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Thogli Studios @thoglistudios.com · 2d

We're really excited to properly reveal our game very soon. At the moment, the leg markings are still loading 😇

Have you signed up to our newsletter yet? Be the first to hear once our announcement goes up 🥰 forms.gle/JzRJocMJvGsT...

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The Mane Quest 🐴🎮 Horses in Video Games 🎮🐴 @themanequest.com · 2d

revealing a new horse game one leg at a time

Thogli Studios @thoglistudios.com · 2d

We're really excited to properly reveal our game very soon. At the moment, the leg markings are still loading 😇

Have you signed up to our newsletter yet? Be the first to hear once our announcement goes up 🥰 forms.gle/JzRJocMJvGsT...

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The Mane Quest 🐴🎮 Horses in Video Games 🎮🐴 @themanequest.com · 7d

Friends, The Mane Quest is publishing a game. I am incredibly excited to share more info very soon, but for now if you want to take a sec to follow @thoglistudios.com and perhaps sign up to their newsletter, that would be wonderful 🙏❤

Thogli Studios @thoglistudios.com · 7d

Hello! 👋 🐴
We're Thogli Studios and we're working on a cozy 2D stable management game about training and caring for horses. We're getting ready to officially announce our game very soon, so please make sure to follow & sign up to our newsletter if you want to hear more!

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Thogli Studios @thoglistudios.com · 6d

We're in the Horse Game Starter pack, too 🥳🥳

Thank you to everyone following and signing up already, we're super excited to share more material and info very soon 🥰

bsky.app/starter-pack...

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Alice Ruppert 🐴🎮 @malicedafirenze.bsky.social · 7d

I know we're not giving you much to go off yet, but PLEASE trust me when I say this account will have some of the most exciting (to me personally, but also to lots of fellow adult horse girls) horse game news I've ever had the pleasure of sharing, so you should give it a follow 👇

Thogli Studios @thoglistudios.com · 7d

Hello! 👋 🐴
We're Thogli Studios and we're working on a cozy 2D stable management game about training and caring for horses. We're getting ready to officially announce our game very soon, so please make sure to follow & sign up to our newsletter if you want to hear more!

forms.gle/JzRJocMJvGsT...

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The Mane Quest 🐴🎮 Horses in Video Games 🎮🐴 @themanequest.com · 7d

Friends, The Mane Quest is publishing a game. I am incredibly excited to share more info very soon, but for now if you want to take a sec to follow @thoglistudios.com and perhaps sign up to their newsletter, that would be wonderful 🙏❤

Thogli Studios @thoglistudios.com · 7d

Hello! 👋 🐴
We're Thogli Studios and we're working on a cozy 2D stable management game about training and caring for horses. We're getting ready to officially announce our game very soon, so please make sure to follow & sign up to our newsletter if you want to hear more!

forms.gle/JzRJocMJvGsT...

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Alice Ruppert 🐴🎮 @malicedafirenze.bsky.social · 7d

remember the unannounced horse game I teased a while ago? We're getting ready to announce it in the coming weeks.

2D, nostalgic, cute & cozy, hand-drawn, inspired heavily by My Horse Farm from 2003.

If any games journalism folks are interested in an exclusive announcement, please reach out 😇

Alice Ruppert 🐴🎮 @malicedafirenze.bsky.social · Jul 19

I apologize for vagueposting but I spent like five hours today playing one unannounced WIP horse game that I'm involved in and I am so fucking giddy about how much fun it already is and how badly I can't wait to tell everyone about it as soon as our announcement trailer is ready.

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A.G.Willow | looking for work + comms open @willowsquest.co.uk · 16d

"I wish i had someone else's minecraft server to join, i love exploring and taming horses and breeding them so i can have every color as fast as possible, but i don't want to do the other stuff :/"

this dev, hearing my wish through the aether: i can do you one better actually

Alice Ruppert 🐴🎮 @malicedafirenze.bsky.social · 16d

Happy one year anniversary to this banger tweet that got so ridiculously blown out of proportion that it got us 70k wishlists in like a day

screenshot of a twitter exchange, dated Sept 23 2024:

@MaliceDaFirenze: We're making a game where you play a courier rier in 13th century Mongolia. No combat, just you, the horse(s) you've tamed, bred and trained and the vast wilderness. Would you play this? (10k replies, 11k reposts, 131k likes)

@doodlewhale: I would love to, as long as it can avoid woke DEI nonsense which appears unlikely as you have pronouns in your bio (shrug emoji) (337 replies, 124 reposts, 10k likes)

@MaliceDaFirenze: For every comment like this, I will add one extra pronoun to the game. (2k replies, 700 reposts, 19k likes)

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Alice Ruppert 🐴🎮 @malicedafirenze.bsky.social · 16d

Anyway Windstorm: The Legend of Khiimori will release in Early Access on November 4th, check it out if you haven't😇

store.steampowered.com/app/2697000/...

