Howrse

As a base player, there aren't many things you can actually obtain without spending money. Sure they run events frequent enough where you could potentially win some high end black market items, but for the most part it would take someone a little while saving up equus to purchase a black market item off the exchange from other players. They only offer Divine horses through promotions such as the Horn of Plenty, or Golden Fleece. I refuse to give this company a dime just for the chance to get Divine horses. They should be far more readily available for players who cannot afford to throw hundreds of dollars at this game. I no longer play as a result of their greedy tendencies that have gone on for far too long.

It's frustrating when you don't remember the password or email you used. I'd suggest not making an account.

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Several people over the past two months have been karma docked or banned for 'scripting' without any proof. None of these players script. When asked for the evidence the admin team gives blanket statements and refuses to provide anything. The admin team is an absolute joke. They will hand out bans based on what their top customers say. Avoid this game at all costs. Play another horse sim game.

I began before Ubisoft bought the game, and it was great. You could learn about horses, how to care for them, and there was a lot of social interactions. Now, it's just greed and moneygrubbing, and the latest abomination of the "Great Challenge' is ATROCIOUS. I do NOT recommend this game to ANYONE. I'm ashamed to admit I still play, but this latest crap was the last straw for me. Any criticism results in being banned from commenting, because they have to prop up their lies about being a happy community. If you want to see what's wrong with the world, this game is a prime example. The art contributed by the players is magnificent, but I can't be a part of this any more.

Usually, I am not a review writer - but long story short, everyone should stay away from this game.
Let's start with some good points.
- Many opportunities
Other than that, the game is absolutely crap.
Cons
- Terrible graphics
The graphics are not too bad, but could be so much better.
- Everything costs money
To even achieve a small amount on this game, you have to spend tons of money. By this I don't mean a few dollars, but rather, a few thousand dollars. Sure you can try to go without spending any bucks, but not only will you not climb the rankings whatsoever, but you won't be able to do anything because you can't pay. Everything is much to overpriced.
-Terrible customer service
I could rant on and on about this. The customer service of howrse is complete sh*t, and I am not over-exaggerating. First off, they take such a long time to reply, and sometimes they just ingore your questions. The responses are always short and not very direct, meaning they are horrible at answering questions. Most of the time, nothing changes, and they don't do anything to help. Often they come off rude as well, and obviously are just here for the money!
- Rude players
Although this is not the fault of the actual game, it's a very important part. It is extremely rare to find any kind people, because everyone is about competition. People are so good at cheating on this game, and can really bring you down. If you do end up wasting your time playing this game, I reccomend not talking to anyone. There are so many creeps on the game as well, so make sure to stay away from that. Also, the teams are all so very toxic, it's insane.
-Favorism/can't share your opinion
This I think is a very important part to take notice of. Even if you just politely voice your opinion, karma gets docked from you, meaning you can't play the game really anymore, or worse case scenario, your account is deleted. The only opinion you can voice is if you are a Christian, and state that on your page, which is so utterly disgusting of the game.
-Time waste
Something also to note, is that if you want to make the slightest of progress on this game (not just competitively, also just for fun) you should plan on spending several hours on this game, because it is very laggy, and everything takes forever to do.
Overall, I do not recommend this game to anyone. It is so time wasting, money wasting, and absolutely crap. Please, please, even if you enjoy this game, remember it is all about the money for the producers, and you should not waste your time for them.

So I joined this game quite a few years ago, I was quickly addicted & loved it. I still hold this game dear to my heart for introducing me to other horse games. The forums are not super good, not well organized and do not showcase everything they could.
The events are fun, now if you want an event horse you will probably have to spend real money. But I mostly dont care, and I dont think people should care that much either. Just enjoy the game!
I introduced this game to a lot of my family & friends. I introduced it to my cousin, my gramma, my mom.
The art is beautiful, you have a ton of options and breeding is fun! You can age horses whenever you want, as long as you have enough aging points.
Its very fun! There are many items, passes are pretty easy to earn once you get into the groove.

I have played this game on and off for years, it is becoming more and more pay to play. The prizes for doing the mini games have got worse, used to get a decent amount of black market items and now you're lucky if you get 1 or 2. I am fed up of not doing as well in the game just because I can't afford to put hundreds of £ into the game. They have become money grabbing degenerates.

