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Vertiginous Golf cover art

Vertiginous Golf

Kinelco & Lone Elk Creative · Fellow Traveller · 2015-05-06

Steam

IndieSports

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Mar 07, 2014 (Linux), Mar 07, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 06, 2015 (Mac)

Vertiginous Golf is a dystopian steam punk mini golf adventure game set in the skies above an alternate world where life on the ground is enveloped in permanent smog, constant darkness and never-ending rain.

Vertiginous Golf is an Indie Sports game released in 2015, priced at $1.49, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (57% of 1108 reviews).

0
playing now
57%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$1.49
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 UTC (census sample)

After suffering on the ground under a haze smog and pollution, the people of Scudburough have been split in half by a lottery, with the winners heading up into the clouds to live in a floating city called New Lun-Donne. For those left below, they can get a temporary escape from the gloom through the Verti-Sphere, a device that allows them to rise virtually into the cloudy paradise to play mini golf on challenging obstacle courses floating in the sky. But something is amiss in this nation of two cities. Another voice is trying to break through the propaganda messages of peace and prosperity… th(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~0/week).
  • · Review velocity down 75% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (8 reviews).
  • · Top 10% of 49,684 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 28k–66k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,108 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$1.49-85%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.90 at GreenManGaming (2018-07-23) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 35 of 52 observed days · $0.59 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520162026Week of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$0.902015-01-012026-10-122015-01-01 — best price $7.492015-03-24 — best price $11.492015-05-12 — best price $11.492015-07-23 — best price $14.992016-02-05 — best price $4.992016-09-22 — best price $9.992017-06-19 — best price $9.992018-01-15 — best price $4.992018-07-23 — best price $0.902018-09-16 — best price $0.902019-01-03 — best price $9.992019-08-29 — best price $2.492020-01-09 — best price $1.992020-05-28 — best price $9.992020-07-09 — best price $9.992020-08-08 — best price $8.892020-10-19 — best price $9.992021-07-07 — best price $9.992021-10-03 — best price $9.992021-12-22 — best price $1.492022-02-11 — best price $9.992022-05-24 — best price $9.992022-08-22 — best price $9.992022-11-28 — best price $1.492023-02-09 — best price $1.492023-05-05 — best price $1.492023-07-17 — best price $1.552023-09-05 — best price $0.992023-10-23 — best price $1.742023-12-19 — best price $1.992024-02-16 — best price $1.602024-04-23 — best price $2.002024-07-11 — best price $9.992024-09-16 — best price $1.602025-02-17 — best price $9.992025-10-06 — best price $9.992026-04-18 — best price $1.492026-08-20 — best price $1.492026-10-12 — best price $1.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

45
achievements tracked
48.5%
earned "Miniputt Hole Par"
5.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsCustom Volume ControlsPartial Controller SupportSteam LeaderboardsRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2015-05-07 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6,5251%45

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

Player tags

GolfSportsPhysicsBeautifulMini GolfSteampunkCapitalismDystopian SimulationMultiplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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