Chestnut horse from the official Horses of Hoofprint Bay library art Hoofprint Bay Play on Steam

Horses of Hoofprint Bay release date

The full game released on 4 Nov 2026. It is not Early Access. Steam publishes the date and does not publish an unlock hour or semantic version number.

Goals panel from the official Steam screenshots
Horses of Hoofprint Bay release date reveal. Upload date 2026-08-21. The player loads after you press Play.

The demo arrived on 16 Feb 2026. Next Fest ran 19–26 Oct 2026. The introductory discount I saw runs through 11 Nov 2026. The FAQ says the full game has no day cap, aside from a far-future integer limit around two million days.

Some answer boxes print 6:00 AM Pacific or 14:00 UTC. That hour is not on the Steam date field. I leave the hour blank rather than promote a single secondary clock. Steam and the studio had not published a numeric patch label I could cite on 6 Nov 2026.

Questions

What time did it unlock?

Steam shows 4 Nov 2026 and no hour. I am not repeating a single secondary clock as fact.

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