There have been several earlier video game adaptations, although as with most horse game series, it’s hard to find an exact list of titles and releases.

In Fall 2018, developer Independent Arts Software released Bibi & Tina: Adventures with Horses at the same time as their other joint project, My Riding Stables: Your Horse Breeding. Both games were published on Steam under the familyplay label via Rokapublish, but the financier of the project and console version distributor is the German publishing house Markt + Technik.

The newest game, made once again by Independent Arts Software and MuT, with Kiddinx as the license giver for the Bibi & Tina brand and characters, was released on October 10th 2019.

This new title is being published on the German market as Bibi und Tina auf dem Martinshof, referencing a commonly used setting of the series, while the English title is the ultra generic (and not even capitalized) Bibi & Tina at the horse farm.

The game was not on my radar at all, and after the less than stellar experience with My Riding Stables, I would likely not have bothered with the game if the publisher hadn’t sent me a review code. Fortunately, Bibi & Tina auf dem Martinshof ended up frustrating me a lot less than My Riding Stables did. Is that enough to make it a decent horse game however or is the bar just incredibly low? Find out in the TMQ review.

Story & Setting

If you are not already familiar with Bibi, Tina and other characters around the Martin family farm, this game will make sure it stays that way. You can select which of the two titular characters to play as, but neither they nor any additional characters are introduced in any way.

Even though the game should have plenty of existing lore to build on, it does absolutely nothing with it beyond name-dropping a handful of names and locations via its explanatory text boxes.