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Should I ship a Golf Sports game?
Sports + Golf
Of 67 developers who shipped a Golf Sports game in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 82 more are announced, ×2.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $900, ×1.4 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $300; 1 in 20 cleared $320k, ×510 the market median. Revenue is up 90% on the market; 82 games are announced against 40 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $300 (exactly $300) |
|---|---|
| Median | $899 (exactly $899) |
| Top 25% | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) |
| Top 5% | $320k (exactly $320,122) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 67 |
| Released games | 219 |
| Announced | 82 |
| Effort | 6 / 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 90% on the market, supply 45% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 10%, 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
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Sports, Golf; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Physics, Simulation, PvP
- Price point
- $6.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Colorful, Family Friendly
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $6.99.
The top 10 games average 84% positive over 15,153 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $300. 9 in 10 of the 32 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 82 games are announced against 40 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.1 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Sports with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Immersive SimFair
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Comparable games
Golf With Your Friends 2020 · $23M 
Golf It! 2023 · $6.7M 
PGA TOUR 2K25 2025 · $4.5M 
EA SPORTS™ PGA TOUR™ 2023 · $4.5M 
Super Battle Golf 2026 · $3.6M | 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 |
| | PGA TOUR 2K25 | $39.99 | 3,791 70% | 114k | $4.5M (exactly $4,548,063) | HB Studios | |
| | EA SPORTS™ PGA TOUR™ | older | $69.99 | 2,156 56% | 65k | $4.5M (exactly $4,526,953) | Electronic Arts - Tiburon |
| | Super Battle Golf | $12.99 | 9,325 93% | 280k | $3.6M (exactly $3,633,952) | Brimstone | |
 | Walkabout Mini Golf VR | older | $24.99 | 3,094 97% | 93k | $2.3M (exactly $2,319,572) | Mighty Coconut |
 | EVERYBODY'S GOLF HOT SHOTS | $39.99 | 1,048 60% | 31k | $1.3M (exactly $1,257,286) | HYDE, Inc. | |
 | Perfect Golf | older | $34.99 | 876 65% | 26k | $920k (exactly $919,537) | PERFECT PARALLEL |
 | All-In-One Sports VR | older | $19.99 | 700 84% | 21k | $420k (exactly $419,790) | Appnori Inc. |
 | Cursed to Golf | older | $19.99 | 693 70% | 21k | $416k (exactly $415,592) | Chuhai Labs |
 | Disc Golf Masters | · EA | $24.99 | 427 83% | 13k | $320k (exactly $320,122) | Spinoff Games |
 | Under Par Golf Architect | $19.99 | 158 81% | 4.7k | $95k (exactly $94,753) | Broken Arms Games | |
 | Puttler | $7.99 | 244 95% | 7.3k | $58k (exactly $58,487) | Bean Juice Studios | |
 | Looney Tunes: Wacky World of Sports | $49.99 | 34 79% | 1.0k | $51k (exactly $50,990) | Bamtang Games | |
 | 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 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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