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Horse Race Tests: Life is Pain Demo
In Horse Race Tests: Life is Pain, feed into your worst impulses in this action packed high score gambling game. Gain abilities to rig races in your favor! Collect virtual figurines of your favorite horses, like Jovial Merryment...

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Features
Languages:
Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English ✔ ✔
This game is not yet available on Steam

Planned Release Date: Q4 2026

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About This Demo

What is Horse Race Tests?

Horse Race Tests is the viral horse racing sim video game series that ran on x dot com. Almost daily races chronicled races between abstract colorful horses. Which one would touch the carrots first? Place your bets and pray for the best.

What perchance is Life is Pain about?

Win bets, feed horses treats to rig the races in your favor, lose your sanity, and uncover the mysteries of Life is Pain.

Features of the Demo?

  • About 4 races out of the many from the full game

  • 8+ treats to feed the horses

  • It's mostly the horses that aren't as popular

  • English language only (though you could probably figure out how to play without knowing English)

  • A bunch of secrets

  • Yuri...

What to expect in the full game?

  • Way more than 4 races

  • Way more treats to feed the horses

  • Bigger variety of bets

  • Additional games

  • More secrets

  • More language support

  • The good horses that people like, like the orange one show up

Characters?

  • The blue one

  • The brown one

  • The white one

  • Two others

  • A mystery horse (also secret)

Themes & Benefits

  • Critique on society

  • Critique on gaming culture

  • Psychological Horror

  • LGBTQIA+

Quotes

"This is a demo, not the full game."
"The demo is free to play."
"The demo has they/them pronouns."
"Okay."
"LGBTQIA+."

System Requirements

Windows
macOS
SteamOS + Linux
    Minimum:
    • OS: Windows 10 version 21H1 (build 19043) or newer
    • Processor: x86, x64 architecture with SSE2 instruction set support, ARM64
    • Memory: 2 MB RAM
    • Graphics: Pretty much anything
    • Storage: 500 MB available space
    • Sound Card: Integrated
    Minimum:
    • OS: macOS 10.12 or later
    • Processor: 64-bit, x86 or ARM
    • Memory: 2 MB RAM
    • Graphics: Pretty much anything
    • Storage: 500 MB available space
    • Sound Card: Integrated
* Starting February 15, 2024, the Steam Client will no longer support 32-bit games or macOS 10.14 or lower.
    Minimum:
    • OS: Ubuntu 18.04 and later
    • Processor: 64-bit, x86 or ARM
    • Memory: 500 MB RAM
    • Graphics: Integrated
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