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Windstorm: An Unexpected Arrival

Windstorm: An Unexpected Arrival

In the official game based on the movie ’Windstorm: Ari’s Arrival’, experience the story of Ari as she arrives in the Alpine area and quickly befriends Windstorm. Together they will go on exciting horse riding adventures and discover the true meaning of friendship!

Released Mar 28, 2019 Developer Aesir Interactive Publisher Mindscape Platforms Windows HorsesAdventureRacingSimulationSingleplayer
View on Steam ↗ $14.99 (US · as of 2026-05-16)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.

68.8%positive93 reviews
Recommended · 87 found this helpful

“*Vastly* better than the first Windstorm game. This is a real Open World Game where you ride around on your horse, do some archery challenges, have a story and a bunch of side missions and everything. It's not perfect (the horse animations still leave something to be desired)…”

— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs played
Recommended · 25 found this helpful

“The area around Kaltenbach is beautiful and sometimes you just stand there and enjoy the game world. You can see the similarities with the plot in the movie, but you play another story. Finally a good horse game again.”

— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs played
Not recommended · 42 found this helpful

“As a horse lover looking desperately for a game to enjoy, I found this game incredibly underwhelming and wish I hadn't been lured in by my passion for horses. A severe lack of polish, lazy quest design, gamebreaking bugs, and poor graphics find me wishing I hadn't purchased this…”

— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-28.

47achievements
10.8%median completion
0.9%rarest: Business Partners
83.0% of players 80.3% of players 71.9% of players 68.8% of players 65.1% of players 62.6% of players 55.5% of players 47.9% of players 46.9% of players 37.5% of players 34.1% of players 34.1% of players 33.3% of players 30.0% of players 29.7% of players 29.2% of players 25.6% of players 25.0% of players 22.4% of players 20.5% of players 20.0% of players 19.3% of players 12.2% of players 10.8% of players 10.3% of players 9.1% of players 7.0% of players 6.4% of players 6.3% of players 4.4% of players 4.3% of players 3.8% of players 3.4% of players 3.3% of players 3.1% of players 2.7% of players 2.5% of players 2.5% of players 1.8% of players 1.7% of players 1.3% of players 1.3% of players 1.2% of players 1.1% of players 1.0% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 83.0% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
83.0%Welcome — Hidden achievement
80.3%Escaped! — Hidden achievement
71.9%Into the Wild — Hidden achievement
Rarest badges of honor
0.9%Business Partners — Got Jenny to fully trust you
0.9%People Person — Earned the full trust of everyone
1.0%Successor — Got Mika to fully trust you

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Jun 20, 2024
Windstorm: Start of a Great Friendship – Remastered Now Available!

Hey Horselovers! We've got some exciting news to share with you! In Windstorm: Start of a Great Friendship – Remastered, both fans and new players can experience stunning new graphics and enhanced ani

May 08, 2024
New Game Revealed | Windstorm: The Legend of Khiimori

We're very excited to announce Windstorm: The Legend of Khiimori, an epic open-world adventure game where players will explore breathtaking landscapes on horseback, featuring high-fidelity graphics an

Apr 04, 2024
Windstorm: Start of a Great Friendship returns Remastered!

Hey horse lovers! We're very excited to share the news that the beloved game: Windstorm: Start of a Great Friendship can be rediscovered by fans and new players in the upcoming remaster ! Celebrate th

Dec 01, 2022
Windstorm: An Unexpected Arrival – More Languages added

Hey horse fans, We’re happy to inform you that more languages now added to the game. You can now play Windstorm: An Unexpected Arrival in Japanese, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese.

Jul 01, 2019
Patch 1.3.0 is now live!

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/34728215/bc909ca84db79c59813bf3a326ad8df507bd100c.jpg Dear horse friends, With this update the riding and the exploring of the game w

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.

GenresAdventure, Casual, Racing, Simulation
Player tagsHorses · Adventure · Racing · Simulation · Singleplayer · Female Protagonist · Nature · Archery · Action-Adventure · Casual · Life Sim · Exploration (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , French * , Italian, German * , Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish *
ControllerFull support
Achievements47
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 SP1 (64 bit versions only) Processor: AMD Phenom II X4 940 @3.0GHz /or Intel Core i5-2400S @3.3GHz or better Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 560 with 1 GB VRAM or AMD Radeon HD 6930 with 1 GB VRAM or better DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 10 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX compatible using the latest drivers