Best Horse Riding Game for PC

Champion Dreams: First to Ride This game is hard to find (as with most PC games these days) but if you find it be ready for a challenge. I don't want to give too much away but this game has a storyline with a final goal and there are different quests you have to complete to reach the goal. I often had to do quests a few times to complete them and the final one was really challenging.

Another horse game for PC that is also for the Nintendo DS, Petz Horsez 2 is a challenging but fun horse game with an interactive story line. Unlike some PC games that are hard to find nowadays, this one is available for download making it possible to still get on a Windows computer. In the game, you play a vet named Emma who has been accepted to a prestigious French riding academy. At the academy, there are missions to complete, trails to explore, foals to raise, horses to care for, and competitions to win. Your decisions impact the story line in the game and can cause the end of the game to change, which is unique and exciting. The controls for things like steering in the game are noted as being a little sensitive so it may be better for those that are a little older. The disciplines in the game are show jumping, dressage, and cross country. It is also known as Pippa Funnell 4: Secrets of the Ranch.

Let's Ride: Friends Forever features several elements that make this a very fun game. When starting the game you get to customize your own foal that you raise. As you raise your foal you can accessorize them and enter them in beauty contests. Once your foal grows up you can train them and go for rides. You of course get to change your riders clothes, doctor your horses' wounds, groom your horse, along with the other typical daily tasks.

Let's Ride: Silver Buckle Stables is one of the few PC horse games that is now available on Steam. Unlike most horse games this one that actually allow you to explore western riding. Of course in other games you may get to ride in a western saddle but in this game you actually get to compete in barrel racing. When you aren't competing or taking care of you horse you can explore the surrounding areas.

My Horse & Me is a really fun horse PC game. In the game you get to train, groom, and compete with your horse along with playing mini games. The graphics in the game are really good and the customizations for your horse and rider avatar are extensive. Unlike some horse games that have missions or horse care tasks, such as cleaning the stall, that take you away from training and competing this game has short tasks and no missions so you can spend more time with your horse. As you continue to train and win show jumping competitions you get to move up the levels and unlock new show jumping competitions around the world. The only thing that isn't great about this game is that there is only show jumping instead of the usually 3 day event style that has show jumping, cross country, and dressage.

Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron can be hard to find so you may need to check out stores such as Ebay. If you want to play the new Spirit game you can check it out here. The old Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron game didn't involve riding but rather quests, mini-games, and races. The new Spirit game you are a person rather than a horse and it is more similar to other horse games where you take care of and ride your horse while completing quests.

Saddle Up: Time to Ride is a fun horse riding game that allows you to train in show jumping and cross-country. When you are not training or competing you will be caring for your horse, decorating your horse, and solving a mystery. There is also a multi-player mode to the game for those who want to play the game with friends. 

In Barbie: Riding Club you get to pick your horse out and then embark on fun adventures and minigames. The minigames vary from matching games to sorting goods among other games. When you are not doing minigames you can complete different adventures and explore the trails. Honestly for as old the game is the graphics are pretty good much better than some of the older games out there.

Even though this game shows a picture related to Dreamer the horse movie on the cover and it is inspired by the DreamWorks movie, many reviewers have mentioned that you don't play the movie storyline. In the movie, as many are familiar with, it is centered around Sonya who is a racehorse that breaks her leg, is nursed back to health, and eventually goes on to race again. This game doesn't follow that storyline. Rather, it is similar to other horse games where you take care of a horse, train in various disciplines, go on trail rides, and compete at horse shows. Caring for the horse is the usual--feeding, bathing, and grooming the horse. Training and competitions include show jumping, dressage, and cross country. You do win ribbons an prizes in the competitions which is fun.

Rider's World: Competition is a fun horse riding game where you get your own pony to care for, train, and compete with. When you aren't training or competing you get to explore the trails and spend time with your horse. While rider's world: competition is hard to find rider's world: I want to ride is available on Steam and has many similar characteristics.

Saddle Up With Pippa Funnell has a main storyline you follow throughout the game. As you move throughout the game you can complete additional tasks outside the main storyline as well. You can get up to 10 horses in the game to ride, train, compete with, and care of although just beware that the more horses you have the more you have to take care of.