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Horse Racing Manager

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86%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
86% User Score Based on 142 reviews

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About Horse Racing Manager

Horse Racing Manager is a single player tactical role playing game with a economy theme. It was developed by Sheep Meadow Road Games and was released on October 24, 2025. It received positive reviews from players.

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.

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Reviews

86%Audience ScoreBased on 142 reviews
gameplay5 positive mentions
stability2 negative mentions
  • Extremely in-depth management and simulation gameplay offering a high level of customization and complexity, appealing to fans of management sims.
  • Very active, passionate, and responsive development team providing frequent updates, bug fixes, and community engagement.
  • Engaging horse breeding, buying/selling, and stable management systems with a good balance of automation and player control.
  • Race simulation and visuals feel unrealistic and unpolished, with issues such as horses not running in packs, odd pacing, and exaggerated finishing gaps.
  • Steep learning curve and confusing UI for new players, with inadequate tutorials and sometimes clunky navigation.
  • Game is still early access with some bugs, balance problems, and features feeling unfinished or unnecessary, which can frustrate players.

  • gameplay

    16 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    31% positive mentions, 50% neutral mentions, 19% negative mentions

    The gameplay offers deep, engaging mechanics reminiscent of management sims like Football Manager, with a focus on training, breeding, and racing horses. While many enjoy its depth and pixel art style, some find initial complexity and certain mechanics, like training effects and race logic, flawed or inconsistent. Overall, it provides a compelling experience but has room for improvement in polish and balance.

    • “This game has me hooked and I love the gameplay depth.”
    • “I've started over many times already as I gain a better understanding of the mechanics.”
    • “A realistic and deep horse racing and stable management game, with fun gameplay loops.”
    • “I really enjoyed this game and its development in the earlier stages, but coming back after some major updates to racing mechanics, this game honestly drives me mad.”
    • “That time would be better spent improving the core mechanics of the game: training, breeding, and racing.”
    • “The 'training' mechanic has its flaws (you can change the food and care, but it doesn't have any effect most of the time).”

  • graphics

    5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    60% positive mentions, 40% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    Users generally praise the game's graphics for their detailed, accurate, and charming art style, appreciating the simplicity and unique artistic choices. While some criticize the visuals, most find them cute and well-executed, adding to the overall appeal.

    • “I love the graphics and level of detail put into the game.”
    • “I love the artwork, the concept, the simplicity, and the accuracy of the game.”
    • “The art style is cute and the addition of harness raving is an unexpected but pleasant surprise.”

  • optimization

    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    75% positive mentions, -50% neutral mentions, 75% negative mentions

    The game suffers from frequent freezing and performance issues during loading, even on decent machines and smaller databases, which is problematic for a spreadsheet-style game. However, recent updates have improved optimization by speeding up save times and reducing save file sizes.

    • “Performance is also a big concern; even on a decent machine, the game freezes regularly while loading, even on smaller databases, which is frustrating for what is mostly a spreadsheet game.”
    • “The developers have optimized the save speed and reduced the save file size, improving the overall performance.”
    • “Despite being mostly a spreadsheet game, optimization issues such as loading freezes on decent machines still affect performance.”
    • “Performance is also a big concern; even on a decent machine, the game freezes regularly while loading, even with a smaller database, despite being mostly a spreadsheet game.”
    • “The game freezes regularly while loading, impacting performance even on decent machines and smaller databases.”
    • “Developers have optimized the save speed and reduced the save file size, but performance issues during loading remain significant.”

  • stability

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The game offers an engaging and unique management experience beyond horse racing, but users report some bugs and UI issues that affect stability. Despite these problems, many find it worthwhile if they enjoy management games and horse-related content.

    • “The UI is a bit buggy; something seems to be off.”
    • “Yes, the game could be buggy and needs a bit of work, but considering all the features in the game, it's pretty worth it if you like management games and horses.”

  • atmosphere

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    Users appreciate the game's atmosphere for its familiar and immersive feel, closely resembling the experience of classic football manager games they have enjoyed for years.

  • story

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The story aspect is criticized for its absence of a clear storyline or defined goals, leading to a lack of narrative direction.

    • “I do not like the lack of a storyline or general goals.”
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Play Times

20h Median play time
20h Average play time
20-20h Spent by most gamers
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Horse Racing Manager is a tactical role playing game with economy theme. Common tags for Horse Racing Manager include indie, 2d, immersive sim, pixel graphics, immersive and others.

Horse Racing Manager is available on PC, Mac OS and Windows.

On average players spend around 20 hours playing Horse Racing Manager.

Horse Racing Manager was released on October 24, 2025.

Horse Racing Manager was developed by Sheep Meadow Road Games.

Horse Racing Manager has received positive reviews from players. Most players liked Horse Racing Manager for its gameplay but disliked it for its optimization.

Horse Racing Manager is a single player game.

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