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Should I ship a Mini Golf Sports game?
Sports + Mini Golf
Of 35 developers who shipped a Mini 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.. 50 more are announced, ×2.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $840, ×1.3 the market's $630 for a 6 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $270; 1 in 20 cleared $58k, ×93 the market median. Revenue is up 25% on the market; 50 games are announced against 23 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $270 (exactly $270) |
|---|---|
| Median | $836 (exactly $836) |
| Top 25% | $2.9k (exactly $2,876) |
| Top 5% | $58k (exactly $58,487) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 35 |
| Released games | 125 |
| Announced | 50 |
| Effort | 6 / 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 25% on the market, supply 90% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 14%, 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, Mini Golf; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Golf, Physics, Arcade
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $12.49 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Colorful, Funny
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $12.49 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 93% positive over 9,745 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $270. 9 in 10 of the 13 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 50 games are announced against 23 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.2 per shipper.
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Comparable games
Golf With Your Friends 2020 · $23M 
Golf It! 2023 · $6.7M 
Super Battle Golf 2026 · $3.6M 
Walkabout Mini Golf VR 2021 · $2.3M 
Golf Around! 2020 · $247k | 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 |
| | 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 |
| | Golf Around! | older | $9.99 | 823 94% | 25k | $247k (exactly $246,653) | Hough Studio |
 | Golf Gang | older | $9.99 | 782 84% | 23k | $234k (exactly $234,365) | Lazy Monday Games |
 | Turbo Golf Racing | older | $9.99 | 635 85% | 19k | $190k (exactly $190,310) | Hugecalf Studios |
 | 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 |
 | Puttler | $7.99 | 244 95% | 7.3k | $58k (exactly $58,487) | Bean Juice Studios | |
 | Up to Par | $19.99 | 49 73% | 1.5k | $29k (exactly $29,385) | It's Anecdotal | |
 | Golf Gambit | · EA | $9.99 | 28 85% | 840 | $8.4k (exactly $8,392) | KB Entertainment |
 | Tilt It! Golf | $4.99 | 24 87% | 720 | $3.6k (exactly $3,593) | Kautki Cave | |
 | Desktop Golf | $3.99 | 30 96% | 900 | $3.6k (exactly $3,591) | Cass and Kard | |
 | Putt in Parks | $7.99 | 13 92% | 390 | $3.1k (exactly $3,116) | tinyaxe | |
 | Mulligans Golf Game | · EA | $12.49 | 8 100% | 240 | $3.0k (exactly $2,998) | Indie Andy Games |
 | Disc Golf City | $7.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $2.9k (exactly $2,876) | Agapo Games | |
 | Golf Around 2 | $7.99 | 12 41% | 360 | $2.9k (exactly $2,876) | Hough Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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