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Saddle up with friends and investigate a dark mystery, where each trail leads to wonder and intrigue. A string of events has set the idyllic island on edge. Discover the truth behind your mother’s disappearance and a local's sudden death. For fans of horses, murder mysteries, and cozy exploration!
Equinox: Homecoming is a cozy, horses and mystery game
developed and published by Blue Scarab Entertainment.
Released on March 05th 2026 is available only on Windows
in 2 languages: English and German.
It has received 381 reviews of which 300 were positive and 81 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.4 out of 10. 😊
The game is currently priced at 14.79€ on Steam.
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- Processor: i9-9900K 3.6 GHz 8 Core
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: GeForce RTX 2070
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 20 GB available space
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Reviewing this game as a single-player experience - I've participated very little in the multiplayer side of things. [[Edited 19th April 2026]] Equinox: Homecoming is a rare gem in the horse game world. Positives: - Very active and responsive dev team who take on board feedback. - I've not engaged much with the multiplayer aspects, but I've noticed the chat is always nice and supportive. Never once seen issues and it seems like a nice community. - Really engaging story, well written. - [[Edit: Good voice acting too!]] - Fun core gameplay loop with weekly tasks to keep you engaged. - Plenty to do - main/side quests, races, trail rides, collection-upgrade (RPG) mechanics, weekly tasks, multiplayer games (crown chases). [[Edit: once you have finished the main/side quests, there is definitely less incentive to play. The devs are looking at adding in-game events, which will help.]] - Beautiful open world which is lovely to ride around. - Ability to own multiple horses. - Nice customisability without being too overwhelming for those that just want to dive in and play (caveat: limited to 3 horse base colours initially but presumably they will update as they go with more horse models and colours). [[Edit: seems all new horse colours will be purchasable with premium currency only. Making chestnut a premium colour was a bizarre choice IMO.]] - Horse models and animations are nice. [[Edit: I'm not a horse expert, so I looked over other players' well-written concerns on the Dutch Warmblood horse model and I have to say, they have convinced me. The Dutch Warmblood model used in this game can be found for sale online as a Thoroughbred model. This needs addressing. The Friesian model is still nice.]] - Lovely soundtrack. - IMO the price of the game is very fair, especially for the base game without extras. You can buy DLC with premium currency which can either be bought with RL money or earned in game. DLC is nice - mostly aesthetic, but horse packs also come with a small amount of additional quests/stories to give you background on your horse. There's no pay to win mechanics at all. Devs have taken on board feedback about monetisation and done it very mindfully. [[Edit: DLC is currently overpriced for the stage of development the game is currently in. That said, you can still grind for it without paying!]] - Horse 'chores' (grooming etc) are short and satisfying, and the game doesn't punish you for not doing them. - When riding, horses will automatically slow down when navigating difficult terrain which makes them feel more alive. - The cozy while riding around, creepy while engaging with the story vibes are on point. Things to be aware of before you purchase: - This game is aimed at adults and does have swearing and some creepy imagery. - Some people have complained of the story being 'incomplete'; the intent is for the devs to continuously add chapters to the story, much like other MMOs, so it will never be truly 'done'. - You need decent specs to run the game (do a systems check!) but with a good PC, it runs beautifully with minimal lag/bugs since leaving early access. - While completing the story/interacting with the world, your character will always have the canonical name 'Alex', regardless of what name you give your character. - Similarly, your first horse is canonically male, although the game doesn't tell you that when you name it. - You absolutely can play this as a single-player experience but there are some aesthetic items you can only access if you participate in multiplayer elements. [[Edit: Discovered that if I make a club for just me, I can still passively earn one of the multiplayer-only currencies to earn rewards.]] - At base price, this game is a bargain. The riding pass basically ups your gains (XP, money) from completing quests, so it just means you don't have to grind as hard. You can enjoy the full game at the base price as long as you don't mind a grind. [[Edit: At the moment, the rider pass is not worth the money. You are better off getting the basic game and paying extra for the specific premium items you want.]] - [[Edit: You can currently rewatch cutscenes but not replay the story.]] Constructive feedback: - More idle animations and personality for horses wouldn't go amiss. It would be nice if they wandered off when you dismount, or graze if on grass etc - at the moment they are a bit meat motorcycle-y when not being ridden. - Ability to individually turn off more aspects of the HUD would be useful, as the screen looks cluttered and the chat notifications can be distracting. [[Edit: Now updated so you can turn off chat.]] - I love playing the game with my Xbox controller - it's a lovely and smooth experience. Not all aspects of the UI interact easily with the controller yet though, so I look forward to it becoming more controller compatible. - [[Edit: The game needed longer in early access. Devs are still tweaking things such as lighting, which really should have been resolved before 1.0 release.]]
