The Ranch of Rivershine
by Cozy Bee Games · 23 May, 2025
36 downloads
About the Game
Build your dream ranch and tend to your horses by feeding, brushing, and caring for them daily. Whether they rest in cozy stalls or wander open pastures, it’s up to you to decide what’s best for each member of your herd!
Guide your horses from novice to champion by developing key skills such as speed, endurance, flexibility and jump. Ride them on the open trails or in the arena to turn their potential into valuable skills!
Match a mare and a stallion to raise your very own foal! Create the best pair based on skills, height and personality traits. Discover breeding exclusive coat colors and watch your herd grow with each new generation!
Climb the ladder from beginner to expert and prove your skills in cross country events. Rise to the challenge and become your town’s champion!
Visit the auction house daily to explore a wide variety of horses. Purchase your favorite ones or sell your own for a profit. Upgrade the auction house to unlock access to even rarer horses!
Unlock access to new trails such as Rocky Mountain and Azure Coast, and discover the unique wild horses of each area. Catch the best ones and add them to your herd!
Attend the town’s festivals to participate in gymkhana competitions, purchase exclusive mealy horses, and shop for festive tack!
Collect hundreds of different tack pieces, including saddles, bridles, halters, blankets, leg wraps, and accessories. Cut and style your horse’s mane and tail as it grows over time!
Expand your ranch by raising chickens, sheep, and goats! Grow your own crops and fruit orchard to feed your horses. Adopt pets to join you on the trails and help gather forage as you explore!
Befriend the villagers and learn more about the story of your new town. Unveil the truth behind the mysterious horse that’s been seen by the villagers, and uncover the long-kept secrets of Rivershine!
Screenshots
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Version Information
Steam Patch Notes
Official update history
Fixed a bug that could cause the player to become stuck when adopting a wild horse.
Hey Ranchers! Here's a small patch to fix issues found in the last update.
General Changes
Fixed an issue where upgrading the stable would cause stabled horses to be stuck in walls or under the world (and then disappear completely).
Fixed an issue where multiple horses could be taken out of the stable at the same time.
Fixed an issue preventing the player from leading stabled horses under certain circumstances.
Changed the distance that wild horses keep between themselves and the player. Non-leaders will now remain closer to the player, while the leader will remain further away.
Thank you all for your patience!
Hey Ranchers! Here's a small patch to fix some of the commonly reported issues since launch.
General Changes
Updated the game icon.
Fixed a bug that caused the player to get stuck in the round pen during fast travelling.
Fixed an animation delay issue when horses jumped obstacles in the round pen.
Fixed an issue where pets sometimes appeared on the player’s house roof.
Fixed some issues that caused the player to appear underneath the map after loading into a new area.
Fixed an issue that made it impossible to purchase a festival horse if you caught a wild horse earlier that day.
Fixed an issue that caused the competition countdown to sometimes start over again after abandoning a race.
Fixed the name of the Teal Classic Breeches.
Thank you for your patience and for letting me know about these issues!
Éloïse
General Changes
- Fixed issues with the player controls not working correctly after being changed.
- Added a “Reset Controls to Default” button. If your controls were previously not working, make sure to reset them using this button.
- Fixed various issues related to the farm fields and harvesting straw.
- Balanced all competition times to be more challenging.
- Increased the range in front of an obstacle where you can successfully jump.
- Increased the possible skill range per tier for horses sold in the auction house.
- Deactivated the hitching posts during competitions.
- Moved the hitching posts to be outside of the wild horse pens.
- Moved the competition guide arrow further in front of the horse.
- Moved the “Go to Entrance” button up in the map interface for clarity.
- Changed the camera view to be higher when zooming out on horseback.
- Changed “Fraternal” to “Paternal” in the horse’s family tree.
- Added a “Pet” prompt instead of “Mount” when standing in front of the horse.
- Removed the collisions around the flower beds to prevent getting stuck.
- Changed the notification message when interacting with a store counter while a villager is visiting the town.
- Removed duplicate daily harvest notification.
- Removed daily harvest notification for apple and pear trees.
- Fixed how the “Plants Gathered" were counted at the end of the day.
Thank you for your patience while I fixed these issues!
Éloïse
Horse Update
- Fixed a bug where silver horses bought at the auction house wouldn’t keep the silver hair after being bought.
- Fixed a bug where breeding horses of different coat colors always created bay foals.
- Fixed a bug where the mane didn’t update correctly when horses grew from foal to young adult.
