Choose Road Dogs
Choose Road Dogs if you want a Strategy, Indie, and Free To Play game with Online Co-op and Co-op. On Steam, it has co-op, so you can bring a friend. Road Dogs launched in 2017.
Road Dogs vs Horse Riding Tales
Road Dogs and Horse Riding Tales both land in Action, Adventure, Massively Multiplayer 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 Action, Adventure, Massively Multiplayer on Steam. Road Dogs (2017) is 2 years older than Horse Riding Tales (2019). Horse Riding Tales scores higher on Steam reviews (56.6% positive) than Road Dogs (45.8% 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 Horse Riding Tales
Choose Horse Riding Tales if you want a Simulation and Casual experience. Horse Riding Tales launched in 2019.
Both Road Dogs and Horse Riding Tales sit in Action, Adventure, and Massively Multiplayer on Steam and both list Multi-player, MMO, and Online PvP, 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
 Road Dogs |  Horse Riding Tales | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2017 | 2019 |
| Genres | Action, Strategy, Indie, Adventure, Massively Multiplayer, RPG, Free To Play, Early Access, Racing | Action, Adventure, Simulation, Massively Multiplayer, RPG, Casual, Racing |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Unsupported | Deck Playable |
| Price | Free to play | Free to play |
| Steam reviews | 45.8% positive (72 reviews) | 56.6% positive (357 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online Co-op | Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer |
| Developers | Teletower Studios | Foxie Games |
Side by side
- Both share Action, Adventure, Massively Multiplayer on Steam.
- Road Dogs (2017) is 2 years older than Horse Riding Tales (2019).
- Horse Riding Tales scores higher on Steam reviews (56.6% positive) than Road Dogs (45.8% positive).
- Both are free to play.
- Road Dogs has co-op; Horse Riding Tales does not.
- Steam Deck: Road Dogs is Deck Unsupported, Horse Riding Tales is Deck Playable.
Road Dogs vs Horse Riding Tales — FAQ
- Should I play Road Dogs or Horse Riding Tales first?
- If you want chronology, Road Dogs (2017) came out before Horse Riding Tales (2019). 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 Road Dogs and Horse Riding Tales similar?
- They overlap on Action, Adventure, Massively Multiplayer 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.