Should I ship a Mini Golf game?
Mini Golf
Of 52 developers who shipped a Mini Golf 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.. 71 more are announced, ×2.3 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 $270; 1 in 20 cleared $58k, ×123 the market median. Revenue is up 105% on the market; 71 games are announced against 31 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $270 (exactly $270) |
|---|---|
| Median | $959 (exactly $959) |
| Top 25% | $3.1k (exactly $3,116) |
| Top 5% | $58k (exactly $58,487) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 52 |
| Released games | 179 |
| Announced | 71 |
| 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 105% on the market, supply 50% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 12%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Mini Golf
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 4 / 10 · mid 2D, writing-heavy, or simple 3D
- Systems
- Mini Golf
- Price point
- $5.50 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $5.50.
The top 10 games average 90% positive over 26,063 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $270. 9 in 10 of the 22 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 71 games are announced against 31 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.3 per shipper.
All pairs with Mini Golf
No pair with Mini Golf has 25 games yet.
Comparable games
Golf With Your Friends 2020 · $23M 
Tower Unite 2025 · $9.7M 
Golf It! 2023 · $6.7M 
Super Battle Golf 2026 · $3.6M 
WHAT THE GOLF? 2020 · $2.6M | 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 |
| | Tower Unite | $19.99 | 16,237 89% | 487k | $9.7M (exactly $9,737,329) | PixelTail Games | |
| | 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 | |
| | WHAT THE GOLF? | older | $19.99 | 4,324 93% | 130k | $2.6M (exactly $2,593,103) | Triband |
 | Walkabout Mini Golf VR | older | $24.99 | 3,094 97% | 93k | $2.3M (exactly $2,319,572) | Mighty Coconut |
 | 4D Golf | older | $19.99 | 775 98% | 23k | $465k (exactly $464,767) | CodeParade |
 | GolfTopia | older | $19.99 | 477 95% | 14k | $286k (exactly $286,057) | MinMax Games Ltd. |
 | 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 |
 | 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 | |
 | Mini Mini Golf Golf | $9.99 | 65 87% | 2.0k | $19k (exactly $19,480) | Three More Years | |
 | Golf Gambit | · EA | $9.99 | 28 85% | 840 | $8.4k (exactly $8,392) | KB Entertainment |
 | Putt Down | $6.99 | 26 65% | 780 | $5.5k (exactly $5,452) | Icehelm | |
 | PULLBACK RACERS | $3.99 | 39 94% | 1.2k | $4.7k (exactly $4,668) | SkyBrave, blazitt, Gevizz | |
 | 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 |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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