Astride

Early Access Demo, without the demo??? It's not early access, and there's little to no updates for it to justify as early access. They post somewhat monthly "devlogs" that provide you with no hope for the actual future of the game, and consist of pictures that showcase assets they are making for the game. Users want to see what you're making for the user experience. Visuals are important, but we're ready to see the full menu...think we've had enough of the appetizers. Until they provide any real update and roadmap to steam, I have to heavily recommend against purchasing this barely demo in early access.

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.

The state of this game is horrendous. I used to back it on Patreon and lastly played it in January of 2025. Today I gave it a shot to see the progress but there is none. The human and horse models look ridiculous. I don't understand, why the devs would implement other breeds while everything looks so clunky and chunky and plain ugly.

I TRIED TO PLAY AND KEEP GETTING STUCK ON THE LOADING SCREEN:( i just wanted ti play a horse game!

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 :(

fun to play cute horses and good looking horses