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Should I ship a 4 Player Local Golf game?
Golf + 4 Player Local
Only 9 developers shipped a 4 Player Local Golf game in the last 2 years, too few for firm odds: the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.; the top game by est. revenue, Golden Tee Arcade Classics, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 11 more are announced, ×2.8 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $3.0k against a market of $630. 11 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $839 (exactly $839) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.0k (exactly $2,998) |
| Top 25% | $24k (exactly $23,990) |
| Top 5% | $40k (exactly $40,486) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 30 |
| Announced | 11 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $12.49 |
momentum: how a niche's revenue percentiles and developer count moved between two equal, adjacent periods, divided by the market's own move. See method., 12 months: revenue up 510% on the market, supply 20% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 7%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Golf
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- 4 Player Local
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Golf, 4 Player Local
- Price point
- $12.49 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 83% positive over 159 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $840. All of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 11 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.8 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Golf with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + SimulationFair
- + PvPFair
- + AdventureFair
- + Score AttackFair
- + PhysicsFair
- + ArcadeFair
- + 3D PlatformerFair
- + PuzzleFair
- + Local MultiplayerPoor odds
- + ExplorationPoor odds
- + Character CustomizationPoor odds
- + Mini GolfPoor odds
Comparable games
Worms Crazy Golf 2011 · $122k 
Super Video Golf 2023 · $102k 
100ft Robot Golf 2017 · $50k 
Golden Tee Arcade Classics 2025 · $40k 
Vertiginous Golf 2015 · $34k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Worms Crazy Golf | older | $9.99 | 407 82% | 12k | $122k (exactly $121,978) | Team17 Digital Ltd |
| | Super Video Golf | older | $9.99 | 342 96% | 10k | $102k (exactly $102,497) | Trederia |
| | 100ft Robot Golf | older | $9.99 | 166 71% | 5.0k | $50k (exactly $49,750) | No Goblin |
| | Golden Tee Arcade Classics | $29.99 | 45 86% | 1.4k | $40k (exactly $40,486) | Digital Eclipse | |
| | Vertiginous Golf | older | $9.99 | 113 62% | 3.4k | $34k (exactly $33,866) | Kinelco & Lone Elk Creative |
 | Party Golf | older | $14.99 | 70 80% | 2.1k | $31k (exactly $31,479) | Giant Margarita |
 | Up to Par | $19.99 | 49 73% | 1.5k | $29k (exactly $29,385) | It's Anecdotal | |
 | True Disc Golf | $24.99 | 32 90% | 960 | $24k (exactly $23,990) | Sportsmanlike Games | |
 | Nice Shot! The Gun Golfing Game | older | $6.99 | 59 88% | 1.8k | $12k (exactly $12,372) | PolyGryph Studios |
 | Golfing in Aether | older | $9.99 | 18 88% | 540 | $5.4k (exactly $5,395) | Vetron |
 | Golftacular! | $5.99 | 17 94% | 510 | $3.1k (exactly $3,055) | Both Good | |
 | Mulligans Golf Game | · EA | $12.49 | 8 100% | 240 | $3.0k (exactly $2,998) | Indie Andy Games |
 | Desktop GOLF | $9.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $899 (exactly $899) | SAT-BOX | |
 | Goofy Golfette | · EA | $13.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $839 (exactly $839) | Tiba Studio |
 | Golf Pro Simulator | · EA | $5.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $359 (exactly $359) | Hard Shark Games |
 | Golf Up | $6.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $210 (exactly $210) | Super PowerUp Games | |
 | Golf Up Tropical | $6.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Super PowerUp Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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