This is really fun, the only reason it's getting bad reviews is because some players are unkind, (in my experience hard to find) and you can't ride the horse. So in Howrse, you can compete with your horse and take care of it, the way you compete is if your horse has enough energy, you select a competition, which it has to have 5 participants, some are researved for a certain breed. This is mainly a breeding game, it breeds the right color andgenetics, you'll fall in love with this game! With tutorials, it gives very clear instructions,

Howrse used to be fun. (Anyone remember the classic yellow background, or is that just me?) It used to be completely free to play, had good forums, and honestly was where I used to spend hours with my pixel ponies. Then it started requiring purchases just to progress. Now, who knows? It is not the same site I fell in love with, and hasn't been for quite some time. The systems keep changing and what once was free has now become a way to scam horse lovers. I've tried going back several times, only to be disappointed repeatedly. Honestly, its sad how boring this game has become. Best save your time and frustration and look elsewhere for an animal game that does care about its players, rather than revenue.

Howrse is a amazing game, which I used to like alot myself.
So around yesterday, I sold 3 horses to someone. Then when I came back home after going to my horse riding lesson, I find out that I got banned. I sent them a mail, and everything they told me was that "my account is potential of having multi accounts". Not helpful at all, and I spent over 300 euro's on this game.
This means I need to wait 9 MONTHS to get back to how I was before yesterday.
The picture I attached down there, is in Dutch, let me translate it for you.

Hello.,

Thanks for your message.
Having multiple accounts (called multi-accounts) is strictly prohibited on Howrse. This is reported on several pages in the game.
Multi-account usage means that a player creates more than one account per server, or that several players play on a single account. So it has nothing to do with the sale of horses to another player, but with sharing your account (not through co-management) or creating additional accounts.
Your account was detected during a check. We use special software for this. We consider the punishment justified and we will not remove it.
Further messages will not change the answer. When the penalty is over you can continue playing on one account.

Sincerely,

The Howrse Team

I never shared my account with ANYONE, and never made a multi account. I started playing this game in 2014, and seeing howrse just accusing me of something that didn't even happen is even more sad.

This is the best game I've played, the community is nice, it's easy to get passes. I don't know what the other reivews are talking about, 30 passes a day if you do your daily objectives!

Bad game. It's a pay-to-win game. It's also very hard to get passes, which you use to buy "fancy" things for your horses to make them immortal and better in other ways. The horses are also very expensive. Divine horses are impossible to get without paying money because you have to buy a LOT of passes to buy them in the reserved sales. And most of them aren't even available in the reserved sales so that means you have to spend even more passes to get it by buying things like golden fleece and two more(i forgot the name.) Two of them costs 200 passes and the other one 100. They give you like 10 fragments each time and you have to get to 1000 to get a divine horse. That's right, 1000! There are way better horse breeding games out there like https://horsereality.com. It's a way better game that is NOT pay-to-win and you can actually breed for color. What I mean is there are color genetics so the coat of your foal will not be randomized.

This site has turned into a pay to play site, it's no longer fun to play on.
You can't even go inactive due to health issues with having your account, which you've been playing for 11 years and paid over £2,000 for, close due to "inactivity".
I will NEVER recommend this game, not even to my enemies.
It is to worse game ever!
All they want is your money!
A few years ago, the reserved horses were special divines and only cost £5, now they're at least £10 each and not even that great!
They don't listen to the players, all they care about is their "devs corner" which is absolutely useless.
This game, and it's thieving company, should be shut down!

Honestly, this is the best game I've ever played. I've introduced several people to this game, including my grandmother. I'm probably addicted but eH. Anyways, you can actually get somewhere in the game without paying for passes! I've just reached 1,000 passes today, and that's after buying tons of stuff with them xD

The staff are amazing, plus, there's all sorts of people on there! I've made so many friends on here. Oh! And don't get me started on the artists. Dudeee, the coats/backgrounds that they make are AMAZING. 10/10!

The teams are really fun too! Competing against other teams for the top spot as friendly competition is exciting! I'm part of a team (and an unoffical one), and we're always competing with another team with the same horse breed.

Howrse always tells you happy birthday on your special day, and honestly, that's one of the sweetest additions to the game. I've been on howrse for about 4 years now, 2 years switching between accounts, 6 months on one lingering around, and finally my main for however long now.

The community is also amazing-- we're always happy and cheerful with each other. It's easy to make friends in that environment.

They also have events, almost new every month, which is the best part! You can win so many things, and play around with it.

I recommend this game to everyone, it's amazing. 10/10.
(The pictures are of my horses: "Meteorite", "Hawkwing", "Titan", "Meglovania", and "Hidden Whisper")