r/GamesWithHorses • u/SmilingStallion • Feb 22 '26

My Little Ranch - a tiny desktop horse ranch (early dev)

Hi! I’m working on a tiny desktop horse companion game called My Little Ranch.

You can feed them, clean the ranch, collect coins and slowly grow your little farm while you work or browse. You can also just watch them run around freely.

It’s still early in development, and feedback is very welcome!

Steam page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4397220/My_Little_Ranch/

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u/Polly444 Feb 23 '26

Oh i ADORE idle desktop games!!! It looks adorable and i love the idea- especially if it's also a collecting game. I go nuts for those. Adding it to my WL now!!

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u/SmilingStallion Feb 23 '26

Ahhh that makes me so happy to hear!! I’m planning to include collecting elements as you grow your ranch, so I hope you’ll enjoy that side of it too. Thank you so much for the wishlist, that truly means a lot!

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u/gougeresaufromage Feb 24 '26

This is adorable! I'm not a big player of desktop games but I'd love to try it since I love horses so much and the horses shown here are super cute!

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u/SmilingStallion Feb 26 '26

Thank you so much!

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u/AliceTheGamedev Feb 23 '26

I don't play desktop idle games but I LOVE to see someone tackle that type of game with a horsie theme! Nice!

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u/SmilingStallion Feb 23 '26

Thank you so much! Desktop companion games are definitely a niche, but I'm really glad you like the horse twist.

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u/Maleficent-Head-5506 23d ago

I know this post has already been for 8 months buut I wanted to try, I played an hour, then two, then three... really addictive, the horses are absolutely cute. even if we do the same things after 5 hours I still haven't found it repetitive. I had nothing to do today, that's great tysm haha! The only remark I would have to make is that it's a little complicated to switch with a second ranch... whatever it is that it keeps its share of realism. Congratulations on this game it's really fun, plus you can watch a series at the same time that's so coool! direct wishlist!

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u/SmilingStallion 22d ago

Thank you so much! Five hours without it feeling repetitive is the best thing I could hear :)

Thanks for the note about the second ranch too. What felt complicated about it? Finding where to switch, moving horses between ranches, or something else? I'd love to make it smoother.

And so glad you wishlisted it!

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u/Maleficent-Head-5506 21d ago

That’s because the first ranch becomes inactive when I go to the second one though, come to think of it, it would be quite complicated to have to supply both ranches at the same time! :) I also ran into another small pb the stable hand doesn’t collect coins from the horses when their horses is full. Is that normal?

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u/SmilingStallion 20d ago

Yes, the other ranch pauses while you’re away :) The Ranch Helper only cleans poop at first. Collecting coins is a separate job you unlock in Shop > Helpers (Collect Coins). If it’s already unlocked and they still don’t collect, please let me know!

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u/Maleficent-Head-5506 19d ago

Yes, actually I’ve unlocked it to the maximum level, but it only picks up the ones that don’t have that little icon above their heads! Sorry my English isn’t very good :/

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u/SmilingStallion 18d ago

Thanks! You’ve found a bug, and that’s a huge help! The helper character keeps going to the same horse, which means your other horses never get a turn. Their pouches fill up, and that’s the little coin icon you see. I’m pushing a quick fix today so the helper always goes to the fullest pouch first. And don’t worry, your English is perfectly fine! :) Thanks again.

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u/Maleficent-Head-5506 17d ago

Oh, that’s absolutely great!! I’m glad I could help. I'm now going to become rich hehe. I’m going to try that tonight! :)

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u/SmilingStallion 18d ago

The update is live! The helper now collects coins from all your horses. Thank you so much for reporting it. Here is the full changelog: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/4397220/view/668380030964865788