Rival Stars Horse Racing
Horse riding & stable game
Ratings
Age
4+
Category
Sports
Languages
English
Tue Feb 10 2026
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Rival Stars Horse Racing puts you in control of a family horse ranch. Restore your legacy as you breed, train, and race horses on legendary tracks. With highly realistic horse animations, a deep breeding system, and various gameplay modes including cross-country and flat racing, it is the most immersive equestrian game on mobile.
Dinsun Expert Review
Our Expert Score
Rival Stars Horse Racing is the most complete equestrian experience on mobile. It isn't just a racing game; it’s a full-fledged breeding and stable management simulator. The actual racing is thrilling, with a great sense of speed and a tactical 'energy' system that forces you to time your final sprint perfectly.
However, the real depth lies back at the ranch. The breeding system is complex and rewarding, allowing you to pass down specific coat patterns and stats to create the perfect champion. The graphics are some of the best in the genre—the horses look incredibly lifelike, and the lighting on the tracks is beautiful. Whether you're into the management side, the breeding, or the high-stakes racing, Rival Stars delivers on all fronts with a high level of polish.
Features
Stunningly realistic 3D horses and tracks
Deep genetic breeding system with unique patterns
Multiple racing styles including Flat and Cross Country
Story-driven campaign and live multiplayer events
Upcoming Events
Tips & Walkthrough
During the race, keep your horse in the 'ideal position' (indicated by the meter) to conserve energy. Save your sprint bar for the final stretch. Use the whip sparingly, as it can exhaust your horse if used too early.
Gameplays
Use the profits from your races to upgrade your training facilities. Higher-level facilities allow you to boost your horse's speed, sprint energy, and acceleration. When breeding, look for compatible stats and rare coat colors to increase the value of your stable.
Screenshot
Q&A
Yes, you can customize the appearance, silks, and helmets of your jockey.
Ratings & Reviews
Best horse game ever 🐎🏇
Fri Mar 29 2024 DarkFox7111Rival stars is one of the best games ever if your into horses and challenges it’s fun it gets you going and it has beautiful graphics. I do actually have some suggestions to add to the game to make it even better: I’d like to see a new contest show up in rival stars such as dressage and barrel racing so creators if that’s a possibility I would love if that could happen. Also I’d like to see the Frisian horses added to the game I feel like the more breeds there are the more horses there are to choose from. Also personality’s, I feel like all horses have a different personality and that should be expressed in the game to make it even more realistic. You should also be able to bond with your horse and there could be a bond meter or something and you have to level up the bond meter to have more control over the horse while competing, again it’s just an option to add. I also think there should be more things to do with the horses themselves like feeding brushing cleaning hooves and other things similar to that, this could also contribute to the bond meter thing. There could also be other animals in the game like dogs and cattle. And as always there can be more coat colors and breeds and what not. But overall this is a great game for people who like horses or people who just want a fun relaxing game to play with free time. Creators I hope you take some of my opinions into consideration and thanks for the amazing game.
Incredible game!
Mon Feb 08 2021 Animal lover🐾I’ve been playing this game for about a month and I can hardly put it down! The graphics are the most beautiful graphics I’ve ever seen in a mobile horse game. The racing is really fun because you’re actually there on the track rather than just looking from a distance or from above and you are in complete control. I can almost feel wind in my face as I race around the track. Another thing I really love about this game is that every horse is different in some way. I haven’t seen two horses that look exactly the same yet. The horses also look like thoroughbreds instead of just any horse. The movements are also very realistic. I can tell that a lot of love and hard work went into the making of this game and I really appreciate that. One more thing I almost forgot to mention is the music. The music is fantastic, especially with headphones. Very good job 👍🏼. This is a great game and I highly recommend it to any horse lovers who read this review. Edit: I love the new customization update, but the prices are way too high in my opinion. Also, there’s an annoying glitch where the black and cyan tack only shows as black when I’m racing. Those are the only issues though and I’m not gonna take any stars off for them because this is still a great game. Another Edit: Can we please keep the quick ride feature? It totally blew me away and I’m really gonna miss it when it leaves! This was by far my favorite update!
