IMHO.

Games like Horse Racing Manager

If Horse Racing Manager is your kind of game, the closest matches are Tap Derby: Horse Racing, Day at the Races and Formula Racing Manager — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, contemplative and cozy. 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 Horse Racing Manager: 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.

2025SportsStrategyIndieSimulationRPGEarly Access24.99 USDDeck PlayableWindows · macOSby Sheep Meadow Road Games
Horse Racing Manager — Steam game cover
Players highlight
Automation lets you focus on strategyBreeding perfect horses with geneticsBuilding a racing empire across generationsChallengingContemplativeCozy

Players who liked Horse Racing Manager also play

Steam players who put hours into Horse Racing Manager 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.

  1. Tap Derby: Horse Racing

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Horse Racing Manager fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Strategy with Horse Racing Manager.

    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.

    2025SportsStrategySimulation4.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Day at the Races

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Horse Racing Manager fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Strategy with Horse Racing Manager.

    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!

    2023SportsStrategySimulation4.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Formula Racing Manager

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Horse Racing Manager fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Indie with Horse Racing Manager.

    FRM offers a unique sandbox experience. The game focuses on bringing the management aspect of the motorsport world to life by providing a challenging simulation, where you steer a racing team in a dynamically changing racing world while respecting your time. Seasons are dynamic, quick, and exciting.

    2024SportsIndieSimulation4.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Starters Orders Touch Horse Racing

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Horse Racing Manager fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Strategy with Horse Racing Manager.

    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.

    2024SportsStrategyIndie29.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. MGP Manager

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Horse Racing Manager fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Strategy with Horse Racing Manager.

    Single player team management simulation centred around the motorcycle GP world championship. Choose one of 3 classes and try to improve your team by signing riders, staff and improving the bikes performance. Create your own custom rider & team roster using the game editor or use fictional names.

    2024SportsStrategyIndie12.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Starters Orders 7 Horse Racing

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Horse Racing Manager.

    Ranked #6 for Horse Racing Manager fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Strategy with Horse Racing Manager.

    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.

    2019SportsStrategySimulation34.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Deal On Four Wheels

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Horse Racing Manager fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Horse Racing Manager.

    Turn rusty cars and old bikes into cash! Buy, fix, and sell while chasing auctions, collecting properties, and testing your luck at blackjack. Can you grow your empire without going broke?

    StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  8. Rival Stars Horse Racing: Desktop Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Horse Racing Manager.

    Ranked #8 for Horse Racing Manager fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Strategy with Horse Racing Manager.

    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!

    2020SportsStrategySimulation29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Horse Racing Manager

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Software Inc.

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Horse Racing Manager.

    Reviewers of Horse Racing Manager cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Horse Racing Manager.

    Construct and design buildings for optimal working conditions. Hire people to design and release software, so you can defeat the simulated competition and take over their businesses. Manage and educate your employees to make sure they are skilled and satisfied with their job.

    2015StrategyIndieSimulation22.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Stardew Valley

    WHY THIS

    Shares a cozy mood with Horse Racing Manager.

    Reviewers of Horse Racing Manager cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Simulation with Horse Racing Manager.

    You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?

    2016IndieSimulationRPG14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Crusader Kings II

    WHY THIS

    Shares dynasty management and an immersive mood with Horse Racing Manager.

    Reviewers of Horse Racing Manager cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Horse Racing Manager.

    Explore one of the defining periods in world history in an experience crafted by the masters of Grand Strategy.

    2012StrategySimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Starters Orders 7 Horse Racing

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Horse Racing Manager.

    Reviewers of Horse Racing Manager cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Sports and Strategy with Horse Racing Manager.

    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.

    2019SportsStrategySimulation34.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Horse Racing Manager at current Steam store prices.

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Horse Racing Manager on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Horse Racing Manager.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Horse Racing Manager on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Horse Racing Manager.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Horse Racing Manager on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Early Access with Horse Racing Manager.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Bloons TD 6

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Horse Racing Manager on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Horse Racing Manager.

    The Bloons are back and better than ever! Get ready for a massive 3D tower defense game designed to give you hours and hours of the best strategy gaming available.

    2018Strategy13.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Horse Racing Manager on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Horse Racing Manager.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Fallout: New Vegas

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Horse Racing Manager on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Horse Racing Manager.

    Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

    2010ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Horse Racing Manager on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Horse Racing Manager.

    UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Horse Racing Manager on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Horse Racing Manager.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. A Date with Death

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Horse Racing Manager.

    Fight against & romance the one hunting for your soul in A Date with Death, a romance chat simulator where you date(?) the Grim Reaper himself. Create your own character, decorate your apartment, and chat away with the charming yet dangerous Grim Reaper through text and video calls.

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Horse Racing Manager.

    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.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. SuchArt: Creative Space

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Horse Racing Manager.

    Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. one night, hot springs

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Horse Racing Manager.

    Haru is invited by her old friend Manami to spend a night at the hot springs. All Haru wants to do is enjoy the hot springs like everyone else, but she doesn't want to cause any trouble...

    2018IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. The Riftbreaker: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Horse Racing Manager.

    The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.

    2020ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Last Sovereign

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Horse Racing Manager.

    Explore a world torn between armies of lust and purity in which everything is more complex than it seems, deciding the fate of nations through might, politics, and finance. Every decision matters in an intricate saga that tracks thousands of variables.

    2025StrategyIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Chapter 1&2

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Horse Racing Manager.

    A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world where the gods are real. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice you make has a price to pay and consequence to it. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!

    2020StrategyIndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗
  8. The Sims™ 4

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Horse Racing Manager.

    Play with life and discover the possibilities. Unleash your imagination and create a world of Sims that’s wholly unique. Explore and customize every detail from Sims to homes–and much more.

    2020AdventureSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Horse Racing Manager

Does Horse Racing Manager run on Steam Deck?
Horse Racing Manager is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Horse Racing Manager cost?
Horse Racing Manager is listed on Steam at 24.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Horse Racing Manager?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Horse Racing Manager are Tap Derby: Horse Racing, Day at the Races, Formula Racing Manager.
Who developed Horse Racing Manager?
Horse Racing Manager was developed by Sheep Meadow Road Games.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Horse Racing Manager.

For library-aware picks tuned to your specific taste, sign in with Steam on the home page.