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Games like Jockey Rush

If Jockey Rush is your kind of game, the closest matches are Starters Orders Touch Horse Racing, Starters Orders 7 Horse Racing and Starters Orders 6 Horse Racing — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, competitive and intense. 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.

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About Jockey Rush: Take the role of a jockey and ride racecourses around the world aiming to build your reputation and become the No.1. jockey!

2016ActionSportsStrategyIndieSimulationRacing19.99 USDWindowsby Strategic Designs Ltd.
Jockey Rush — Steam game cover
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Choose horses based on pedigree and running styleManage stamina and position under realistic pacingPhysically block or knock opponents off horsesChallengingCompetitiveIntense

Players who liked Jockey Rush also play

Steam players who put hours into Jockey Rush 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. Starters Orders Touch Horse Racing

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Jockey Rush fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Strategy with Jockey Rush.

    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 ↗
  2. Starters Orders 7 Horse Racing

    WHY THIS

    Shares a competitive mood with Jockey Rush.

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

    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 ↗
  3. Starters Orders 6 Horse Racing

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Jockey Rush.

    Third-strongest match for Jockey Rush fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Strategy with Jockey Rush.

    Starters Orders 6 is an in-depth Horse Racing management simulation. Train your string of horses and race around the globe. Build up your stable and breed new horses. Take the role of the jockey and ride in races (with Oculus Rift support).

    2016SportsStrategySimulation34.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Eat, Sleep, Bet, Repeat

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Jockey Rush fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Strategy with Jockey Rush.

    You are unemployed and living in a filthy town centre bedsit circa late 1980's Britain. There are no jobs and there is no future but you don't care because there is a betting shop, kebab house and pub right outside your front door and today is the day your benefits cheque arrives! NEW 3D RACES!

    2017SportsStrategyIndie14.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Pocket Stables

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Jockey Rush.

    Ranked #5 for Jockey Rush fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Strategy with Jockey Rush.

    Manage a ranch while training your racehorses to race for a Triple Crown.

    2022SportsStrategyIndie8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Horse Racing Manager

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Jockey Rush.

    Ranked #6 for Jockey Rush fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Strategy with Jockey Rush.

    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.

    2025SportsStrategyIndie24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Broken Spell 2

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Jockey Rush fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Sports with Jockey Rush.

    Broken Spell 2 is an ARPG game. You will fight in blood with cruel and ferocious warlock and sorcerers for saving pretty girls.

    2020ActionSportsStrategy9.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Rival Stars Horse Racing: Desktop Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Jockey Rush.

    Ranked #8 for Jockey Rush fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Strategy with Jockey Rush.

    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 ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Jockey Rush at current Steam store prices.

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Jockey Rush on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Jockey Rush.

    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 ~75% under Jockey Rush on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Jockey Rush.

    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 ~50% under Jockey Rush on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Jockey Rush.

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

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Left 4 Dead 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Jockey Rush on Steam right now. Shares Action with Jockey Rush.

    Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.

    2009Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Jockey Rush on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Jockey Rush.

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

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Jockey Rush on Steam right now. Shares Action with Jockey Rush.

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Fallout: New Vegas

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Jockey Rush on Steam right now. Shares Action with Jockey Rush.

    Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

    2010ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Jockey Rush on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Jockey Rush.

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

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Jockey Rush.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. The Riftbreaker: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Strategy with Jockey Rush.

    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 ↗
  3. Totally Accurate Battlegrounds

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Jockey Rush.

    Grab your balloon crossbow and trusty inflatable hammer, because things are about to get wobbly! Be the last weirdo standing in the world-leading physics-based Battle Royale game.

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Umamusume: Pretty Derby

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Sports and Simulation with Jockey Rush.

    Umamusume: Pretty Derby, winner of Best Mobile Game at The Game Awards 2025, is ready to race! Scout featured trainees and supporters as you navigate the immersive sports life simulation through the game's in-depth training system and top-of-the-line 3D graphics!