Good game
Wed Feb 18 2026 #CatRescueStoryIt’s a good game but annoying sometimes. For starters there are cool genes like Appaloosa but you can only get genes like that from limited edition studs that cost gold to breed and you need money for gold but all the things that give u gold as a prize only give u like 100 gold and it’s like 500 to breed with the rare stallions. Even low-level ones!!! SAD😢 Plus almost all the benefits and cool facilities/gear need a membership to unlock and the membership is like 30 USD $ a month. Also my friend plays on computer and she can win gold from getting in the top 5 of a race. But for me (I use a mobile phone) I can only get gold from the rose wheel which is super expensive and only gives 100 gold every 10 spins. Plus things like the salon could be used for everybody but No… instead if you have a membership you get tons of free salon passes. You also get free horses and rare gear from events. (Only if your a member obviously 🙄)On the rare occasion non-membership people get gear from an event, it’s just regular gear with a small color change but when members get it it’s like a unicorn horn bridle and a saddle with wings . There is also a thing were you can play games to earn gold but you have to actually own the game to be able to earn gold by playing it and the best gold payouts from this are by subscribing to a company’s newsletter or something and the buying something from them online. NOT FAIR!! Developers please consider making some changes to some of these.
Pitch perfect!
Sun Sep 03 2023 blakey girlOkay, I just want to start off with the fact: 👏 This 👏 Game 👏 Is 👏 AWESOME 👏 This game has to be the best horse game on the App Store! You can do so much, just about the same thing as other horse games, but this app makes them 10x better! You can do the usual: breeding, riding, racing, etc. But, you can also do: COMPETITIVE racing, cross country, quests, and so many other great stuff. If you are hesitant, you should download this game. Yes, it does take up A LOT of storage, but honestly, it’s SO worth it! This game is super high tech! Example: In the races the announcer says your horses SPECIFIC name! (it doesn’t say the name if your horses name is ‘****’) Also, this game is so detailed, like when you breed two horses, and you see the baby for the first time, it shows the baby standing up and wobbling, which is just so adorable. And when you age it up you get a scene where the horse walks up to you, and you can see the coat, stats, etc. And you like cutscenes, the beginning of this game is great! It shows your grandfather in a race, where you play as him and win. Then gives a ton of backstory to how your riding journey started. Honestly, this game deserves 5 stars. If you are hesitant about getting this game, take it from me: G E T T H E G A M E ! 5/5 stars, this game is phenomenal! It exceeds all standards to a great horse game! Thank you for taking time out of your day to read this. Have an amazing day / night.
so close...
Wed Apr 29 2020 aherald21i'm going to start off by saying this is the best horse game everrrr! the developers really put in so much time and effort for this game to be so amazing. i truly love it. the graphics are great, the way that every horse is different in some way is fantastic. most games like this i'll ply for a little while but then get bored of it, but this game challenges you and you can always get better. i enjoy how you have to work hard to level up so that way you aren't just playing the game with ease. however, i wish you could care for your horses and foals. be able to see them in a field and stuff like that. it would be amazing to have your horses get older as you progress. also, with the breeding part, it would be so great to have it to where your foals would look/ get the color from their parents. and in the market, you should be able to purchase all of the feeds and materials because you need them and it can be hard to earn them from racing. the energy part, i think it should be able to increase as you progress through the game so that way you can race more. these are all things that i believe would make the game perfect. i understand that updates and changing the game takes time and effort and i really do appreciate how considerate y'all are. i love this game and will continue to play it. please take my feedback into consideration Thanks, Ashlee
Best horse racing game I’ve gotten
Sun Jan 31 2021 unikitty505The game itself is amazing, it ranges from breeding, to buying horses, to upgrading, racing, and even free riding. I personally think that this game is the best horse racing game I’ve heard of and had, and I have A LOT. The graphics are amazing, and so is audio. I do however have a few recommendations to make the game better. I think it would be really cool if there was a horse editor, even if it costs like 10k to 50k coins, it would be great. I wish it was easier to get gold in larger amounts, because of this I only have about 7 stables, when I should have much more based on my level. It would really help with breeding if you could get exotic and rare genes/ coat patterns/etc, and that the horses with exotic genes cost less to breed with. Also I think some horses should be able to be trained more, because for many live events and goals you have to come in a specific placement in a race, and some horses can’t get there because of their max potential. Also it would be nice if you could choose which horse was on your Home Screen. More rider options, silks, and patterns for the riding uniform would also be nice. Another thing that could be added is more options for the name of your stable, what I mean is more sign looks, and colors. Overall this game is amazing and very fun, if you are a fan of horses and horse racing this is definitely the game for you. I 100% recommend installing this app.
