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Cheap Golf

Pixeljam · Akupara Games · 2018-11-05

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieSports

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 2017 (Linux), Jul 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 2017 (Mac)

DRAG, BOOP, AND PRAY. Play your way through a psychedelic, retro mini golf labyrinth built by an intrusive AI named Susan. Master glitchy physics, dodge bizarre ball-killers, and tackle over 140 mind-bending levels in this ultra-minimalist, surrealist arcade sports puzzler.

Cheap Golf is an Action, Adventure, Indie, Sports game released in 2018, priced at $4.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (84% of 213 reviews).

1
playing now
84%
positive of 213 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 23:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 4 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 29% of 27,808 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 5.3k–13k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 213 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.69 at Steam (2024-12-19) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 9 of 20 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520172026Week of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 23:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$0.692017-09-282026-08-142017-09-28 — best price $3.672018-01-04 — best price $3.992018-06-22 — best price $3.112018-11-06 — best price $3.992019-01-21 — best price $4.992019-06-17 — best price $2.492019-08-12 — best price $4.992019-11-10 — best price $2.492020-01-02 — best price $4.992020-05-13 — best price $1.692020-08-05 — best price $4.992020-11-11 — best price $1.992021-01-05 — best price $4.992021-03-10 — best price $1.692021-07-08 — best price $4.992021-10-28 — best price $1.492021-12-01 — best price $4.992022-01-27 — best price $1.242022-04-11 — best price $4.992022-06-23 — best price $0.992022-10-03 — best price $4.992022-12-05 — best price $1.242023-01-16 — best price $4.992023-04-03 — best price $1.692023-07-13 — best price $4.992023-10-23 — best price $4.992023-12-21 — best price $1.242024-03-21 — best price $4.992024-06-27 — best price $0.992024-09-09 — best price $4.992024-12-09 — best price $2.492025-02-10 — best price $4.992025-04-14 — best price $4.992025-07-21 — best price $1.692025-10-06 — best price $4.992025-12-18 — best price $0.742026-03-26 — best price $4.992026-06-25 — best price $3.342026-08-02 — best price $4.992026-08-14 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

4
achievements tracked
17.4%
earned "Nice work"
4.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam LeaderboardsIncludes level editorFamily Sharing1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2019-10-14 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)54531%4

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

DarkGolfIndieRetroActionComedySportsSurrealMini GolfDark Humor

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.