Games like Day at the Races
If Day at the Races is your kind of game, the closest matches are Starters Orders Touch Horse Racing, Horse Racing Manager and Tap Derby: Horse Racing — picked from the ranked list below. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Day at the Races: The aim of this arcade-style horse racing game is to win enough money to purchase, maintain and enter your horse in the prestigious Day at the Races Cup, held on the 5th race of the final day. GOOD LUCK!
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Steam players who put hours into Day at the Races also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Starters Orders Touch Horse Racing
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Top pick for Day at the Races fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Strategy with Day at the Races.
Starters Orders Touch now on desktop from www.startersorders.com! A brand new GUI and improved game play and the most advanced simulation engine to date cement Starters Orders as the No.1. horse racing management series.
Horse Racing Manager
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Second-strongest match for Day at the Races fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Strategy with Day at the Races.
Manage your own horse racing stables, breed and train future champions. Compete across diverse tracks, balance finances, manage staff, and expand your reach in the world of horse racing. Turn ambition into legacy, one choice at a time.
Tap Derby: Horse Racing
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Third-strongest match for Day at the Races fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Strategy with Day at the Races.
Tap Derby allows you to step into the shoes of a rookie horse trainer. Under the guidance of legendary trainer, Rusty Hayes, buy, train, race, and breed as you grow your stable. Conquer prestigious racing events and rise to Horse Racing Stardom.
Starters Orders 7 Horse Racing
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Ranked #4 for Day at the Races fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Strategy with Day at the Races.
Starters Orders 7 is the latest in the acclaimed horse racing management series from Strategic Designs Ltd. New features include in-depth breeding stats and lineage, realistic dynamic commentary, newspaper style race and form cards, new racecourses, old-school style betting shop race modes and more.
Derby's Tycoon Online
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Ranked #5 for Day at the Races fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Strategy with Day at the Races.
Become a horse owner, own your own horses, train and participate in various races, and cultivate horse kings to dominate the track! Buy luxury cars, own your own independent villa, decorate your own mansion, form your own horse racing club with like-minded people, and become the derby's tycoon!
Rival Stars Horse Racing: Desktop Edition
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Ranked #6 for Day at the Races fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Strategy with Day at the Races.
With stunning, realistic horses, an in-depth breeding system, and a range of exciting game modes, Rival Stars Horse Racing offers horse fans the ultimate racing and riding experience. Take the reins and become an equestrian legend!
Pocket Stables
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Ranked #7 for Day at the Races fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Strategy with Day at the Races.
Manage a ranch while training your racehorses to race for a Triple Crown.
Let's Ride! Silver Buckle Stables
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Ranked #8 for Day at the Races fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Simulation with Day at the Races.
Let’s Ride! Silver Buckle Stables challenges you to become the best horse rider you can be. Aim for the blue ribbon in barrel racing and agility, while taking care of prize horses in your very own stables.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Day at the Races at current Steam store prices.
The Test
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Priced ~60% under Day at the Races on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Day at the Races.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Blood and Bacon
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Priced ~80% under Day at the Races on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Day at the Races.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
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Priced ~60% under Day at the Races on Steam right now. Shares Simulation and Casual with Day at the Races.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
Peggle Deluxe
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Priced ~80% under Day at the Races on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Day at the Races.
Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.
shapez
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Priced ~80% under Day at the Races on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Day at the Races.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
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Priced ~60% under Day at the Races on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Day at the Races.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
The Test: Final Revelation
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Priced ~60% under Day at the Races on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Day at the Races.
The third chapter in The Test Trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover who you really are as a person. The Final Revelation is upon us... but are you sure you TRULY want the answers you seek?
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
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Priced ~80% under Day at the Races on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Day at the Races.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Day at the Races.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation and Casual with Day at the Races.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Iron Snout
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
Magic Archery
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Day at the Races.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
Coloring Pixels
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Day at the Races.
A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.
The Lab
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
An Arcade Full of Cats
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Day at the Races.
Journey through gaming history's time and space, while searching for adorable feline companions in 'An Arcade Full of Cats,' the ultimate pet'em up hidden object game.
DORONKO WANKO
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation and Casual with Day at the Races.
『DORONKO WANKO』 is a DORONKO Action Game. In this game, You can become a cute, innocent Pomeranian, make your master's home messy and dirty. "Will the master be angry with me?" Don't worry. Because you are a sweet doggie.
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Frequently asked about Day at the Races
- Does Day at the Races work on Steam Deck?
- Day at the Races is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does Day at the Races cost?
- Day at the Races is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Day at the Races?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Day at the Races are Starters Orders Touch Horse Racing, Horse Racing Manager, Tap Derby: Horse Racing.
- Who developed Day at the Races?
- Day at the Races was developed by Friday Night Software.
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