Choose Riding Star - Horse Championship!
Choose Riding Star - Horse Championship! if you want a Casual experience. On Steam, it's currently about 67% cheaper on the Steam Store. Riding Star - Horse Championship! launched in 2014.
Riding Star - Horse Championship! vs Rival Stars Horse Racing: Desktop Edition
Riding Star - Horse Championship! and Rival Stars Horse Racing: Desktop Edition both land in Sports, Simulation on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both share Sports, Simulation on Steam. Riding Star - Horse Championship! (2014) is 6 years older than Rival Stars Horse Racing: Desktop Edition (2020). Rival Stars Horse Racing: Desktop Edition scores higher on Steam reviews (93.3% positive) than Riding Star - Horse Championship! (66.7% positive). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose Rival Stars Horse Racing: Desktop Edition
Choose Rival Stars Horse Racing: Desktop Edition if you want a Strategy and Racing game with Multi-player, Online PvP, and PvP. On Steam, it's the newer release (2020) and ships with the modern feature baseline. 3,438 Steam reviews back the pick.
Both Riding Star - Horse Championship! and Rival Stars Horse Racing: Desktop Edition sit in Sports and Simulation on Steam, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Use the side-by-side table for the feature view, or follow the "Games like" links below to see ranked alternatives for either title.
Side-by-side comparison
 Riding Star - Horse Championship! |  Rival Stars Horse Racing: Desktop Edition | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2014 | 2020 |
| Genres | Sports, Simulation, Casual | Sports, Strategy, Simulation, Racing |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows, macOS |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Deck Verified |
| Price | 9.99 USD | 29.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 66.7% positive (54 reviews) | 93.3% positive (3,438 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Multi-player |
| Developers | Sproing | PikPok |
Side by side
- Both share Sports, Simulation on Steam.
- Riding Star - Horse Championship! (2014) is 6 years older than Rival Stars Horse Racing: Desktop Edition (2020).
- Rival Stars Horse Racing: Desktop Edition scores higher on Steam reviews (93.3% positive) than Riding Star - Horse Championship! (66.7% positive).
- Riding Star - Horse Championship! is currently ~67% cheaper on Steam than Rival Stars Horse Racing: Desktop Edition (9.99 USD vs. 29.99 USD).
- Rival Stars Horse Racing: Desktop Edition is Deck Verified on Steam Deck; Riding Star - Horse Championship! has no Deck rating yet.
Riding Star - Horse Championship! vs Rival Stars Horse Racing: Desktop Edition — FAQ
- Should I play Riding Star - Horse Championship! or Rival Stars Horse Racing: Desktop Edition first?
- If you want chronology, Riding Star - Horse Championship! (2014) came out before Rival Stars Horse Racing: Desktop Edition (2020). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
- Are Riding Star - Horse Championship! and Rival Stars Horse Racing: Desktop Edition similar?
- They overlap on Sports, Simulation on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.
- Does Riding Star - Horse Championship! have multiplayer like Rival Stars Horse Racing: Desktop Edition?
- No. Rival Stars Horse Racing: Desktop Edition supports multiplayer on Steam (Multi-player), while Riding Star - Horse Championship! is listed as single-player only.