Horse Tales: Emerald Valley Ranch
Open-world horse adventure with ranch rebuilding, breeding, and races
Aesir Interactive · Published by Microids · Released Nov 3, 2022
- Reviews
- Mixed
- 65% of 940
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 4
- daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update on Steam
- 2 years ago
- Apr 16, 2024
What is Horse Tales: Emerald Valley Ranch?
After arriving at your aunt’s neglected ranch, you ride through an open-world peninsula, meet residents, and complete quests to restore the family property. You tame, care for, train, and breed horses, enter races, and gather resources to build and decorate the ranch.
For you if...
- +you enjoy riding through open landscapes and finding quests
- +you like training and breeding horses at a relaxed pace
Not for you if...
- −you dislike gathering resources to rebuild a ranch
- −you want a tightly directed, linear adventure
What players say
65% of 940 reviews are positive
Players praise the colorful environments, horseback exploration, and horse animations. Common complaints include a short, unfinished-feeling story, confusing navigation and long rides between quests, and glitches.
How many players finish Horse Tales: Emerald Valley Ranch?
41% of Steam players have unlocked «A Star On The Rise», the achievement for finishing the main story.
Share of everyone who owns the game on Steam, including those who barely played it. Updated weekly.
Screenshots and trailer
Horse Tales: Emerald Valley Ranch system requirements
Minimum: GeForce GTX 660, 8 GB RAM.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Horse Tales: Emerald Valley Ranch?
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- OS
- Windows 7+ / 8.1 / 10 64 bit
- Processor
- Intel i3 Processor
- Graphics
- ATI 7770, Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 2GB
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 10
- Processor
- Intel i7 Processor
- Graphics
- Nvidia GeForce GTX960+
- Memory
- 16 GB RAM
Does Horse Tales: Emerald Valley Ranch have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Horse Tales: Emerald Valley Ranch run on Steam Deck?
Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Shows Steam Deck controller icons
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
- External controllers are not supported for the primary player
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 33
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing
- Languages
- Text only: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese.
Does Horse Tales: Emerald Valley Ranch use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 25, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
Tags
- Exploration
- Sports
- Crafting
- Agriculture
- Animals
- Action-Adventure
- Character Customization
- 3D
- Cute
- Horses
- Relaxing
- Open World
- Controller
- Action
- Casual
- Simulation
Recent updates
- Apr 16, 2024 · 🔧 Patch 1.1.7 now available 🐴
- Dec 7, 2023 · 🔧 Patch 1.1.6 + Rainbow Tack Set & Foal Care DLC now available 🍼🐴
- Nov 3, 2023 · 🔧 Patch 1.1.5 + Arabian Horse DLC now available 🐎
- Mar 7, 2023 · 🔧 Horse Tales patch 1.1.4 is live 🔧
- Dec 15, 2022 · An Update from the Dev Team
5 DLC available.