Astride
Raidho Games · 2023 · Horses, Simulation, Early Access, Casual, RPG
PC
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About Astride
Astride In Early Access
Be a part of the early development of Astride by joining the early access program. As our team continues to work on the game, we will be releasing frequent updates and collaborating with our community to shape the ultimate horse-riding experience. Be sure to read up on the currently available game features before purchasing, so you know exactly what to expect from the game. Astride is currently in a pre-alpha state. As an early access title, Astride is still in development, but you can play and test out the features and game mechanics that have been implemented so far. You can expect limited features and some bugs as the game is still a work in progress. However, this presents an excellent opportunity for you to provide feedback and help shape the game's development with us. With each update, the game will become more polished and packed with new content, providing players with an exciting and evolving experience.The game's development team welcomes your feedback and suggestions as they work to refine and perfect the game. Your participation in shaping Astride's future is essential. To give feedback regarding Astride, please head over to the Steam discussion forums or join our official Discord server and use the respected channels and forums to provide your valuable feedback.Features Currently Available
- Breeding prototype - A brand-new feature has arrived, breeding is now available! Choose your mare and stallion to create unique foals that inherit genetic traits from both parents. The genetics system closely mirrors real life, blending breed characteristics, body and head shape, and color genetics to produce one-of-a-kind offspring.Watch your foals grow day by day as they mature into adult horses you can ride, train, and continue to breed. Build your own lineage and develop a pedigree of exceptional horses over generations.
- Horse customization - The Astride Horse Creator offers an array of horse genetic options for you to discover. Select different breeds, heights, head shapes, mane, tail, and forelock styles, base coat colors, face and leg markings, multiple white patterns and different genetics, such as tobiano, splash, cream, grey, silver, and more to customize your horse's appearance. Observe how the various genes influence the outcome of your horse's coat and bring your dream horse to life!
- Multiplayer - Whether you prefer playing with friends or riding out alone, Astride offers a multiplayer feature. Explore the environment with your friends or complete strangers. You have the flexibility to host private servers with passcodes for intimate gatherings or join public servers to meet fellow players from around the world.
- Show jumping prototype - The initial iteration of the show jumping system is now available for testing. Observe how strides impact the horse's jumping capabilities and master the art of creating the ideal lineup for jumping. Select between a variation of training courses and timed courses and compete against your friends for the best time scores! Try out the cross country jumps placed around the country-side and challenge yourself in rough terrain! Stay tuned for additional updates to the jumping prototype in the near future.
- Dressage prototype - The dressage prototype is now available in Astride. Choose between a few different dressage tests and gain scores based on how well you can stick to the program. Follow the path and switch gaits at the perfect moment. Perform movements such as canter pirouette, passage, and piaffe! Dressage is still in development and will keep getting updates over time.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
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Players generally praise the horse animation quality and breeding/creation features, but overwhelmingly criticize the game as an unfinished early access title with an unjustifiably high price for its current state, poor graphics relative to marketing, technical issues, glacial development progress, stiff horse behavior in stalls, and unrealistic rider animations. Multiple reviewers mention refunding the game or warning others away, expressing frustration that despite years of development and funding, meaningful progress remains minimal.
I've backed this game on kickstarter a few years back. My profile picture is from this game, from the time when you could run for hours into the void which would result in a glitchy and deformed horse. That was the most fun I had in this game. Since then, they've added jumping, dressage and breeding. Jumping - I like the idea of adjusting your stride to make the horse jump but it's currently dull and buggy. Not fun. Dressage - Something that would be fun with more people but I don't have horsey gamer friends that would have good enough pc to run this game. Your horse is born with elite dressage knowledge skills and can do a piaffe when you sit on it for the first time. I would like to be able to train for the more advanced dressage moves. Breeding is actually somewhat fun, but managing horses in the stable is boring and frustrating due to bad UI. I like that they went for real coat colour genetics. The gene combiantions are well executed. This is the only well made part of this parody of a horse game. I can't wait what they'll add next but they are working slowly.2 found this helpful
This is actually sad for me because i love the game....for the potential. I dislike it because its just unfinished for being an early access 3 years ago. The movement for the character is slow but turning the character is slower. I feel it needs refinement and tuning. The horse animations while riding are GOLD but slow. I feel they are really realistic but slow and the riders post needs some tweaks as well. There's paddocks off the stalls for your horses to be able to go but when you close the door they don't move. Now i know horses can stand still but there's no "life" to it not even tail flicks. They don't run off into the field even. it has a realistic aspect but no life. Jumping is pretty easy when you get the hang of it but i feel it can be tweaked as well. i cant say its worth $25 when it feels unfinished and i do believe it will have a tendency to crash as it crashed before it even loaded me into gameplay after i created my horse. If they where to fix/finish the game i would buy and play again but as of right now 2026 i cannot recommend :(
Used to crash at start up and got stuck at loading screen for god knows how long, after it finally worked I instantly hated my life. It's beyond horrible, graphics feel like I'm playing a game from 2010. I've followed the development and progress on social media and thought it looked great- But it looks nothing like the content they have been showing us. It's boring and not worth your money and time. And since I spent most of my time on loading screen I don't meet the requirements to get a refund.
iv enjoyed this game the mechanics for the horses are nice and easy to use not finished but other than that iv enjoyed this game a lot and also there is a lot to customize on your horse and you can breed them and get cute horses endlessly if you wanted to
I would like to start this review with saying my laptop is not capable of running the game full graphics and everything however... the game even in the lowest settings is very pretty. The game contains only a few minor glitches as it is in Pre-alpha ( i think) which is really good for this stage of development. i love the jump animation and how you can actually go first-person compared to most horse games. I love the cozy vibe and the overall play style of the game. I am so excited to see how far this game comes until its full release.
i love the horses
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