A mischievous party game where you build the course as much as you suffer it. Setting a trap to sabotage a friend while keeping your own chance to finish sparks constant laughter. With four players it is negotiated chaos, never mean.
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Category
Party / Minigame4 players7+
Co-op
Split screen
Description
Animals collaboratively drop traps and platforms to sabotage rivals while racing to the goal. Published by Clever Endeavour, released worldwide in 2019. Build the level on the fly, saws, cannons and lasers, sneaky scoring, up to four players locally or online.
Ultimate Chicken Horse review
4/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Striking"
4/5
Music
★★★★★
"Excellent"
1/5
Story
★★★★★
"Anecdotal"
Gameplay
"Masterful"
The players themselves build the course, taking turns placing traps, saws and platforms to sabotage the others while staying able to finish: that tension between cruelty and necessity is its genius. The scoring rewards boldness over the easy route, and every round surprises. Solo interest collapses, but with four, local or online, the shared chaos stays irresistible.
Fun
"From the very first seconds"
Building a course only to booby-trap it against your friends is what makes every round gloriously unpredictable. Everyone drops traps and platforms before the dash, and the chaos that follows sparks laughter and betrayal. Customizable rules and instant replayability make it a couch-multiplayer staple that never gets stale.
Addictiveness
"Obsessive"
Building the level as much as you cross it flips the platformer routine: each round, players drop traps and platforms before racing through them, blending cooperation with hilarious betrayal. The scoring rewards teamwork and sabotage alike, and the urge for "a rematch" keeps the evening rolling endlessly. The shared chaos is the whole flavor and keeps the experience fresh. The one downside: solo play loses much of its appeal, since the heart of the fun is the clash among friends.
Difficulty
"Easy"
Lifespan
"Long"
Technical info
💾0,3 GB📅21/11/2019
Published by Clever Endeavour
Ultimate Chicken Horse (Nintendo Switch) price, value & rarity
The genius lies in one idea: the players build the level themselves, scattering traps and dirty tricks before trying to clear it. The competition becomes a stage for hilarious betrayals, where you sabotage a rival's finish with a well-placed saw, then laugh as the trap backfires on you. Instant to grasp and endlessly different, it's the perfect party-game for nights when nobody wants to turn it off.
Is Ultimate Chicken Horse still worth playing in 2026?
Ultimate Chicken Horse has one brilliant idea that keeps it irresistible in groups: the players themselves build the course, taking turns placing traps, saws and platforms to sabotage the others while still being able to finish. This tension between cruelty and necessity creates hilarious, unpredictable situations every round. The mischievous scoring rewards daring over the easy route. Solo, the appeal collapses. But with four players, local or online, its genius for shared chaos is intact and still reliably triggers bursts of laughter at the table.
