Choose Riding Club Championships
Choose Riding Club Championships if you want an Action and Free To Play experience. On Steam, it's free to play, so the barrier to trying it is zero. Riding Club Championships launched in 2016.
Riding Club Championships vs Rival Stars Horse Racing: Desktop Edition
Riding Club Championships and Rival Stars Horse Racing: Desktop Edition both land in Sports, Racing 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, Racing on Steam. Riding Club Championships (2016) is 4 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 Club Championships (71.5% 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 Simulation game with Online PvP and PvP. On Steam, it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 93.3% positive across 3,438 reviews.
Both Riding Club Championships and Rival Stars Horse Racing: Desktop Edition sit in Sports and Racing on Steam and both list Multi-player, 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 Club Championships |  Rival Stars Horse Racing: Desktop Edition | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2016 | 2020 |
| Genres | Action, Sports, Free To Play, Racing | Sports, Strategy, Simulation, Racing |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS | Windows, macOS |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Deck Verified |
| Price | Free to play | 29.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 71.5% positive (435 reviews) | 93.3% positive (3,438 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer | Multi-player |
| Developers | Artplant | PikPok |
Side by side
- Both share Sports, Racing on Steam.
- Riding Club Championships (2016) is 4 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 Club Championships (71.5% positive).
- Riding Club Championships is free; Rival Stars Horse Racing: Desktop Edition is paid (29.99 USD).
- Rival Stars Horse Racing: Desktop Edition is Deck Verified on Steam Deck; Riding Club Championships has no Deck rating yet.
Riding Club Championships vs Rival Stars Horse Racing: Desktop Edition — FAQ
- Which is better, Riding Club Championships or Rival Stars Horse Racing: Desktop Edition?
- On Steam reviews Rival Stars Horse Racing: Desktop Edition scores higher (93.3% positive) than Riding Club Championships (71.5% positive). Both have enough reviews to trust the signal, so for players using reviews alone, Rival Stars Horse Racing: Desktop Edition is the safer pick. Genre fit still matters — check the side-by-side table for the categories each game lands in.
- Should I play Riding Club Championships or Rival Stars Horse Racing: Desktop Edition first?
- If you want chronology, Riding Club Championships (2016) 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 Club Championships and Rival Stars Horse Racing: Desktop Edition similar?
- They overlap on Sports, Racing 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.
- Is Riding Club Championships free?
- Yes — Riding Club Championships is a free-to-play Steam title. Rival Stars Horse Racing: Desktop Edition is paid (29.99 USD).