- Removed the ability to cut a horse’s hair outside of the stable.
- Removed the ability to cut a foal’s hair.
General
- Fixed a bug where horses wouldn’t be led or listen to your whistle in Crystal Lake.
- Fixed a bug where only 4 plots appeared instead of 6 for the last farm upgrade.
- Fixed a visual issue where the appaloosa patterns could appear blurry in the auction house.
- Fixed a bug where you wouldn’t have the right amount of horses available in the auction house the first day after loading the game.
- Fixed a bug where the player’s hair color would reset to brown on load.
- Fixed a bug where the player’s name wouldn’t be displayed correctly in the character customization interface.
- Fixed a bug where horses could be misplaced after upgrading the stables.
- Fixed a bug where the riding camera mode would change if you pushed into your horse before mounting.
- Balanced some of the competition time requirements.
- Reviewed issues that could cause the player to fall through the ground or the level not loading correctly.
- Reviewed the issue that would make the controls stop working if you stopped in front of a jump.
- Changed the Crystal Lake and Pine Forest statue quests to be available earlier.
- Fixed various bugs where pressing pause before and after competitions would break the game.
- Fixed an exploit that allowed you to start a competition before the countdown ended.
- Fixed various villager shop exploits.
Settings
- Updated the settings menu to be able to view your currently selected options.
- Added a setting option to control the day’s speed rate. Choose between very slow, slow, normal and fast to make the day last for more or less time.
- Added a setting option to limit your game’s framerate to 30, 60 or 120 FPS. If you were having issues with your PC overheating, reducing the frame rate could help.
For the next patch I’ll be working on issues related to the stalls, breeding and foals. It will take me a bit more time to figure out these issues so I wanted to share this patch first to fix the most common bugs that have been reported. If everything goes well we should have one or two more bug patches and then I’ll move on to working on a new content update! Cheers and thank you all <3
General Update
- Fixed a bug where the Lake Dive competition didn’t unlock after receiving the quest for it.
- Fixed a bug that created the Crystal Lake quest twice.
- Fixed a bug where the “Red Wine” and “Gallant Deer” quest descriptions didn’t update correctly when they were ready to be completed.
- Fixed a bug where horses above 75% flexibility skill couldn’t be trained further.
- Possibly fixed a bug where you’d get stuck before a jump. I wasn’t able to recreate it on my end so I can’t confirm it’s fixed, but I found a code issue that might have caused this. Let me know if it’s still happening and I’ll look at it again!
- Added the expert cavaletti course in River’s store. More expert courses to come!
Stall Update
- Fixed a bug where horses bought at the auction could take over an already occupied stall.
- Added that if a mare is sold at the auction house while she has an unassigned foal, the foal will automatically be assigned to the sold mare’s stall.
- Reviewed how stalls are assigned to fix various bugs related to the horses taking over the wrong stall.
- Added a Stable Manager at the front of the stable. This will allow you to assign your horses to a specific stall, which can be used to resolve bugs where multiple horses have taken over one stall. You’ll also be able to view all of your horses and send them to the stable or pasture from the Stable Manager.
The shared stall bug will not be fixed instantly by updating the game, but you’ll be able to rearrange your stable depending on the problem you were having. It’s a bit tricky to fix problematic save files in addition to preventing future bugs, but this should fix the issues you might currently be having:
To fix multiple horses sharing the same stall:
- Look through your horse list in the stable manager and find horses that have the same current stall number.
- Select “Change Stall” and assign all of the horses sharing a stall to a new empty stall.
- Once all horses have their own stall number, you can rearrange the stable to your liking! Make sure they each have a unique stall number before moving them to avoid bugs.
To fix multiple mares sharing the same foal:
- Look through your horse list to find all the mares sharing the same current foal and current stall number. They will all be set as “pregnant”, even though only one foal exists.
- Select the mare that you want to keep as pregnant or nursing first, and select “Change Stall” to assign her to a new empty stall. This is the mare that will keep the foal.
- The other mares will stay as “pregnant” for the rest of the current day but will be back to normal and without a foal the following day.
To fix horses stuck in the fertility pasture or somewhere you can’t reach:
- Find your lost horse in the horse list of the stable manager.
- Select “Send to Stable” and check if your horse is back in the stable.
- If this doesn’t work, it might be because your lost horse is sharing a stall with another one. Make sure they each have a unique stall number to avoid bugs.
