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Should I ship a Local Multiplayer Golf game?
Golf + Local Multiplayer
Only 14 developers shipped a Local Multiplayer 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, EVERYBODY'S GOLF HOT SHOTS, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 18 more are announced, ×2.6 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $3.1k, ×4.9 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $900; 1 in 20 cleared $1.2M, ×2002 the market median. Revenue is down 80% on the market; 18 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $899 (exactly $899) |
|---|---|
| Median | $3.1k (exactly $3,055) |
| Top 25% | $40k (exactly $40,486) |
| Top 5% | $1.3M (exactly $1,257,286) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 50 |
| Announced | 18 |
| 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 down 80% on the market, supply as many developers as 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.
- Golf
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Local Multiplayer
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Golf, Local Multiplayer; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Sports, PvP, Arcade
- Price point
- $12.49 typical · top 25% priced $49.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Realistic
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $49.99 or above; the middle game at $12.49.
The top 10 games average 69% positive over 1,676 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $900. 9 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 18 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.6 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
- + ExplorationPoor odds
- + Character CustomizationPoor odds
- + Mini GolfPoor odds
- + SportsPoor odds
Comparable games
Golf With Your Friends 2020 · $23M 
Golf It! 2023 · $6.7M 
EA SPORTS™ PGA TOUR™ 2023 · $4.5M 
EVERYBODY'S GOLF HOT SHOTS 2025 · $1.3M 
Disc Golf Masters 2026 · EA · $320k | 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 |
| | Golf It! | older | $8.99 | 24,695 90% | 741k | $6.7M (exactly $6,660,242) | Perfuse Entertainment |
| | EA SPORTS™ PGA TOUR™ | older | $69.99 | 2,156 56% | 65k | $4.5M (exactly $4,526,953) | Electronic Arts - Tiburon |
| | EVERYBODY'S GOLF HOT SHOTS | $39.99 | 1,048 60% | 31k | $1.3M (exactly $1,257,286) | HYDE, Inc. | |
| | Disc Golf Masters | · EA | $24.99 | 427 83% | 13k | $320k (exactly $320,122) | Spinoff Games |
 | Worms Crazy Golf | older | $9.99 | 407 82% | 12k | $122k (exactly $121,978) | Team17 Digital Ltd |
 | Perfect Round Disc Golf | older | $19.99 | 88 78% | 2.6k | $53k (exactly $52,774) | Tree Branch Games |
 | Looney Tunes: Wacky World of Sports | $49.99 | 34 79% | 1.0k | $51k (exactly $50,990) | Bamtang Games | |
 | Infinite Minigolf | older | $14.99 | 113 72% | 3.4k | $51k (exactly $50,816) | Zen Studios |
 | 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 | |
 | 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 | |
 | 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 |
 | Disc Golf | $6.99 | 13 84% | 390 | $2.7k (exactly $2,726) | Charles De Yoe | |
 | Desktop GOLF | $9.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $899 (exactly $899) | SAT-BOX |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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