ActionAdventureSimulation
Horse Tales: Emerald Valley Ranch
The first hour is a test
Gets good by 1h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 15h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 89% of owners
Steam reviews 63% positive of 985
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (58%); after 15h it's 1 in 3 (33%).
- Fully opens up by hour 15.
- The opening is criticised more than in 87% of games we track.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- 88% of owners got the first achievement.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 992 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 294 reviews: 13.5h for positive, 11.5h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (88.5% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.
All achievements (33)
- Builder Build your first building 100%
- Horse Whisperer Cure a horse's fear or negative trait 100%
- Newbie Complete the tutorial 97%
- The Mastercrafter Meet Noella and reach the Flatlands race track 84%
- Equine Coiffeur Perfectly complete the Brushing Mini Game 77%
- Junior Show Jumper Jump 100 times with a horse 77%
- Racing horse Run 5km with a horse 73%
- Dog Lover Pet a dog 73%
- A helping hand Do the Woodsman a favor 68%
- Rodeo Rider Tame a wild horse 67%
- Masseur Perfectly Complete a Petting Sequence 66%
- Bon appétit! Perfectly Complete Feeding MiniGame 65%
- The Champion of Sneaky Ways Get to know Lilli 63%
- Beginner's Luck Score first in a race 62%
- Squeaky clean Perfectly Complete Washing MiniGame so the Horse is squeaky clean 62%
- Finding Esmeé Help Gabriel find Esmée 60%
- Finding Lilli Find and help Lilli 55%
- The Birds and the Bees Breed a horse 54%
- Friendship Befriend Lilli 53%
- Tea time Reach the pavilion in High Garden 52%
- Partycrasher Throw an unsuccessful party 49%
- Legendary Steed Find the Emerald Valley Devil 46%
- A Star On The Rise Complete the main story 46%
- Surprise! Attend your surprise party! 46%
- Cat Lover Pet a cat 41%
- Buckaroo Tame 10 Horses 32%
- Apple pie Collect 50 apples 30%
- Paranormal Investigator The secret about the ghost horse has been revealed 20%
- Tenacious Explorer Discover every zone on the map 13%
- Champion Complete all 8 Race Tracks 8.9%
- Stud Manager Breed 20 horses 5.6%
- Like lemmings Leap into nothing 250 times 4.0%
- Completionist Unlock All Achievements 1.9%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.