My opinion
Mon Aug 16 2021 colin+djFirst off lemme say your game is amazing I love the new jumping but I do think u guys should still add show jumping cross country abs dressage it would put your game over the top and your game is better then any other online horse game I think it’s time for you guys to take it to the next level I wish also horses were a little cheaper or we won more money from races also I wish breeding was faster and I wish we won the horse money not those little gray tokens I wish there wasn’t a time limit on free roam or at least if it is the time I’d like 10-20 mins and free roam should be free no video watching I wish it was easier to get different colors on the horses and I wanna see less brown horses I wanna see a different variety of colors I’m the shop more often I wish we had more customizations for are characters abs I wish we could change the genders of are characters at any time I wish that stallions were more common I have a full barn of mares and one stallion especially when breeding I wish the farm was actually like real like we could explore u should add different places to go to race and actually taking the trip or being able to drive to the horse shows or at least watch the drive no time limit and I wish to be able to brush and care for are horse feed and wash them and be able to watch them all play freely that is all I wish
I LOVED THIS GAME! But…
Sat Jan 20 2024 AddisonLilacOkay, this game was one of my favorites! The graphics are beautiful and the dynamics and storyline, even though it isn’t huge, is just wonderful. I was breeding up high level horses pretty easily. Racing is a blast and super fun. Training doesn’t take too long and there are barely any ads! I literally have no complaints. Except one… One day, while I was trying to do the SIMPLEST THING, (change my ranch’s sign and name) it froze. My keyboard that I was typing with just froze completely. So I thought “oh, well I can just close the app and then restart it. But it my home button wasn’t working. In fact, nothing on my phone was working. Except for the shut off button. But when I shut it off, and turned it back on, it just opened right into the app again. So finally we had my phone die, it was at full battery so it took all day but it died and when I turned it back on it had reset. I love this game, but apparently it was too much for my phone so I sadly had to delete it. If this ever happens to you gamers, just have your phone die and it will reset. I don’t know WHY this happened, but it makes me sad that I had to get rid of this beautiful game. All in all, this is four stars, i had to knock off one because of my phone freezing up but it that gets fixed I will GLADLY update it up to five stars. Thanks for the great experience and wonderful gameplay time I had.
Some Youtube Videos found!
Rival Stars Horse Racing (by Pikpok) - iOS / Android - HD Gameplay Trailer - YouTube
Rival Stars Horse Racing - PikPok Walkthrough - YouTube
Rival Stars Horse Racing - Steeplechase Gameplay (P. 3) New - YouTube
Rival Stars Horse Racing - Steeplechase Gameplay (P. 2) New - YouTube
Official Rival Stars Horse Racing - Pikpok - Launch Trailer - iOS / Android - YouTube
Rival Stars Horse Racing (by PIKPOK) - Android / iOS Gameplay - YouTube
News found!
Today, developer PikPok announced RIval Stars Horse Racing: VR Edition, the first VR entry in their popular horse racing series.
Sports Gamers Online Tue Sep 23 2025
Rival Stars Horse Racing is getting a brand new VR version on Quest, SteamVR and Vision ProRival Stars Horse Racing: VR Edition will let you breed horses and compete in horse races on Meta Quest, SteamVR and Vision Pro.
MIXED Reality News Mon Dec 23 2024
Rival Stars Horse Racing: VR Edition - Official Announcement TrailerRival Stars Horse Racing: VR Edition is a VR horse racing game developed by PikPok. Players will take on horse racing in the hopes of becoming cross-country...
IGN Mon Dec 23 2024
Rival Stars Horse Racing: VR Edition Rides Towards Quest, Steam & Apple Vision ProRival Stars Horse Racing: VR Edition is a different breed of racing game coming to Quest, Steam and Apple Vision Pro.
UploadVR Mon Dec 23 2024
Rival Stars Horse Racing: VR EditionRival Stars Horse Racing: VR Edition is an immersive simulation game where you can become an equestrian champion from the comfort of your home.
IGN Mon Dec 23 2024
Rival Stars Horse Racing: Desktop Edition Coming to Steam on June 25PikPok has announced Rival Stars Horse Racing: Desktop Edition, their horse racing management experience, will release on June 25, on Steam for both PC and Mac...
Operation Sports Wed Dec 23 2020
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FULLSYNC Tue Jan 23 2024
PikPok launches ‘Agent Intercept’ worldwide on SteamGames publisher PikPok today announced that the PC version of the successful Apple Arcade game, Agent Intercept, launched worldwide on Steam for $20.
AnimationXpress Wed Feb 23 2022
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FULLSYNC Wed Aug 23 2023
Rival Stars Horse Racing by PikPokRenewal costs 9.99 USD/month (or local equivalent). Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the...
AppAdvice Fri Aug 23 2019