Balance Update
Added a difficulty setting to choose between normal and story mode. The story mode removes the need to place first in competitions to progress. Instead, you’ll be able to instantly complete the competition quests to progress in the story line. The difficulty can be changed at any time, both on new and old saves. You can still participate in the competitions if you want to, but if not, you can make money in others ways, such as:
- Farming and selling crops
- Training and selling horses
- Breeding and selling horses
I’ll add other ways to earn money throughout EA to help players who don’t enjoy the competitions as much, but hopefully this difficulty option will already allow you to enjoy the game! Make sure to change the difficulty setting after loading your save file for it to work correctly!
Thank you for your patience while I fixed the issues! I think this update will help with the most critical issues that have been found since the release. I’ll be continuing to bugfix the game in the next few weeks and once it’s more stable, I’ll start working on new content! I hope you’ve been enjoying your time in Rivershine!
This update provides some more quality of life improvements, bug fixes and balance changes for the demo version of The Ranch of Rivershine!
Competition Update
- Added a menu accessible with Escape during competitions that allows the player to pause, restart or abandon their current competition.
- Added a notification after the competition to show clearly how much money was earned from the competition reward and the daily first place reward.
- Fixed a bug where the daily first place reward could be won multiple times.
- Fixed a bug where the active camera mode didn’t persist at the start and end of the competitions.
Balance Update
- Changed the day length to be a bit longer.
- Increased the rate at which horses gain trust from brushing, riding, winning competitions and eating treats.
- Removed the trust loss penalty from brushing a horse’s head.
- Changed the time requirements in “River’s Challenge” to be easier.
- Added the black coat color to the “Wild Horses” category in the auction house.
General Update
- Added the ability to push the horses and the villagers out of the player’s path.
- Added a small +1 notification when horses gain a skill point during training.
- Fixed a bug where endurance could be trained during competitions.
- Fixed a bug where the horse controls would always be set to “Free Camera” when leaving the stables.
- Fixed a bug where obstacles could disappear while you were inside an arena.
- Added the ability to input a specific number in the villagers shop when purchasing or selling items.
- Fixed a bug where “Madelaine Beauchamp” could be stuck in the competition interface when trying to talk to her.
- Lowered the camera movement vertical sensitivity.
- Reviewed the horse’s turn speed in both camera modes to be more equivalent.
- Added more information about the demo content in the main menu.
- Updated how horse skill points are rounded for clarity.
- Fixed a bug where the energy bar wouldn’t instantly update after giving a treat.
- Fixed bugs where pressing Escape during map transitions, villager goodbyes and competition overviews would disable the main interface or cause a black screen.
- Fixed a bug where the player’s horse could stay stuck in the auction house.
- Clarified some of the quest descriptions.
- Reduced the chance for the player to get stuck next to a horse. (This might have been completely fixed but since it occurs rarely it’s hard for me to be 100% certain. If you still get stuck next to your horse please let me know!)
There will be at least one more patch in February to polish the demo a bit more. However for now I’ll get back to work on developing new features for Early Access, and I’m really excited to share some sneak peeks of the development of Rivershine!
Controls Update
- Fixed a bug where pressing Escape to close interfaces would hide the main interface.
- Changed the camera mode feature so that it persists when changing map, dismounting and stabling a horse.
- Added the ability to see the horse information from horseback.
- Renamed the information option to horse information or player information for clarity.
- Raised the height of the horse’s camera.
- Increased the speed of the free camera movement.
- Increased the speed of the vertical camera movement.
- Fixed a bug where you couldn’t turn using the keyboard controls if the horse was facing a collision.
- Fixed a bug that didn’t allow you to start turning with the keyboard right after a jump.
- Increased the horse’s turning speed when using the keyboard to match the mouse’s turning speed.
General Update
- Fixed a bug where you could fall in a hole next to the highest bridge in town.
- Fixed a bug where villagers could spawn inside the town center fountain.
- Changed the “Quest” button to be green when a quest is complete.
- Reduced the size of the collisions at the entrance of arenas.
- Changed the “Go To Entrance” button on the map to be visible by default.
- Increased the training speed of all skills, but especially jump.
- Added gates between the stable and the pasture.
- Removed a pebble on one of the ranch’s roads.
There are additional things that I want to fix for the demo, such as the character customization not always saving correctly, but I just wanted to quickly release an update to fix the biggest problems that have been reported. Please let me know if you encounter other issues in the demo and thank you for playing The Ranch of Rivershine! :)
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Build v1.9.0.4
Uploaded Jul 25, 2025
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