Windstorm: The Legend of Khiimori on Steam

Take on the role of a brave courier rider in Windstorm: The Legend of Khiimori! Bond with your horse and tame the open wilds of 13th century Mongolia. Breed and train horses with specialized abilities...

store.steampowered.com

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Alice Ruppert 🐴🎮 @malicedafirenze.bsky.social · 16d

Happy one year anniversary to this banger tweet that got so ridiculously blown out of proportion that it got us 70k wishlists in like a day

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The Mane Quest 🐴🎮 Horses in Video Games 🎮🐴 @themanequest.com · 21d

that is absolutely how I've been playing it too, it's perfect to accompany video essays and podcasts etc because of the lack of time pressure!

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🏹 Lexreon 🏹 @lexreon.bsky.social · 22d

i've been playing this game every day since i found it on my timeline a few days ago and i really encourage you to play it too. please. it can run in your browser. and it is free. free browser horses

The Mane Quest 🐴🎮 Horses in Video Games 🎮🐴 @themanequest.com · 22d

NEWS ARTICLE: Roly-Pony – a Horse-Themed Puzzle Game – is Out Now and Already Charming the Internet

www.themanequest.com/blog/2025/9/...

Roly-Pony – a Horse-Themed Puzzle Game – is Out Now and Already Charming the Internet — The Mane Quest

Roly-Pony is a Suika style puzzle game that you can play in your browser for free on itch.io. It was developed by two TMQ Community members. In true Tiny Horse Game Spirit, the two creators got togeth...

www.themanequest.com

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The Mane Quest 🐴🎮 Horses in Video Games 🎮🐴 @themanequest.com · 22d

I haven't managed it myself, but afaik you DO get a reward for combining two of them (I think it clears them?)

The Mane Quest 🐴🎮 Horses in Video Games 🎮🐴 @themanequest.com · 22d

NEWS ARTICLE: Roly-Pony – a Horse-Themed Puzzle Game – is Out Now and Already Charming the Internet

www.themanequest.com/blog/2025/9/...

Roly-Pony – a Horse-Themed Puzzle Game – is Out Now and Already Charming the Internet — The Mane Quest

Roly-Pony is a Suika style puzzle game that you can play in your browser for free on itch.io. It was developed by two TMQ Community members. In true Tiny Horse Game Spirit, the two creators got togeth...

www.themanequest.com

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Alice Ruppert 🐴🎮 @malicedafirenze.bsky.social · 27d

I adore this. It's amazing to me how a super simple mechanic with a bit of cute art and minimal 'story' can just ooze "these people know and love horses" out of every pore while so many bigger horse games completely fall short in that aspect. I LOVE to see stuff like this grow from the community 🙏💖

The Mane Quest 🐴🎮 Horses in Video Games 🎮🐴 @themanequest.com · 27d

Give a tiny adorable horse game made by people from the TMQ community a try today ❤❤❤
miaumigames.itch.io/roly-pony

Roly-Pony by Jessi (Miaumi Games), Maskeovo

A suika inspired game for horse lovers! Discover all the horses, learn their backstories & climb the online leaderboard.

miaumigames.itch.io

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The Mane Quest 🐴🎮 Horses in Video Games 🎮🐴 @themanequest.com · 27d

Give a tiny adorable horse game made by people from the TMQ community a try today ❤❤❤
miaumigames.itch.io/roly-pony

Roly-Pony by Jessi (Miaumi Games), Maskeovo

A suika inspired game for horse lovers! Discover all the horses, learn their backstories & climb the online leaderboard.

miaumigames.itch.io

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The Mane Quest 🐴🎮 Horses in Video Games 🎮🐴 @themanequest.com · Sep 3

✨NEWS ARTICLE ✨ Preview: Horses are coming to Disney Dreamlight Valley and I got an Exclusive First Look at them during Gamescom

www.themanequest.com/blog/2025/9/...

