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Ultimate Chicken Horse

Ultimate Chicken Horse

Released: 9/25/2018

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 get a point! 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.

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 get a point! 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.

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 get a point! 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.

Critics
79
Steam
96
Metacritic
79

Score Breakdown

79.0

Critic Average

22 reviews

96

Steam User Score

52,149 reviews

79

Metacritic User Score

111 reviews

Disparity Breakdown

Steam Disparity
-16.7
Metacritic Disparity
+0.1
Combined Disparity
-8.3

Average of both sources

Review Timing

17 early (77%)3 launch window (14%)2 late (9%)

Review summary

Updated May 8, 2026

Based on 22 scored critic reviews, critics give this game an average score of 79.0/100. Critics score this game 16.7 points lower than Steam users and 0.1 points higher than Metacritic users.

How these comparisons are calculated
Sources behind this summary(5 recent of 22)+
  1. Justin NationviaNindie Spotlight
    Mar 9, 2023·Late review
    89/100View review
    Steam 95.8/100 · -6.8 ptsMetacritic 79/100 · +10.0 pts
  2. Bohuslav MajkrzákviaGaming Professors
    Nov 10, 2021·Late review
    90/100View review
    Steam 95.8/100 · -5.8 ptsMetacritic 79/100 · +11.0 pts
  3. Chris CompendioviaDualShockers
    Sep 30, 2018·Launch window
    85/100View review
    Steam 95.8/100 · -10.8 ptsMetacritic 79/100 · +6.0 pts
  4. Neal RonaghanviaNintendoWorldReport
    Sep 26, 2018·Launch window
    80/100View review
    Steam 95.8/100 · -15.8 ptsMetacritic 79/100 · +1.0 pts
  5. Ryan JanesviaNintendo Insider
    Sep 25, 2018·Launch window
    90/100View review
    Steam 95.8/100 · -5.8 ptsMetacritic 79/100 · +11.0 pts