Horse Games
English searches for hobby horsing more than for horse riding. We have thirty-one horses and not one broomstick.
31 games · hand-picked, then filled from the catalogue
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Here is the number that reframes this page:
How this list is put together
| what English searches | per month |
|---|---|
| online horse games | 2,300 |
| hobby horsing games | 1,900 |
| horse games for kids | 1,600 |
| horse racing games | 1,600 |
| performance horses | 1,500 |
| pony racing games | 1,300 |
| horse riding quest | 1,200 |
| horse riding games | 959 |
| show jumping games | 710 |
| horse simulation games | 688 |
Hobby horsing outsearches horse riding two to one. If you have not met it: it is the sport of riding a stick horse over show-jumping fences, invented by teenagers in Finland, with real competitions and real judging.
We have nothing. Not one. It is the clearest gap on this page and probably the clearest on the whole site — a genuine sport with two thousand monthly searches and no browser game has gone near it.
What the thirty-one actually are
| what they are | how many |
|---|---|
| care: brushing, shoeing, check-ups | 10 |
| racing, ponies included | 7 |
| pony puzzles and memory | 7 |
| show jumping | 2 |
| riding, simulator, survival | 4 |
| a French board game | 1 |
The big group is care, and nearly all of it is built for small children: large targets, no
way to lose, nothing to read. That lines up with where English puts horses — virtual pet games 2,300, pet care games 1,400 and pet grooming games 1,000 all sit in this same
neighbourhood.
Racing is seven, against 1,600 monthly searches for horse racing games and another 1,300 for pony racing. Thin, and worth saying.
The one that is not a horse game
It is called Petits chevaux, and it is the French board game — dice, four counters, get them home. In French the phrase means exactly that and nothing equestrian.
It stays on the list because anyone searching the name will find it, and because it sums these pages up: the same word means different things in different countries, which is why our five horse pages are not one page translated five times.
Why chosen by hand
Forty-five games in the catalogue mention horse or pony. Fourteen did not make it: action games where a horse is scenery, and copies of branded cartoon ponies — coloured ponies wearing names from a series that is not theirs. They stay in the catalogue, because whoever searches for them should find them. Not here.
Weight
The median of the thirty-one is 13.3 MB against 7.8 MB for the catalogue. They are heavy for the usual reason: a good-looking pony is a 3D model with fur, and fur costs.
Eight of thirty-one work on touch, which is low. Caring for a pony means clicking many small things, and that was designed for a mouse.
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Are there hobby horsing games?
None. `hobby horsing games` is searched 1,900 times a month in English — more than horse riding games at 959 — and the catalogue has nothing. It is a real sport with real competitions and no browser game has caught up with it.
How many are there, and what are they?
Thirty-one, chosen one by one. Ten are care games, seven are races, seven are pony puzzles, two are show jumping, four are riding or survival, and one is a French board game that only sounds equestrian.
Is there show jumping?
Two. `show jumping games` is 710 a month, so two is thin, and there is no dressage or eventing at all.
Why is the list chosen by hand?
Because forty-five games in the catalogue mention horse or pony and fourteen are something else: action games with a horse in the scenery, and copies of branded cartoon ponies. Those stay in the catalogue but not on a page we say we chose.
Do they work on a phone?
Eight of the thirty-one are marked for touch. Pony care means clicking a lot of small targets, and that was drawn for a mouse.