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i have been playing since EA release date. i absolutly love this game, i grew up with SSO and it lost it's magic to me when i got older, from being a story game to now just being a buy horse, train horse, buy new horse repeat. to parents thinking about getting this game for the kid below 16 years of age: THIS IS NOT A KIDS GAME! keep your children away, it deals with too many adult themes with murder, suicide and self harm. in my own words, this game has stunning graphics, amazing story so far, and with it only in EA this game has so much more to give, i play a lot of EA games and most of them i know will never leave that EA title but this game is the first one i truly believe will. the horse animation could use some work still, but from their roadmaps they complete them before they say they will which is amazing to have from something that is EA. for any adults that played SSO when they were young or still do this game is for you for sure! they have a new breed coming soon and i can't wait!
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I'll start with the disadvantages of the game : 1. Collecting collectibles (flowers, horns, etc.). This is an interesting detail in the game, but it is very unpleasant to collect these items, since in order to take it you need to "aim" at a certain degree. 2. Add at least some jump for the horse in free mode, sometimes it is very necessary. 3. The opportunity to change the color of the horse. I really wanted to immerse myself in the game as soon as possible, and therefore I did not sit long on creating a horse, give me the opportunity to change it at least once. Maybe for 8 hours of play, that's all that really bothers me. Since the game has an early access status, I don't pay attention to minor bugs, as I'm sure they will disappear. One of the advantages of this game is : 1. The horse's impeccable physics and gaits, I can admire it forever. I see how the developers tried to make atypical animations downloaded from the Internet for free, and worked out good physics. It's just a masterpiece. 2. Music. I think it's just great. 3. SIDE QUESTS AND WEEKLY TASKS. Thank you so much for so many tasks. It's just a miracle. When I saw how much and where to run to do the quest, I was happy about it and was afraid that it would all end soon and I would just run through the forest, but no! I believe and want you to continue improving this project, because the beginning is really AWESOME, the game has a good level of development for EARLY ACCESS. Unlike other crude and boring games. 4. Beautiful landscape. The alternation of day and night looks beautiful and expensive, the landscape is smoothed out and the world is beautifully designed. P.S. I hope my review has helped a future buyer or developers to create upcoming global updates.
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I've debated if I should recommend this game or not, and I've decided to recommend it HOWEVER I would be remiss if I didn't talk about the glaring flaws of the game, which is important if you are deciding to purchase. Yes, the game is early access. But early access does not negate it from criticism. One of the first and most noticeable issues you will encounter as you explore this beautiful world is that its not exactly easy to get around, which has a simple solution from the developers should they decide to go this route. You cannot make your horse jump unless you're in a race and going over a jump designed for the race. This creates frustrating situations where you're getting stuck on the smallest ledge, you cannot continue, and you must go around. Sometimes going around the obstacle takes you a good ways away from your destination, and its very annoying. The map is gorgeous and dynamic and massive, a lot of the gameplay loop is simply exploring this map. So when you can't explore without getting stuck on a small ledge, or a fence forcing you to turn around, or coming to a halt because of a tree stump, it really pulls you out of the immersion. Having the ability to simply jump (like our characters can on foot) would alleviate a lot of these frustrations. Second, the minimap. As you're going around doing quests, you'll look to your minimap to guide you to your destination, but you might have a hard time identifying where its pointing you. That's because most of the indicators are all in a range of pale yellow to orange, (aside from side quests being blue) which blend in far too much with the color of the lines around the minimap. I would much prefer them to be more noticeable. Third, lets talk about the gameplay loop. Personally, I enjoy the current gameplay loop but I don't think its for everyone. After you complete the first chapter, all you have to do at that point is races, and weekly quests. (Not sure why they're called weekly quests, they come in a batch of four and once you complete those four, it gives you four new ones with no end in sight) These quests follow similar fashion, go out and explore while you collect certain items, or go talk to someone, pick something up and bring it to someone else. And thats pretty much it. The purpose of these quests is to gain reputation so you can purchase cosmetics, but it takes a great deal of time to increase reputation which leads to this gameplay loop being incredibly grindy, at times annoying because if the inability to make your horse jump small objects, and the ability to get lost easy as the indicators on the minimap can be hard to see. Thats not even mentioning the character creator, which is the last negative I will be going over in my review. I've noticed a lot of games these days where the lighting in the character creator is not at all reflective of the lighting you will see in game and Equinox: Homecoming is no exception. Thus, you