Parents' Guide to

Rival Stars Horse Racing

By Paul Semel, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 12+

All-ages horse racing sim is hardly the sport of kings.

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Community Reviews

age 14+

Based on 2 parent reviews

age 16+

Good Game

https://discord.new/XfKj5fjwmTZG It is a good game that takes a lot of time. I appreciate that I am not forced to watch a ton of ads. I also like that I am not forced to spend money if I don't want to.

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Easy to play/use
age 12+

Expensive game. need to buy tons of gold coins to upgrade, raising foals etc. Not suitable for children.

Is It Any Good?

Our review:
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Kids say (3):

While the Kentucky Derby has been called "the most exciting two minutes in sports," this horse racing simulation is so much about everything but the racing that it ends up being rather dull. In Rival Stars Horse Racing, you play as the latest in a long line of jockeys, one trying to make a name for yourself in the sport while also redeeming the family name. To do this, you have to not only win horse races, but also breed the horses, train them, and perform other acts that are part of raising race horses and managing a horse racing team.

Unfortunately, it's those other parts that make this less interesting than it could be. You spend so much of your time training the horses, building stables, and so on, and so little of your time actually racing (relatively speaking), that this feels more like busywork than a game. Though it also doesn't help that, after a while, the racing feels redundant. Sure, you have to steer, sprint when you need more speed, and even slow down to restore your sprinting meter, but if you've run one race, you've run them all. Which is why, unless you're really into horses or horse racing or animal husbandry, Rival Stars Horse Racing isn't that exciting.

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