Preview: Horses are coming to Disney Dreamlight Valley and I got an Exclusive First Look at them during Gamescom — The Mane Quest

Disney Dreamlight Valley is an adventure life-sim featuring lots of classic and modern Disney characters all the way from Mickey Mouse to Moana. Needless to say that when its publisher Gameloft reach...

www.themanequest.com

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Alice Ruppert 🐴🎮 @malicedafirenze.bsky.social · 28d

I got a ton of search traffic to my Dreamlight Valley Horse Expansion announcement article but disney related search queries are quite low in the site's search keywords for the relevant period. Anyone see what I'm missing here? 🤔

screenshot from squarespace site analytics, showing a peak in search traffic on Sept 4th and 5th

screenshot from squarespace site analytics, showing over 6k pageviews on my article about horses coming to disney dreamlight valley

screenshot of squarespace site insights (for the same time period, 1st-10th september) showing clicks per search keyword. disney dreamlight valley related queries only add up to <100 clicks, not ~5k as the search traffic overview would imply

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Alice Ruppert 🐴🎮 @malicedafirenze.bsky.social · Sep 3

I love that the Disney town sim is getting horses but oof boy do I wish modern disney horse stylization were anything but this

The Mane Quest 🐴🎮 Horses in Video Games 🎮🐴 @themanequest.com · Sep 3

✨NEWS ARTICLE ✨ Preview: Horses are coming to Disney Dreamlight Valley and I got an Exclusive First Look at them during Gamescom

www.themanequest.com/blog/2025/9/...

Preview: Horses are coming to Disney Dreamlight Valley and I got an Exclusive First Look at them during Gamescom — The Mane Quest

Disney Dreamlight Valley is an adventure life-sim featuring lots of classic and modern Disney characters all the way from Mickey Mouse to Moana. Needless to say that when its publisher Gameloft reach...

www.themanequest.com

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The Mane Quest 🐴🎮 Horses in Video Games 🎮🐴 @themanequest.com · Sep 3

✨NEWS ARTICLE ✨ Preview: Horses are coming to Disney Dreamlight Valley and I got an Exclusive First Look at them during Gamescom

www.themanequest.com/blog/2025/9/...

Preview: Horses are coming to Disney Dreamlight Valley and I got an Exclusive First Look at them during Gamescom — The Mane Quest

Disney Dreamlight Valley is an adventure life-sim featuring lots of classic and modern Disney characters all the way from Mickey Mouse to Moana. Needless to say that when its publisher Gameloft reach...

www.themanequest.com

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The Mane Quest 🐴🎮 Horses in Video Games 🎮🐴 @themanequest.com · Sep 1

A client of mine is looking for a skilled animator and modeller with horse-knowledge. I would LOVE to find someone for them through the horse game community. Please take a look 👇

Alice Ruppert 🐴🎮 @malicedafirenze.bsky.social · Sep 1

I have a VERY interesting job opportunity for a horse-savvy 3D artist/animator. Please consider applying if you want to join me in an ultra promising horse game project 🙏

drive.google.com/file/d/1O1pz... #gamedevjobs #gameartjobs #gamedev #gameartist

Custom 3D Horse Game Assets.pdf

drive.google.com

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Alice Ruppert 🐴🎮 @malicedafirenze.bsky.social · Aug 24

This year‘s devcom talks probably aren‘t available online yet so why not check out mine from last year? 😏

If you‘ve ever wondered what’s up with this whole horse game business, these 20min are the best overview I can give you 👌

(Reposts are much appreciated!)

The Mane Quest 🐴🎮 Horses in Video Games 🎮🐴 @themanequest.com · Dec 10

✨NEW VIDEO ✨ Horse Games – History of a Neglected Genre and its Untapped Potential – Talk from Devcom 2024

Many thanks to @devcom.bsky.social 💕

www.themanequest.com/blog/2024/12...

Horse Games – History of a Neglected Genre and its Untapped Potential – Talk from Devcom 2024 — The Mane Quest

I was a speaker at Devcom 2024 in Cologne, giving a presentation on my horse game work. The recorded talk is now available on YouTube!

www.themanequest.com

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Alice Ruppert 🐴🎮 @malicedafirenze.bsky.social · Aug 18

FUN UPDATE: A friend talked to the person working at Steam who I pitched this to last year and THEY CONFIRMED IT.

So yes, Steam Horse Fest is officially happening because of me 😌

Alice Ruppert 🐴🎮 @malicedafirenze.bsky.social · Aug 1

I choose to believe that I caused this to happen until anyone from Steam explicitly says otherwise

The Mane Quest 🐴🎮 Horses in Video Games 🎮🐴 @themanequest.com · Aug 1

NEWS ARTICLE: "Horse Fest" – Steam Announces Horse-Themed Game Sale for February 2026 ✨✨

www.themanequest.com/blog/2025/8/...

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Tealful Eyes @tealfuleyes.bsky.social · Aug 13

I have no interest in Umamusume, but I am disappointed after finally seeing what the "the horse racing gacha game" people kept vaguely talking about was thanks to Steam flash banging me with it, they aren't centaurs. I still wouldn't play it, but I feel it would at least be 100% better with centaurs

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Nate's Myth @natesmith.dev · Aug 12

if your video game does not allow me to buy a horse and name it, I don't want it

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