the left, mostly final art on the right 🥰
annaglin.de Anna Glin @annaglin.de · Mar 5
before & after for taking care of your horse in our game 🥰 we're making some good progress to bring this game to you! 🐴 🐴 🐴 full process on my patreon #indiegame #cozygame #horse #indiegamedev #2dgame
screenshot of a WIP 2d horse game drawing of a horse in front of stable
November 17, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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😍NEW ARTICLE 😍Review: The Ranch of Rivershine – An Almost Perfect Horse Game and What We can Learn from it

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Review: The Ranch of Rivershine – An Almost Perfect Horse Game and What We can Learn from it — The Mane Quest
I have written about The Ranch of Rivershine on this site on various occasions over the years, but what’s been missing is an actual review of the game. The time for that has definitely come, so let’s ...
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November 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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omg so coool!!! 😍😍😍
It's looking really good already, I'm looking forward to seeing more 💖
erbsenfrau.bsky.social Angie H @erbsenfrau.bsky.social · Nov 15
so this weekend I joined the tiny horse game jam on the @themanequest.com server and took over the animation of our main character unicorn. Painted in Procreate, but rigged and animated in @godotengine.org with the 2D skeleton - still lots to iron out, but it's a walk cycle!
November 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM