[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":391},["ShallowReactive",2],{"studio-blog-post-horses-of-hoofprint-bay-steam-hand-drawn-horse-stable-sim":3,"studio-blog-related-horses-of-hoofprint-bay-steam-hand-drawn-horse-stable-sim":350},{"id":4,"title":5,"author":6,"body":7,"category":322,"cover":22,"coverHref":15,"date":323,"description":324,"draft":325,"extension":326,"image":327,"meta":328,"navigation":101,"path":329,"seo":330,"stem":331,"tags":332,"takes":339,"__hash__":349},"blog\u002Fblog\u002Fhorses-of-hoofprint-bay-steam-hand-drawn-horse-stable-sim.md","Horses of Hoofprint Bay Steam: Hand-Drawn Horse Stable Sim","remmy",{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":309},"minimark",[10,24,34,45,92,102,111,116,119,122,126,129,138,144,147,151,165,169,172,181,187,194,198,205,209,216,229,233,257,261,269,272,276,279],[11,12,18,19],"a",{"className":13,"href":15,"title":16,"style":17},[14],"vg-hotframe","https:\u002F\u002Fstore.steampowered.com\u002Fapp\u002F3727090\u002F","Horses of Hoofprint Bay on Steam","background-image:url(\u002Fblog\u002Fhorses-of-hoofprint-bay-steam-hand-drawn-horse-stable-sim-bp-hero.webp)","\n  ",[20,21],"img",{"src":22,"alt":23},"https:\u002F\u002Fshared.akamai.steamstatic.com\u002Fstore_item_assets\u002Fsteam\u002Fapps\u002F3727090\u002F3181fc9fad8df2eca154f6c4f33903c58f868471\u002Fcapsule_616x353.jpg?t=1793830906","Official Horses of Hoofprint Bay Steam capsule: a curly haired rider in a black helmet and yellow top jumps a chestnut horse with a white blaze over a log fence, with a small bay, a lighthouse, a red barn on a hill and grazing horses behind, and the hand lettered Horses of Hoofprint Bay logo at the top right (Thogli Studios, The Mane Quest)",[25,26,30,33],"p",{"className":27,"style":29},[28],"blog-muted","margin:-0.75rem 0 1.5rem;font-size:0.9em",[11,31,32],{"href":15},"Horses of Hoofprint Bay (Steam)",". Hover for a Voidge draft sketch inspired by a fragment of the capsule key art.",[25,35,36,40,41,44],{},[37,38,39],"strong",{},"Horses of Hoofprint Bay"," is a ",[37,42,43],{},"hand-drawn horse stable sim"," on Steam, and honestly, it is the horse game a lot of us wished existed when we were ten. You start with one trusted mare and a run-down shack of a stable, and you work your way up to a proper stud farm by grooming, training, competing and breeding foals. Every horse, fence and hay bale is drawn by hand. I'm into it.",[25,46,47,48,51,52,55,56,59,60,63,64,67,68,71,72,75,76,79,80,83,84,87,88,91],{},"It comes from ",[37,49,50],{},"Thogli Studios",", the German duo ",[37,53,54],{},"Theresa Thoma"," and ",[37,57,58],{},"Anna Glinsmann",", and it is published by ",[37,61,62],{},"The Mane Quest",", with ",[37,65,66],{},"FinPlay"," handling China and Japan. It launched on ",[37,69,70],{},"November 4, 2026",", App ID ",[37,73,74],{},"3727090",", at ",[37,77,78],{},"US$22.94"," with a 15% launch discount off ",[37,81,82],{},"US$26.99",". When I checked at about 11:22 BRT on November 5, the store showed ",[37,85,86],{},"99% of 601"," user reviews as positive, which Steam rates ",[37,89,90],{},"Overwhelmingly Positive",". That is a heck of a first day.",[93,94],"iframe",{"title":95,"src":96,"width":97,"height":98,"style":99,"loading":100,"allowFullScreen":101},"Horses of Hoofprint Bay clip on Voidge X","https:\u002F\u002Fplatform.twitter.com\u002Fembed\u002FTweet.html?id=2118351364447412298",550,650,"width:100%;max-width:550px;height:650px;border:0;border-radius:12px;margin:1rem 0","lazy",true,[25,103,106,110],{"className":104,"style":105},[28],"margin:-0.5rem 0 1.5rem;font-size:0.9em",[11,107,109],{"href":108},"https:\u002F\u002Fx.com\u002FmyVoidge\u002Fstatus\u002F2118351364447412298","Open the clip on X"," if the embed does not load. Cut from the official Horses of Hoofprint Bay Launch Trailer.",[112,113,115],"h2",{"id":114},"a-love-letter-to-the-horse-games-we-grew-up-with","A love letter to the horse games we grew up with",[25,117,118],{},"If you spent any part of your childhood clicking through a pony game on a family computer, this one is going to land. The team describes itself on the store page as \"three horse girls who care a lot about these animals,\" and you can feel it. Horses of Hoofprint Bay takes the old barn sim loop and gives it the care it always deserved: real horse knowledge, a cozy coastal setting and art that looks like it came out of a sketchbook.",[25,120,121],{},"The publisher side is pretty fun too. The Mane Quest started as a website about horses in video games and games about horses, run by Alice Ruppert, so this is a release from people who have been writing about the genre for years. On launch day her \"OUR HORSE GAME IS OUT NOW\" post pulled more than 2,400 likes, and the account has been resharing player clips and fan art ever since. Before launch the game reportedly sat at around 74,000 wishlists, which is huge for a horse sim.",[112,123,125],{"id":124},"grooming-that-actually-feels-good","Grooming that actually feels good",[25,127,128],{},"The care loop is the heart of it. You tie your horse to the post, then brush and comb it in what the store calls \"crisp, satisfying care interactions that are grounded in realism without being tedious.\" You pick out the hooves to avoid abscesses, brush away dirt to prevent saddle sores, and treat scrapes and injuries when they show up. Mud in the mane, burrs in the tail, the little stuff. It sounds simple, and kinda is, but that tactile bit is what makes the horses feel like yours.",[11,130,18,134],{"className":131,"href":15,"title":132,"style":133},[14],"A horse tied at the post in Horses of Hoofprint Bay (Steam)","background-image:url(\u002Fblog\u002Fhorses-of-hoofprint-bay-steam-hand-drawn-horse-stable-sim-bp-shot2.webp)",[20,135],{"src":136,"alt":137},"https:\u002F\u002Fshared.akamai.steamstatic.com\u002Fstore_item_assets\u002Fsteam\u002Fapps\u002F3727090\u002Fa0251fa39505c8122c77d89cbc83c22d4a47756e\u002Fss_a0251fa39505c8122c77d89cbc83c22d4a47756e.1920x1080.jpg?t=1793830906","Official Horses of Hoofprint Bay screenshot: a light brown horse named Brady with a pale flaxen mane and tail and a blue halter stands tied to a wooden post by a barn, next to a green feed tub, with a paddock of grazing horses and soft hills behind and a care menu with Feed, Groom, Edit Tack, Medical and Move on the right (Steam)",[25,139,141,143],{"className":140,"style":29},[28],[11,142,32],{"href":15},". Hover for a Voidge draft sketch inspired by a fragment of the tied horse screenshot.",[25,145,146],{},"There is also an in-game library full of equestrian knowledge about the in-game horses and real ones. The devs say not everything is 100% realistic, but they aim to be accurate and educational wherever it does not hurt the fun. For a younger player, or a grown-up who never got riding lessons, that is a pretty solid bonus.",[112,148,150],{"id":149},"train-compete-and-hit-the-trails","Train, compete and hit the trails",[25,152,153,154,55,157,160,161,164],{},"Once your horse is happy, you get to work. You run training exercises to build up strength and confidence, which unlocks competitions in the nearby town. There is ",[37,155,156],{},"show jumping",[37,158,159],{},"cross country",", and you earn prize money to keep the barn running. When you need a change of scenery, you take your horses on ",[37,162,163],{},"trail rides"," through the forest, along the beach or up into the mountains. The store promises you never know what you might find along the way, and the beach gallop in the trailer sold me on that.",[112,166,168],{"id":167},"breeding-foals-and-building-the-dream-barn","Breeding foals and building the dream barn",[25,170,171],{},"Then there is the breeding side, which is where the long game lives. Foals inherit a mix of their parents' coloring, white patterns and even personality traits, so you plan stallion and mare pairings for looks, stats or both. Later you unlock a high tech breeding station lab that previews possible foals and lets you sell stud services.",[11,173,18,177],{"className":174,"href":15,"title":175,"style":176},[14],"A pinto mare and her foal in Horses of Hoofprint Bay (Steam)","background-image:url(\u002Fblog\u002Fhorses-of-hoofprint-bay-steam-hand-drawn-horse-stable-sim-bp-shot3.webp)",[20,178],{"src":179,"alt":180},"https:\u002F\u002Fshared.akamai.steamstatic.com\u002Fstore_item_assets\u002Fsteam\u002Fapps\u002F3727090\u002F3fc7648f2e1ea574bbbdd4a1380ab0d14a583005\u002Fss_3fc7648f2e1ea574bbbdd4a1380ab0d14a583005.1920x1080.jpg?t=1793830906","Official Horses of Hoofprint Bay screenshot: a brown and white pinto mare named Feather with a blue halter and bits of dirt in her mane stands tied to a post with her small pinto foal Jubilee at her side, while a panel on the right shows grooming tools: a curry comb, a bristle brush, a mane comb and a hoof pick (Steam)",[25,182,184,186],{"className":183,"style":29},[28],[11,185,32],{"href":15},". Hover for a Voidge draft sketch inspired by a fragment of the mare and foal screenshot.",[25,188,189,190,193],{},"As the herd grows, you save up to upgrade buildings for more horses, hire staff to stay on top of care and training, and unlock new training courses. You can also customize your rider and tack with built-in color pickers, and the game is ",[37,191,192],{},"moddable",": textures and text files are easy to reach if you want custom coat palettes.",[112,195,197],{"id":196},"what-our-clip-shows","What our clip shows",[25,199,200,201,204],{},"Three takes from the official ",[37,202,203],{},"Launch Trailer",", with its own audio. First, grooming a chestnut horse at the post, picking out a hoof, tacking up and heading into a canter. Second, a pinto mare getting brushed with her foal at her side, then the two of them out on a forest trail. Third, a black horse galloping along the beach with the surf splashing up. No menus, no logo cards, just horses.",[112,206,208],{"id":207},"the-honest-part","The honest part",[25,210,211,212,215],{},"You bet I have a couple of notes. The price is on the high side for an indie at full price, and some early players say the late game breeding loop gets grindy once your barn is big. There is also no macOS build right now. The good news: a ",[37,213,214],{},"free demo"," sits on the store page, so you can try the grooming and training first. The Steam page carries no AI content disclosure, and the devs say the game is made entirely by humans without generative AI. To be upfront, the purple hover sketches on this page are Voidge drafts made with AI image generation, not art from the game.",[25,217,218,219,223,224,228],{},"If cozy animal care is your thing, take a look at ",[11,220,222],{"href":221},"\u002Fblog\u002Fusagi-shima-steam-cozy-bunny-island-idle\u002F","Usagi Shima",", a bunny island idle game, and ",[11,225,227],{"href":226},"\u002Fblog\u002Fbottled-by-bears-demo-cozy-idle-honey-farm\u002F","Bottled by Bears",", another hand-drawn cozy farm.",[112,230,232],{"id":231},"price-platforms-and-what-to-know","Price, platforms and what to know",[25,234,235,236,238,239,241,242,55,245,248,249,252,253,256],{},"Horses of Hoofprint Bay costs ",[37,237,82],{},", on sale for ",[37,240,78],{}," at launch. It runs on ",[37,243,244],{},"Windows",[37,246,247],{},"SteamOS and Linux",". Steam lists Single player, ",[37,250,251],{},"47 Steam Achievements",", Steam Cloud, Family Sharing, Save Anytime, Color Alternatives, camera comfort, adjustable difficulty, playable without timed input and custom volume controls. It supports ",[37,254,255],{},"24 languages",", including English, German, French, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese and both Portuguese and Spanish variants. The top tags are Horses, Hand-drawn, Nature, Management and Nostalgia.",[112,258,260],{"id":259},"who-makes-horses-of-hoofprint-bay","Who makes Horses of Hoofprint Bay?",[25,262,263,265,266,268],{},[37,264,50],{}," is Theresa Thoma and Anna Glinsmann, a small German team that shares the game on Instagram and Bluesky. The publisher, ",[37,267,62],{},", also ran a launch day developer Q&A with the two of them, which is worth a read if you like behind the scenes stuff.",[25,270,271],{},"Bottom line: if you ever wanted to run your own barn, Horses of Hoofprint Bay is the real deal, for sure. Grab the demo, brush your first mare and see if it hits for you the way it hit for me.",[112,273,275],{"id":274},"image-credits-rights","Image credits & rights",[25,277,278],{},"Images on this page are hotlinks from the official Steam store assets for Horses of Hoofprint Bay, used with respect for their copyright.",[280,281,282,289,296,303,306],"ul",{},[283,284,285],"li",{},[11,286,16],{"href":15,"rel":287},[288],"nofollow",[283,290,291],{},[11,292,295],{"href":293,"rel":294},"https:\u002F\u002Fthoglistudios.com\u002Fmain.php",[288],"Thogli Studios website",[283,297,298],{},[11,299,302],{"href":300,"rel":301},"https:\u002F\u002Fx.com\u002FTheManeQuest",[288],"The Mane Quest (@TheManeQuest) on X",[283,304,305],{},"Capsule key art and screenshots by Thogli Studios, developer of Horses of Hoofprint Bay, published by The Mane Quest.",[283,307,308],{},"Screenshot sources remain on the Steam CDN (capsule and store screenshots for app 3727090). Voidge hosts only purple crop-inspired draft sketches for hover and fallback, plus the short blog clip.",{"title":310,"searchDepth":311,"depth":311,"links":312},"",2,[313,314,315,316,317,318,319,320,321],{"id":114,"depth":311,"text":115},{"id":124,"depth":311,"text":125},{"id":149,"depth":311,"text":150},{"id":167,"depth":311,"text":168},{"id":196,"depth":311,"text":197},{"id":207,"depth":311,"text":208},{"id":231,"depth":311,"text":232},{"id":259,"depth":311,"text":260},{"id":274,"depth":311,"text":275},"indie","2026-11-05T11:00:00","Horses of Hoofprint Bay is a hand-drawn horse stable sim on Steam: groom, train, compete and breed foals. 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