
What the Golf? is a strong Sports/Casual that delivers where it counts.
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94%
Steam
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IGDB
Verdict score based on confidence-adjusted Steam reviews?
Very Positive on Steam (94% positive from 5K reviews)
Standout indie gem
No significant drawbacks reported
What the Golf? is a 2019 sports video game developed and published by Danish studio Triband. It was originally released for iOS, macOS and tvOS through Apple Arcade by The Label on 19 September 2019 as a launch title for the service, with a visionOS version also released on the service in 2024 by Team17 USA, The Label's successor. Ports for Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 were released by Triband, respectively in 2019, 2020 and 2024. The game received critical acclaim for its surreal humor and gameplay, winning multiple awards and becoming one of Apple Arcade's most popular titles. It was followed up by What the Car? and What the Clash?.

Runs well on modern hardware.
Last updated 18d ago
More Puzzle that comedy. What the Golf is a super weird game that is about "playing golf". In reality, it's more like a collection of mini-games in warioware fashion, but with a lot more freedom in how hard you want the game to be. On the whole, this is a relatively easy game, especially since you can complete the whole game without any real fail conditions. If you'd like to unlock some extra goodies and have some more interesting levels, each hole has 2 extra challenges for you to complete after being introduced to the standard level/rules. However, while these challenges are generally a lot of fun, there are more than a few that turn into frustrating and annoying tasks that the game isn't really built to let you accomplish. A few of them are literally RNG tests of patience, as you aren't allowed to interact with the level to succeed. All told, this is a silly and pretty fun game, but you should know going into it that this isn't really a "golf" game, especially since you'll be driving cars, playing first person shooting segments and more. None of the gameplay elements are super well made, but that plays into the goofy nature of the challenges, so it's generally not an issue. If you want a silly game that caters to your personal challenge interest, this is a great game. If you want something that really tests your skill and requires deep understanding of game mechanics, you're going to hate this.
Decent cozy game. Love the level design and the originality you can work with the mechanic of swinging a club. It's a bit pricey and I would love to have the checkpoints match on what diifficulty I passed them. Besides, solid
Better than I expected. Just a silly golf game that makes a lot of unexpected things, and when you are halfway through the game and already know all the little tricks, you are confident that you can predict everything. But it just makes you forget about it and then tricks you like a little again for 5th time. Not annoying, was just chillin while going for 100%. But 10h achievement is so dumb smh when it takes less than 5 hours to 100% it and episodes also don't count for playtime.
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