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Should I ship a Puzzle Mini Golf game?
Mini Golf + Puzzle
Only 14 developers shipped a Puzzle Mini 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.. 15 more are announced, ×2.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 4 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $960, ×2.0 the market's $480 for a 4 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $450; 1 in 20 cleared $58k, ×123 the market median. Revenue is up 65% on the market; 15 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $449 (exactly $449) |
|---|---|
| Median | $959 (exactly $959) |
| Top 25% | $3.6k (exactly $3,593) |
| Top 5% | $58k (exactly $58,487) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 54 |
| Announced | 15 |
| Effort | 4 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $5.50 |
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 65% on the market, supply 25% fewer developers than 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
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Mini Golf, Puzzle
- Price point
- $5.50 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 94% positive over 391 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $450. 9 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 15 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Mini Golf with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + AdventureFair
- + PhysicsFair
- + SimulationFair
- + ArcadeFair
- + ActionPoor odds
- + Local MultiplayerPoor odds
- + PvPPoor odds
- + GolfPoor odds
- + SportsPoor odds
- + Character CustomizationPoor odds
- + StrategyDead
- + Puzzle PlatformerDead
Comparable games
4D Golf 2024 · $465k 
Golf Around! 2020 · $247k 
Golf Peaks 2018 · $161k 
Golfie 2023 · $148k 
Worms Crazy Golf 2011 · $122k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 4D Golf | older | $19.99 | 775 98% | 23k | $465k (exactly $464,767) | CodeParade |
| | 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 |
 | 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 | |
 | Sling-A-Thing | $5.50 | 26 100% | 780 | $4.3k (exactly $4,290) | Navel | |
 | 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 | |
 | 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 | |
 | Roll'N With Da Punchez | $9.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | Kamatayan Workz | |
 | Sycamore | $5.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $539 (exactly $539) | [untitledDev] | |
 | Golfish | $4.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $449 (exactly $449) | Revulo Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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