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Starters Orders Classic Horse Racing

Strategic Designs Ltd. · 2020-03-07

Steam

SimulationSportsStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 07, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Starters Orders Classic is a new horse racing management game that simulates owning, breeding and racing your own string around the globe. Based on the highly acclaimed Starters Orders 7 simulation engine Starters Orders Classic features a retro style 2D race sequence for both flat and jumps racing!

Starters Orders Classic Horse Racing is a $14.99 Simulation, Sports and Strategy game released in 2020, with an estimated 0 to 20,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (73% of 30 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-10-04

73%
positive of 30 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$14.99
steam price (US)

Starters Orders Classic takes the race sequence from the last 2D edition of the series and combines it with the latest SO7 management simulation engine to create a superbly realistic horse racing management game with a classic 2D race sequence. Starters Orders Classic is a return to the series roots while maintaining all the series newer simulation features, improved menus and commentary. Train your string of horses and take part in races around the globe. Breed new stable stars and build your stables.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 70% of 14,943 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2220202026Week of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

Census log

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