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Should I ship an Adventure Golf game?
Golf + Adventure
Only 18 developers shipped an Adventure 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, Super Battle Golf, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 16 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.4k, ×2.3 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $270. Revenue is up 435% on the market; 16 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $270 (exactly $270) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.4k (exactly $1,439) |
| Top 25% | $4.0k (exactly $3,984) |
| Top 5% | $3.6M (exactly $3,633,952) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 18 |
| Released games | 45 |
| Announced | 16 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $6.99 |
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 435% on the market, supply 25% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 4%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Golf, Adventure; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Physics, Exploration
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $14.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Third Person, Atmospheric
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $14.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 93% positive over 9,443 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $270. All of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 16 games are announced against 10 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Golf with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + SimulationFair
- + PvPFair
- + Score AttackFair
- + PhysicsFair
- + ArcadeFair
- + 3D PlatformerFair
- + PuzzleFair
- + Local MultiplayerPoor odds
- + ExplorationPoor odds
- + Character CustomizationPoor odds
- + Mini GolfPoor odds
- + SportsPoor odds
Comparable games
Golf With Your Friends 2020 · $23M 
Super Battle Golf 2026 · $3.6M 
Cursed to Golf 2022 · $416k 
Golf Club Nostalgia 2021 · $355k 
Pixel Golf Club 2024 · $36k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Golf With Your Friends | older | $14.99 | 50,748 88% | 1.5M | $23M (exactly $22,821,376) | Blacklight Interactive, Team17 |
| | Super Battle Golf | $12.99 | 9,325 93% | 280k | $3.6M (exactly $3,633,952) | Brimstone | |
| | Cursed to Golf | older | $19.99 | 693 70% | 21k | $416k (exactly $415,592) | Chuhai Labs |
| | Golf Club Nostalgia | older | $9.99 | 1,183 83% | 35k | $355k (exactly $354,545) | Demagog Studio |
| | Pixel Golf Club | older | $29.99 | 40 80% | 1.2k | $36k (exactly $35,988) | Galactic Geckon |
 | A Little Golf Journey | older | $12.99 | 71 85% | 2.1k | $28k (exactly $27,669) | Okidokico |
 | RPGolf Legends | older | $29.99 | 25 76% | 750 | $22k (exactly $22,492) | ArticNet |
 | Fox Golf | older | $19.99 | 15 86% | 450 | $9.0k (exactly $8,996) | Fox Games |
 | The Last Golfer | $19.99 | 12 91% | 360 | $7.2k (exactly $7,196) | Karthik Subramanyam, Andrew Laing | |
 | Soul Injector Commando | $14.99 | 13 92% | 390 | $5.8k (exactly $5,846) | Jeremy Couillard | |
 | Putt Down | $6.99 | 26 65% | 780 | $5.5k (exactly $5,452) | Icehelm | |
 | Don't Fall | $6.99 | 19 94% | 570 | $4.0k (exactly $3,984) | Shine 3D | |
 | Putt in Parks | $7.99 | 13 92% | 390 | $3.1k (exactly $3,116) | tinyaxe | |
 | Jack of Clubs Golf | $5.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $2.2k (exactly $2,156) | Paul Bischoff | |
 | Gunz & Golf | $4.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $1.8k (exactly $1,796) | Virtual Ducky Games | |
 | Home Rescue: Clean and Restore Collector's Edition | $11.99 | 4 0% | 120 | $1.4k (exactly $1,439) | Avi Games | |
 | Swingularity | $4.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | Team Redshift |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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