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Should I ship a Mini Golf Adventure game?
Adventure + Mini Golf
Only 12 developers shipped a Mini Golf Adventure 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, Tower Unite, 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.
Verdict: fair, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $2.2k, ×4.5 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $720. Revenue is up 25% on the market; 11 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $719 (exactly $719) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.2k (exactly $2,156) |
| Top 25% | $19k (exactly $19,480) |
| Top 5% | $9.7M (exactly $9,737,329) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 26 |
| Announced | 11 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 25% on the market, supply 40% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 8%, 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
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Adventure, Mini Golf
- Price point
- $7.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 90% positive over 25,701 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $720. 8 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 11 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Adventure with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + SamuraiFair
- + FMVFair
- + PinballFair
- + Job SimulatorFair
- + Escape RoomFair
- + SportsFair
- + GolfFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + Time AttackFair
- + Traditional RoguelikeFair
- + Real-Time with PausePoor odds
- + WuxiaPoor odds
Comparable games
Golf With Your Friends 2020 · $23M 
Tower Unite 2025 · $9.7M 
Super Battle Golf 2026 · $3.6M 
WHAT THE GOLF? 2020 · $2.6M 
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 |
| | Tower Unite | $19.99 | 16,237 89% | 487k | $9.7M (exactly $9,737,329) | PixelTail Games | |
| | Super Battle Golf | $12.99 | 9,325 93% | 280k | $3.6M (exactly $3,633,952) | Brimstone | |
| | WHAT THE GOLF? | older | $19.99 | 4,324 93% | 130k | $2.6M (exactly $2,593,103) | Triband |
| | Pixel Golf Club | older | $29.99 | 40 80% | 1.2k | $36k (exactly $35,988) | Galactic Geckon |
 | RPGolf Legends | older | $29.99 | 25 76% | 750 | $22k (exactly $22,492) | ArticNet |
 | Mini Mini Golf Golf | $9.99 | 65 87% | 2.0k | $19k (exactly $19,480) | Three More Years | |
 | Cheap Golf | older | $4.99 | 64 90% | 1.9k | $9.6k (exactly $9,581) | Pixeljam |
 | Putt Down | $6.99 | 26 65% | 780 | $5.5k (exactly $5,452) | Icehelm | |
 | Brendan Keogh's Putting Challenge | older | $5.99 | 30 96% | 900 | $5.4k (exactly $5,391) | Brendan Keogh |
 | 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 | |
 | This Is Why We Don't Play Golf | $4.99 | 10 90% | 300 | $1.5k (exactly $1,497) | Hmph. Studios | |
 | Swingularity | $4.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | Team Redshift | |
 | Putt It In Orbit | $7.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $719 (exactly $719) | Hoem Made Games | |
 | Left Fore Dead: Zombie Battle Golf | $7.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $719 (exactly $719) | Maple Taco |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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