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Horse Tales: Emerald Valley Ranch

Open-world horse adventure with ranch rebuilding, breeding, and races

Aesir Interactive · Published by Microids · Released Nov 3, 2022

ActionAdventureSimulation

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
Minimum PC
GeForce GTX 660
8 GB RAM
Full requirements

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

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Horse Tales: Emerald Valley Ranch system requirements

Minimum: GeForce GTX 660, 8 GB RAM.

As published by the developer.

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Minimum

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

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Recent updates

5 DLC available.

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