Rival Stars Horse Racing: Desktop Edition

Rival Stars Horse Racing: Desktop Edition

Steam Deck Verified

PikPok · Cozy · Jun 24, 2020

Yes, worth buying.

At $29.99. It has been as low as $14.99.

92%
Very Positive
5k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 45 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 42 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 30 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Bugs: 15 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 5k player reviews · updated 4 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
57% of themes are praise29% are divided14% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
However, I found myself finishing the desktop game much faster and losing interest far sooner than expected compared to the mobile app, which continues to engage me, with me having about 100 hours, and still having quests to complete and levels to pass.
45 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The horse graphics and mannerisms is pretty spot on, clearly the people who made this really love horses.
42 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
The gameplay loop is pretty simple: Buy/grow a horse, feed it, enter it into a race to see if it's any good, feed it more or sell it to Tesco.
30 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
The story isn't too hard to finish, and compared to the mobile version, it is much more fun to breed horses on desktop and see how many different horses you can have.
9 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love4 themes
Story and characters45 reviews
Graphics42 reviews
Gameplay30 reviews
Difficulty9 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Monetization32 reviews
59%
Multiplayer13 reviews
77%
Players complain% still recommend
Bugs15 reviews
80%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 3 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $29.99. The lowest we've tracked is $14.99.

6 points recordedtoday · $29.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
92%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
37
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.