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WHAT THE GOLF?
Give it 5 hours
Gets good by 5h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 7h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 31% of players who started
Started playing 95% of owners
Steam reviews 93% positive of 4,823
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 9 reviews are negative (12%); after 7h it's 1 in 20 (5%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- The opening is criticised less than in 88% of games we track.
- 31% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “50%”: only 34% of starters get there.
- 95% of owners got the first achievement.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 4,871 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 8.4h for positive, 4.2h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (94.9% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- 50% Finish 50% of the game. Most players quit here 34% −66
- 75% Finish 75% of the game. 27% −6
- The End? Make it to the end 31% +4
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (63)
story milestone ending side
- HOLE First Hole completed. 100%
- Welcome to the golf lab! Enter the golf laboratory 98%
- 100 strokes! A total of 100 strokes! 96%
- Computer09 Defeat Computer09 88%
- 1000 strokes! A total of 1000 strokes! 76%
- Computer08 Defeat Computer08 65%
- 2D Golf Three is a crowd. 63%
- Livingroom-Golf For general everyday use. 59%
- Computer07 Defeat Computer07 54%
- Golf Game Your caddie is in another castle. 53%
- Footgolf Without feet. 49%
- Space Golf In space no one can hear you yell: "FORE" 49%
- Computer06 Defeat Computer06 48%
- Olympic Golf Go for GOLF! 45%
- Boom Golf Golf wanna go BOOM BOOM! 45%
- Computer05 Defeat Computer05 43%
- Heavy ball and pins putt This is not ‘Nam. This is bowling. There are rules. 42%
- Secret Golf Shhh... 41%
- Computer04 Defeat Computer04 40%
- Portal Golf Maybe there will be cake. 39%
- El Duderino Golf Obviously, you’re a golfer. 38%
- Daily Golf Complete a daily challenge! 38%
- Down to earth Grounded in reality. 38%
- Super Putt SUPER - PUTT - SUPER - PUTT 37%
- First Person Golf Be the ball. 37%
- Computer03 Defeat Computer03 36%
- Musical Golf What the gooooolf! 35%
- Five hours! Golf for 5 hours. 35%
- 50% Finish 50% of the game. 34%
- Computer01 Defeat Computer01 32%
- Computer00 Defeat Computer00 32%
- Friend of Newton Don't let it bring you down! 32%
- Final Hole Defeat the golf boss! 32%
- The End? Make it to the end 31%
- Stealthy Golf A name means nothing on the golf course. 31%
- Kitchen Golf Not in MY kitchen! 30%
- Jungle Putt Where you are welcome. 27%
- 75% Finish 75% of the game. 27%
- Motorized Golf Fast and mildly aggravated. 26%
- Recreational Golf The Isle of Golf 25%
- Sandy Golf It's irritating and it gets everywhere. 25%
- 10000 stokes! WOW! A total of 10000 strokes!! 25%
- True Sports Person Do all the Sports 25%
- Desert Golf To grow we all need to golf. 25%
- 100% Finish 100% of the game 23%
- A Hole New World Complete A Hole New World 20%
- 100% Sporty Sport Challenge Champ! Do all the challenges 20%
- Snowtime Complete It's Snowtime! 18%
- SLIME TIME! Complete the SLIME TIME! episode 18%
- Sunday Daily Course Play a Sunday Daily Course 16%
- Saturday Daily Course Play a Saturday Daily Course 15%
- Wednesday Daily Course Play a Wednesday Daily Course 15%
- Friday Daily Course Play a Friday Daily Course 15%
- Monday Daily Course Play a Monday Daily Course 15%
- Thursday Daily Course Play a Thursday Daily Course 14%
- Tuesday Daily Course Play a Tuesday Daily Course 14%
- Ten Hours! Golf for 10 hours! 13%
- Thanksgiving You played the Thanksgiving levels 13%
- Secret Saw You saw it! 12%
- More Daily Golf Complete 9 daily challenges! 10%
- Cable guy Tune the TV 10%
- Most Daily Golf Complete 18 daily challenges! 7.9%
- Tree-popper Tip over all the living trees in the SLIME TIME! Episode 5.9%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.