    2025SportsSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Clicker Heroes

    WHY THIS

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

    Click your way through hordes of monsters, earn gold, and recruit quirky heroes with powerful skills. Progress even while you're idle, and watch the numbers climb into the absurd. It’s a never-ending journey of clicks, crits, and colossal damage.

    2015StrategyIndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗
  6. One-armed robber

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Strategy with Jockey Rush.

    One-armed robber is a chaotic first-person heist game that centers around a uniquely challenging premise. Players take the role of a determined robber equipped with only one arm, tasked with pulling off daring heists on banks, shops, and various establishments.

    2023ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. TrackMania Nations Forever

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Racing with Jockey Rush.

    A free game in the truest sense of the word, TrackMania Nations Forever lets you drive at mind-blowing speeds on fun and spectacular tracks in solo and multiplayer modes.TrackMania Nations Forever offers a new "Forever" version of the Stadium environment, a solid solo mode and 65 brand new, progressively challenging tracks.

    2008RacingFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Toribash

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Strategy with Jockey Rush.

    Toribash is an innovative free-to-play online turn-based fighting game where you’re able to design your own moves. Complete control over character's body, hundreds of game mods and bloody mess with full body dismemberment - you've never been able to annihilate your enemies like that before!

    2014ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Strategic Designs Ltd.

Other recommendable Steam games by Strategic Designs Ltd., ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Starters Orders 7 Horse Racing

    WHY THIS

    Shares a competitive mood with Jockey Rush.

    Another title from Strategic Designs Ltd., the studio behind Jockey Rush. Shares Sports and Strategy with Jockey Rush.

    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 ↗
  2. Starters Orders 6 Horse Racing

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Jockey Rush.

    Another title from Strategic Designs Ltd., the studio behind Jockey Rush. Shares Sports and Strategy with Jockey Rush.

    Starters Orders 6 is an in-depth Horse Racing management simulation. Train your string of horses and race around the globe. Build up your stable and breed new horses. Take the role of the jockey and ride in races (with Oculus Rift support).

    2016SportsStrategySimulation34.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Greyhound Manager 2 Rebooted

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Jockey Rush.

    Another title from Strategic Designs Ltd., the studio behind Jockey Rush. Shares Sports and Indie with Jockey Rush.

    Manage your own kennel of greyhounds. Train, race, study the detailed form and bet on your dogs and use your winnings to breed new superstars!

    2017SportsIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Eat, Sleep, Bet, Repeat

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Strategic Designs Ltd., the studio behind Jockey Rush. Shares Sports and Strategy with Jockey Rush.

    You are unemployed and living in a filthy town centre bedsit circa late 1980's Britain. There are no jobs and there is no future but you don't care because there is a betting shop, kebab house and pub right outside your front door and today is the day your benefits cheque arrives! NEW 3D RACES!

    2017SportsStrategyIndie14.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Starters Orders Classic Horse Racing

    WHY THIS

    Shares a competitive mood with Jockey Rush.

    Another title from Strategic Designs Ltd., the studio behind Jockey Rush. Shares Sports and Strategy with Jockey Rush.

    Starters Orders Classic is a new horse racing management game that simulates owning, breeding and racing your own string around the globe. Based on the highly acclaimed Starters Orders 7 simulation engine Starters Orders Classic features a retro style 2D race sequence for both flat and jumps racing!

    2020SportsStrategySimulation29.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Starters Orders Touch Horse Racing

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Strategic Designs Ltd., the studio behind Jockey Rush. Shares Sports and Strategy with Jockey Rush.

    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 ↗

Frequently asked about Jockey Rush

How much does Jockey Rush cost?
Jockey Rush is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Jockey Rush?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Jockey Rush are Starters Orders Touch Horse Racing, Starters Orders 7 Horse Racing, Starters Orders 6 Horse Racing.
Who developed Jockey Rush?
Jockey Rush was developed by Strategic Designs Ltd..

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 Jockey Rush.

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