Horse Games for Nintendo Switch
No console has more horse games than the Nintendo Switch. If you use another system, be sure to check out games for the Nintendo Switch 2, Playstation 5, Xbox One, wii & Nintendo DS.
Nearly every horse game of the last eight years has come out for the Switch, and a few can be played nowhere else. The list below gives a brief description of each, in the order they came out.
A stable that fits in a backpack. Groom, feed and ride on the sofa, in the car or in the tack room while the rain stops.
Riding and stable games
My Riding Stables: Life with Horses (2018)
Run a stud farm and bring a riding school back to life. Groom your horses and clean their hooves, breed and train foals, then head out on cross-country rides, nine jumping courses and races through the countryside.
Windstorm: Start of a Great Friendship (2018)
Based on the German Ostwind films. Ride the black stallion Windstorm around the Kaltenbach estate in the Alps, enter races and search for hidden objects. Between rides you groom him, pick out his hooves and muck out his stable.
Bibi & Tina: Adventures with Horses (2018)
Ride as Bibi or Tina through 17 missions around the Martinshof farm, or simply explore. There are horses to groom and feed and pictures to collect for a photo album.
My Little Riding Champion (2018)
Choose a horse at the village riding club, care for it and train it, then ride in competitions to win medals for the club. Between events you can ride out into open countryside and earn new outfits and tack.
Windstorm: An Unexpected Arrival (2019)
Play as Ari, who is new to riding and slowly wins Windstorm’s trust. Explore the mountains on foot or on horseback over 15 quests, and try archery from the saddle. Also sold as Windstorm: Ari’s Arrival.
Bibi & Tina at the Horse Farm (2019)
Ten horses, 18 riding missions and open country around Falkenstein Castle. Six care games cover feeding, hooves, grooming and washing, and the races include slalom and steeplechase.
The Unicorn Princess (2019)
A young rider helps the villagers and cares for horses by day, then enters a dream world to help the unicorn Unica. Made for children of about six to ten, with six horses and 15 missions.
Horse Farm (2020)
Build up a horse ranch of your own. Put up stables, barns and guest lodges, look after horses of different breeds and keep the holiday guests fed and entertained. A breeding station lets you raise foals for speed or jumping.
My Riding Stables 2: A New Adventure (2020)
Take charge of a riding stable and look after both its horses and its guests. Ride out across open country, play mounted games and train for a tournament.
Horse Club Adventures (2021)
An open-world story around Lakeside riding stable with the four girls from the Schleich Horse Club toys. More than 40 quests, grooming and hoof-cleaning games, 90 race courses and plenty of outfits for horse and rider.
Spirit: Lucky’s Big Adventure (2021)
Play as Lucky and ride the mustang Spirit around the frontier town of Miradero. Deliver parcels, rescue animals, take photographs and follow a treasure hunt. The stronger your bond, the further Spirit will carry you.
Equestrian Training (2021)
A riding game that teaches. It is built on the French Equestrian Federation’s Galops exams, with around 2,500 questions on horses and riding and more than 15 games covering jumping, endurance and grooming.
Bibi & Tina: New Adventures with Horses (2022)
A storm has hit the farm. Ride as Bibi, Tina or Alex on one of ten horses to put things right over 30 missions, with races, jumping, slalom and horses to care for along the way.
My Life: Riding Stables 3 (2022)
Look after a stud farm and its six breeds and expand it as you go. Train in an open world, then enter jumping, slalom, gallop and steeplechase events. Up to four can play the mounted games.
Horse Tales: Emerald Valley Ranch (2022)
Rebuild a ruined family ranch in a wide open valley. Tame wild horses, train them and breed them, with foals inheriting their parents’ traits and coat colors. There are races to win and neighbours to help.
Horse Club Adventures 2: Hazelwood Stories (2022)
The Horse Club girls move on to the town of Hazelwood. Collect pictures for a photo contest and try dressage, western riding, obstacle races and herding. Your horse needs feeding, washing and its hooves picked.
My Fantastic Ranch (2022)
A gentle management game with unicorns and dragons in the stalls. Build the ranch, hire staff, give riding and flying lessons and send your pupils to tournaments.
My Horse Stories (2024)
Spend a summer on a horse farm in Kentucky. Feed, groom and saddle your horse, train for races and jumping events and do the chores that pay for a better farm.
Barbie Horse Trails (2025)
Barbie is back in the saddle. Ride through an open park as one of two Barbies on Junior Ranger missions, photograph the wildlife and search for a mystery horse. There is grooming to do and outfits to choose.
Bibi & Tina: Ready, Set, Ride! (2026)
A Summer Cup at Falkenstein Castle. Compete as Bibi, Tina or Alex in checkpoint races, show jumping, slalom, ring jousting and carriage driving. Between events you brush, feed and cool down your horse.
Horse Club: Ride West (2026)
The Horse Club girls head for the Wild West. Explore open country and train six horses, each with its own personality, for barrel racing and pole bending, with a western tournament at the end.
Racing games
Champion Jockey Special (2017)
Sold only in Japan. Ride each race from the saddle on 19 courses modelled on real tracks, swinging the Joy-Con controllers like reins and whip, or with ordinary buttons.
Phar Lap: Horse Racing Challenge (2020)
Named after Australia’s great champion. Race Thoroughbreds, build a stable and breed the next generation with a system based on genetics. Up to eight can race online. It includes betting, so it is rated for older players.
Derby Stallion (2020)
Sold only in Japan, where the series is a household name. Run a stud farm, choose the matings, train the foals and send them out in search of a Grade 1 win.
Wildshade: Unicorn Champions (2023)
Racing with magic. Ride unicorns and enchanted horses over 40 courses, clear the jumps and cast spells to get ahead. Breed new coat and mane combinations and race up to three friends on one screen.
Pocket Card Jockey: Ride On! (2024)
Horse racing played with a pack of cards, from the makers of Pokémon. Clear a game of solitaire during each race and your horse runs better for it. Champions retire to the farm to breed the next generation.
Rival Stars Horse Racing (2026)
Inherit a run-down ranch and restore it. Breed and raise foals, ride flat races in a story or online, and take on cross-country jumping courses. It includes virtual betting, so it is rated for older players.
Japan also has Winning Post, the long-running series in which you own and breed racehorses over decades. A new edition has come out for the Switch every year since 2017, but none has been translated.
Not horse games, but great horses
Some of the best loved horses in gaming are on the Switch, in games about something else. The Witcher and the western are for adults and older teenagers; Zelda suits most ages.
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017)
Creep up on a wild horse, climb on, soothe it until it accepts you, then register it at a stable and give it a name. Each horse has its own speed, strength and temperament. Tears of the Kingdom (2023) carries the same system on.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (2019)
A dark fantasy for adults. The monster hunter Geralt calls every horse he owns Roach, and she comes at a whistle to carry him across a huge open world.
Red Dead Redemption (2023)
A western set across a huge open frontier, where a horse is how you get everywhere. The breeds differ in speed and stamina, and you can break wild horses, buy them or steal them.