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
- 63% of 981
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Playing now
- 3
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- 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
63% of 981 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.
Screenshots and trailer
Horse Tales: Emerald Valley Ranch system requirements
As published by the developer.
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
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 33
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Steam Deck: Playable
- 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
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Text only: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese.
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.