don't truly know if you like the look of your character and your horse until you're in the game, and you cannot change the appearance once you do enter the game. This is downright frustrating. I do not understand why the character creator has such harsh lighting and I do not understand why we cannot change the look of our horse and character. It feels downright deceitful and it needs to be addressed. And I haven't even gotten to the horse creator, which feels rushed and ugly. There are three horse coats to choose from, which are fine for now (except for the champagne coat being forced to have a black mane) some pinto markings, leg markings and face markings. The pinto markings are diabolically bad. There are 3 tobiano markings, and it looks like someone spray painted the horse in MS Paint with no care for what a tobiano actually looks like. I cannot fully express how god awful the tobiano markings are, which does not align with the face markings and leg markings. The face and leg markings look great, its clear a lot of care went into them, so why did they spend 30 seconds making the tobiano markings and why is it so ugly. The roan markings are almost impossible to know what its going to look like in game because of the lighting in the horse creator, and the sabino markings are just pathetic. The regular bay coat doesnt even have white markings, and should you chose to add white markings on the regular bay, they're not white theyre more of a tan, light brown. And it genuinely looks horrible. Its clear that the body markings for the horses were cobbled together in a short time span with no regard, and that needs to be addressed. Simply put, the game needs more content outside of the main story and a stronger gameplay loop. It needs quality of life improvements, and the character creator needs to be overhauled entirely. I hope that the developers take their time working on these systems before launch. And yet, I still recommend the game. Yes, there are a lot of negatives, yes the game is brand new in early access, and yes, the game has a LOT of work to do before its ready to ship in full. However, I do not regret my purchase for one moment. I have thoroughly enjoyed my time in Alderwood, I am eager to log on and grind my quests, I am eager to gain reputation and unlock new cosmetics. I love being fully immersed in this beautiful world. The music is just incredible, the world feels alive, and I am SO excited for the future of Equinox: Homecoming. That's why I'm harsh and critical. Because I really want this game to be good. It has limitless potential, and its filling a much needed gap in the market: a horse game modeled for an older audience. A horse game that is willing to take on darker themes, a horse game that is acknowledging the millions of adults that are passionate for horses that have had to make do with games geared towards kids because its all that's available to us. I want a game like this, and I want it to be good. I'm excited to be in on the early access, I'm excited to watch it grow, I'm excited for feeling like I have a voice in the direction of the game, and I truly do hope that the developers take the time to listen to what we have to say and to deliver on what they've promised us. All that to say, yes I do recommend this game.
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The game has a wonderfully dark story in comparison to other horse games, the scenery is stunning and the finished cutscenes are very well made, the characters have a lot of expressions and most of the dialogue feels natural, the soundtrack is absolutely amazing as well. While there are some mild connection issues (I mean duh, the game came out less than 2 hours ago) it's running perfectly on my system with the highest graphic settings. I just hope there will be a cutscene gallery for later rewatching, especially since some cutscenes are still placeholders. Update: Theres currently around 6 hours of playtime from my own experience. There were a few bugs but nothing too major, for some I had to exit to main menu and re-enter but the loading time was quick and no progress was lost. There is currently one bugged quest, the flower delivery will not work if you're doing it for a second time. It also seems that plants do not respawn quick, as I can't find any anymore, I think it would be better for them to respawn every few minutes instead of (seemingly) daily. Overall, I really enjoyed playing and will continue to do so. I usually prefer singleplayer games but you are in no way forced to interact with other players and they make the world feel more alive.
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Equinox: Homecoming is currently priced at 14.79€ on Steam.
Equinox: Homecoming is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 14.79€ on Steam.
Equinox: Homecoming received 300 positive votes out of a total of 381 achieving a rating of 7.39.
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Equinox: Homecoming was developed and published by Blue Scarab Entertainment.
Equinox: Homecoming is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Equinox: Homecoming is not playable on MacOS.
Equinox: Homecoming is not playable on Linux.
Equinox: Homecoming is a multi-player game.
Equinox: Homecoming features PvP mode where you can test your skills against other players.
Equinox: Homecoming does not currently offer any DLC.
Equinox: Homecoming does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
Equinox: Homecoming does not support Steam Remote Play.
Equinox: Homecoming is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Equinox: Homecoming.
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Developer
Blue Scarab Entertainment
Publisher
Blue Scarab Entertainment
Release
05 Mar 2026
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