Horse Tales: Emerald Valley Ranch
Skip · Action · 2022
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 7, under the fair line, at $29.99.
- Length
- 5h
- Value
- $6.00/hr
- Reviews
- 63% positive
Buy now or wait
The Autumn Sale is on until Oct 8. It is at full price today.
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales on record.
- Autumn Sale cooldown
- None on record
- Typical seasonal cut
- 80% ($5.99)
- Last discount ended
- 17 days ago
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, ATI 7770, Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 2GB. Windows only.
Set off on a captivating horseback adventure and discover the mysteries of Emerald Valley!
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
The value story
June 2025 is where it bottomed out, at $5.99. 42 discounts in the 4 years on record. They run about 65 percent off, roughly 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 2 weeks ago.
It is pricier than 97 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 91 percent. Among the games that feel like it, My Little Universe ($3.44, scores 72) beats it on value, while it beats Breakwaters: Crystal Tides ($19.99, scores 6).
This site sampled 626 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 5 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written November 2022 to August 2026.
Finishing takes 5 hours; clearing it takes 40, which is 8.0 times the campaign.
The drop-off
89% start to 4% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
What players say
This game is fun at first. But after a while it kinda gets old. Not that much content. Only 3 horse breeds aside from mixes. The open world is nice, but its got alot of terrain bugs. The facilities are across the map and makes it aggravating to run back and forth constantly-
i want to like this game so badly but i just cant and i would refund it if i hadnt spent so much time in the game cons: the main story can be completed in under 7 hours there are countless glitches and bugs riding the horses isnt rewarding and youre constantly stopped by pointless shrubs/objects the races are fun but have an annoying "false start" mechanic none of the npcs are voiced or given more than 2 seconds of...
Honestly, I know a lot of people dont like this game. And while its not ground breaking or anything like that- Its adorable, and as someone who does enjoy grinding games and whatnot, I really do like this game! I love the art style and the mechanics- I feel like the only thing I want more of is story, Ive finished the full story by now, and still spent a couple hours after playing for the vibes, so the story was...
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Horse Tales: Emerald Valley Ranch scores 7/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1474740/horse-tales-emerald-valley-ranchReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 28, price as of Oct 1.
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