Choose Windstorm: Start of a Great Friendship
Choose Windstorm: Start of a Great Friendship if you want a Simulation, Casual, and Racing experience. Windstorm: Start of a Great Friendship launched in 2017.
Windstorm: Start of a Great Friendship vs Horse Club™ Adventures 2: Hazelwood Stories
Windstorm: Start of a Great Friendship and Horse Club™ Adventures 2: Hazelwood Stories both land in Adventure 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 are Adventure games on Steam. Windstorm: Start of a Great Friendship (2017) is 5 years older than Horse Club™ Adventures 2: Hazelwood Stories (2022). Horse Club™ Adventures 2: Hazelwood Stories scores higher on Steam reviews (86.2% positive) than Windstorm: Start of a Great Friendship (70% 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 Club™ Adventures 2: Hazelwood Stories
Choose Horse Club™ Adventures 2: Hazelwood Stories if it's the newer release (2022) and ships with the modern feature baseline. Horse Club™ Adventures 2: Hazelwood Stories launched in 2022.
Both Windstorm: Start of a Great Friendship and Horse Club™ Adventures 2: Hazelwood Stories sit in Adventure 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
 Windstorm: Start of a Great Friendship |  Horse Club™ Adventures 2: Hazelwood Stories | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2017 | 2022 |
| Genres | Adventure, Simulation, Casual, Racing | Adventure |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Playable | Unrated |
| Price | 14.99 USD | 14.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 70% positive (50 reviews) | 86.2% positive (29 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | Aesir Interactive | Wild River Games GmbH |
Side by side
- Both are Adventure games on Steam.
- Windstorm: Start of a Great Friendship (2017) is 5 years older than Horse Club™ Adventures 2: Hazelwood Stories (2022).
- Horse Club™ Adventures 2: Hazelwood Stories scores higher on Steam reviews (86.2% positive) than Windstorm: Start of a Great Friendship (70% positive).
- Horse Club™ Adventures 2: Hazelwood Stories is currently ~0% cheaper on Steam than Windstorm: Start of a Great Friendship (14.99 USD vs. 14.99 USD).
- Windstorm: Start of a Great Friendship is Deck Playable on Steam Deck; Horse Club™ Adventures 2: Hazelwood Stories has no Deck rating yet.
Windstorm: Start of a Great Friendship vs Horse Club™ Adventures 2: Hazelwood Stories — FAQ
- Should I play Windstorm: Start of a Great Friendship or Horse Club™ Adventures 2: Hazelwood Stories first?
- If you want chronology, Windstorm: Start of a Great Friendship (2017) came out before Horse Club™ Adventures 2: Hazelwood Stories (2022). 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 Windstorm: Start of a Great Friendship and Horse Club™ Adventures 2: Hazelwood Stories similar?
- They overlap on Adventure 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 Windstorm: Start of a Great Friendship run on Steam Deck?
- Yes — Windstorm: Start of a Great Friendship is rated Deck Playable by Valve. Horse Club™ Adventures 2: Hazelwood Stories doesn't have a Deck rating yet, so its Deck behaviour is currently unverified.