Ultimate Chicken Horse
Jun 18, 2025 1 year ago
Ever wish you were a wall-jumping, arrow-dodging, trap-setting horse, besting your animal pals in a race through a peril-laden obstacle course that you all built together? Wish granted! Ultimate Chicken Horse is a party platformer where you and your friends build the level as you play, placing deadly traps before trying to reach the end of the level. If you can make it but your friends can't, you score points! Play online or locally with your animal buddies and experiment with a wide variety of platforms in all sorts of strange locations to find new ways to mess with your friends. Key Features: - Online and local play for up to 4 players - Cross-platform play between PC, PS4, and Switch - Unique game flow, from strategic block placement to twitch control platforming - 15 levels with different features - Build and share custom levels - Compete for global best times on Challenge levels across all platforms - Huge library of blocks to create an infinite variety of levels - Customizable rule sets and game modes - Shared controller mode to play multiplayer with one controller or keyboard - Play as a chicken, horse, sheep, raccoon and other wonderful animals - Fun, cartoony art style - Sweet funky soundtrack Please note: this is primarily a multiplayer game. Challenge levels can be created and played alone, but unlocking characters and levels requires playing one of the main game modes (like Party Mode) which are only multiplayer.
What it’s like
Ultimate Chicken Horse delivers a chaotic, high-energy party experience centered on asymmetric competition. The core loop is brilliantly simple: players collaboratively build a platforming course using a vast library of blocks and traps, then race to see who can reach the goal while their friends fail. This creates a dynamic tension where you must balance making the level fair enough to complete it yourself, yet deadly enough to eliminate opponents. The tactile joy comes from the physics-based movement and the immediate, hilarious feedback of your own traps backfiring or succeeding. Visually, the game is bright, colorful, and cartoonish, fostering a lighthearted atmosphere that masks the underlying frustration of losing to a friend's clever design. The audio complements this with a funky, upbeat soundtrack that keeps the energy high during frantic rounds. It is less about deep narrative or solitary mastery and more about shared laughter, strategic sabotage, and the social dynamics of friendly rivalry.
Strong in Co-op / MultiplayerGameplay / MechanicsPacingSocial / RelationshipsAudio / MusicDifficulty / ChallengeSystems Depth / Build VarietyVisuals / Art
Keep in mind The game is strictly reliant on multiplayer; playing alone is not viable for progression or enjoyment. Additionally, while the core experience is polished, some platformers may find the physics-based movement slightly floaty or imprecise compared to traditional precision platformers.
AI-generated from catalog data, informed by reviews from metacritic.com, pocketgamer.com, opencritic.com, northernsoul.me.uk, gameskinny.com.
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| Platform | Region | Type | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Worldwide | Full release | Mar 04, 201610 years ago |
| Mac | Worldwide | Full release | Mar 04, 201610 years ago |
| PC (Microsoft Windows) | Worldwide | Full release | Mar 04, 201610 years ago |
| PlayStation 4 | Worldwide | Full release | Dec 12, 20179 years ago |
| Xbox One | Worldwide | Full release | Dec 15, 20179 years ago |
| Nintendo Switch | Worldwide | Full release | Sep 25, 20188 years ago |
| Android | Worldwide | Full release | Jun 18, 20251 year ago |
| iOS | Worldwide | Full release | Jun 18, 20251 year ago |
