Should I ship a Puzzle Golf game?
Golf + Puzzle
Only 16 developers shipped a Puzzle 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, Puttler, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 17 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $540, ×0.9 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $270. Revenue is up 380% on the market; 17 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $270 (exactly $270) |
|---|---|
| Median | $539 (exactly $539) |
| Top 25% | $1.4k (exactly $1,439) |
| Top 5% | $58k (exactly $58,487) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 16 |
| Released games | 63 |
| Announced | 17 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 380% on the market, supply 30% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 3%, 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, Puzzle
- Price point
- $4.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 93% positive over 314 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $270. 9 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 17 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Golf with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + SimulationFair
- + PvPFair
- + AdventureFair
- + Score AttackFair
- + PhysicsFair
- + ArcadeFair
- + 3D PlatformerFair
- + Local MultiplayerPoor odds
- + ExplorationPoor odds
- + Character CustomizationPoor odds
- + Mini GolfPoor odds
- + SportsPoor odds
Comparable games
4D Golf 2024 · $465k 
Golf Club Nostalgia 2021 · $355k 
Golf Around! 2020 · $247k 
Golf Peaks 2018 · $161k 
Golfie 2023 · $148k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 4D Golf | older | $19.99 | 775 98% | 23k | $465k (exactly $464,767) | CodeParade |
| | Golf Club Nostalgia | older | $9.99 | 1,183 83% | 35k | $355k (exactly $354,545) | Demagog Studio |
| | Golf Around! | older | $9.99 | 823 94% | 25k | $247k (exactly $246,653) | Hough Studio |
| | Golf Peaks | older | $4.99 | 1,076 95% | 32k | $161k (exactly $161,077) | Afterburn |
| | Golfie | older | $17.99 | 275 66% | 8.3k | $148k (exactly $148,418) | Triheart Studio |
 | Worms Crazy Golf | older | $9.99 | 407 82% | 12k | $122k (exactly $121,978) | Team17 Digital Ltd |
 | Mini Golf Arena | · EA older | $8.99 | 385 51% | 12k | $104k (exactly $103,834) | Evoluta Studio |
 | Puttler | $7.99 | 244 95% | 7.3k | $58k (exactly $58,487) | Bean Juice Studios | |
 | Pixel Golf Club | older | $29.99 | 40 80% | 1.2k | $36k (exactly $35,988) | Galactic Geckon |
 | Wonderputt Forever | older | $9.99 | 108 84% | 3.2k | $32k (exactly $32,368) | Damp Gnat |
 | Tilt It! Golf | $4.99 | 24 87% | 720 | $3.6k (exactly $3,593) | Kautki Cave | |
 | Putt in Parks | $7.99 | 13 92% | 390 | $3.1k (exactly $3,116) | tinyaxe | |
 | Home Rescue: Clean and Restore Collector's Edition | $11.99 | 4 0% | 120 | $1.4k (exactly $1,439) | Avi Games | |
 | Soap Slide | · EA | $3.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $1.2k (exactly $1,197) | Rise Studio |
 | Swingularity | $4.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | Team Redshift | |
 | Ping Pan | $7.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $959 (exactly $959) | Stonework Games LLC | |
 | Sycamore | $5.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $539 (exactly $539) | [untitledDev] | |
 | Golfish | $4.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | Revulo Games | |
 | Crazy Golf Party | $5.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $359 (exactly $359) | Crusade |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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