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Should I ship a Golf Strategy game?
Golf + Strategy
Only 14 developers shipped a Golf Strategy 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, Under Par Golf Architect, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 20 more are announced, ×2.9 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $540, ×0.9 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $50; 1 in 20 cleared $94k, ×151 the market median. Revenue is up 4205% on the market; 20 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $539 (exactly $539) |
| Top 25% | $8.4k (exactly $8,392) |
| Top 5% | $95k (exactly $94,753) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 46 |
| Announced | 20 |
| 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 4205% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 2%, 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, Strategy
- Price point
- $6.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 81% positive over 342 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 20 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.9 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
- + Local MultiplayerPoor odds
- + ExplorationPoor odds
- + Character CustomizationPoor odds
- + Mini GolfPoor odds
Comparable games
Golf With Your Friends 2020 · $23M 
Golf It! 2023 · $6.7M 
Perfect Golf 2016 · $920k 
GolfTopia 2021 · $286k 
Golf Peaks 2018 · $161k | 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 |
| | Perfect Golf | older | $34.99 | 876 65% | 26k | $920k (exactly $919,537) | PERFECT PARALLEL |
| | GolfTopia | older | $19.99 | 477 95% | 14k | $286k (exactly $286,057) | MinMax Games Ltd. |
| | 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 |
 | Under Par Golf Architect | $19.99 | 158 81% | 4.7k | $95k (exactly $94,753) | Broken Arms Games | |
 | Resort Boss: Golf | older | $12.99 | 95 35% | 2.9k | $37k (exactly $37,022) | Gus Martin |
 | Pixel Golf Club | older | $29.99 | 40 80% | 1.2k | $36k (exactly $35,988) | Galactic Geckon |
 | Up to Par | $19.99 | 49 73% | 1.5k | $29k (exactly $29,385) | It's Anecdotal | |
 | This Is Golf | $4.99 | 86 94% | 2.6k | $13k (exactly $12,874) | SaltySeedGames | |
 | Golf Gambit | · EA | $9.99 | 28 85% | 840 | $8.4k (exactly $8,392) | KB Entertainment |
 | Coastal Summit Sports: College Athletics 27 | $9.99 | 12 25% | 360 | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) | Coastal Summit Sports | |
 | 高球王者 GolfKings | $11.99 | 4 75% | 120 | $1.4k (exactly $1,439) | 小如文化 | |
 | Sycamore | $5.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $539 (exactly $539) | [untitledDev] | |
 | Miney Golf | $6.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $210 (exactly $210) | RedEye Games, LLC | |
 | Angry Golf 2 | $1.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | DIG Games | |
 | The Herd | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Levelhead Interactive |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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