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My Horse Prince is a Japanese otome video game developed by the company Usaya for mobile devices, in which a young businesswoman who becomes the owner of a horse with a human face and subsequently falls in love with the creature.

History

On December 9th, 2016, My Horse Prince was released on iTunes^[1] for iOS devices. Two days later, Usaya released a trailer for the game on YouTube (shown below). On January 19th, 2017, the game was released for Android devices on the Google Play store.^[2]

Reception

On December 16th, 2016, BuzzFeed^[3] published an article about the game titled "People Are Losing It Over This Game About Dating A Horse With A Human Face." The same day, YouTuber LaurenzSide uploaded footage of herself playing the game (shown below, left). On December 26th, YouTuber PewDiePie uploaded a video of himself playing the game (shown below, right). Within 14 months, the video accumulated more than 6.4 million views and 22,800 comments.

On January 23rd, 2017, the GameSpot Facebook page uploaded a review of the game, which received upwards of 3.4 million views and 24,000 shares over the next year (shown below).

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