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WHAT THE GOLF? cover art

WHAT THE GOLF?

Triband · 2020-10-22

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ActionAdventureCasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric, Side view, Virtual Reality

Releases: Sep 19, 2019 (iOS), Oct 22, 2020 (Linux), Oct 02, 2019 (Mac), May 21, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 02, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 02, 2024 (visionOS)

A silly physics-based golf parody where every golf course is a new surprising type of golf, some brilliant or hilarious, others so absurd you will ask yourself: WHAT THE GOLF?

WHAT THE GOLF? is an Action, Adventure, Casual and Indie game released in 2020, priced at $19.99, with an owner estimate of 200,000 .. 500,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (93% of 4796 reviews).

18
playing now
93%
positive of 4.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
88/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
73/100
IGDB user rating (41 ratings)
4.54★
PlayStation Store rating (384 ratings)
4h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

18 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 20:00 UTC (census sample)

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?.

Trailer

WHAT THE GOLF? trailer thumbnail

WHAT THE GOLF? Release Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 18 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 187 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~23/week).
  • · Review velocity down 32% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 28,202 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 96k–216k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,796 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.99 at Steam (2024-08-13) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 7 of 64 observed days · $16.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
28028020202026Week of 2020-10-01: 248 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 280 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 211 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2662026-09-16 06:00 — 8 players2026-09-17 13:00 — 7 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 11 players2026-09-20 04:00 — 9 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 6 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 12 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 6 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 13 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 13 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 10 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 12 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 11 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 17 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 21 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 26 players2026-10-05 23:00 — 16 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 7 players2026-10-08 14:00 — 13 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 19 players2026-10-11 05:00 — 20 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 17 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 15 players2026-10-15 04:00 — 12 players2026-10-15 20:00 — 18 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1027Oct 2020Aug 2026Oct 2020 — avg 102 · peak 171Dec 2020 — avg 39 · peak 171Feb 2021 — avg 25 · peak 86Apr 2021 — avg 22 · peak 53Jun 2021 — avg 24 · peak 117Aug 2021 — avg 16 · peak 32Oct 2021 — avg 21 · peak 55Dec 2021 — avg 18 · peak 54Feb 2022 — avg 19 · peak 50Apr 2022 — avg 15 · peak 44Jun 2022 — avg 20 · peak 65Aug 2022 — avg 13 · peak 29Oct 2022 — avg 33 · peak 327Dec 2022 — avg 22 · peak 56Feb 2023 — avg 21 · peak 52Apr 2023 — avg 10 · peak 25Jun 2023 — avg 9 · peak 23Aug 2023 — avg 8 · peak 21Oct 2023 — avg 7 · peak 20Dec 2023 — avg 23 · peak 50Feb 2024 — avg 15 · peak 101Apr 2024 — avg 21 · peak 60Jun 2024 — avg 16 · peak 49Aug 2024 — avg 49 · peak 213Oct 2024 — avg 29 · peak 75Dec 2024 — avg 24 · peak 54Feb 2025 — avg 25 · peak 62Apr 2025 — avg 12 · peak 27Jun 2025 — avg 22 · peak 45Aug 2025 — avg 21 · peak 51Oct 2025 — avg 20 · peak 46Dec 2025 — avg 17 · peak 37Feb 2026 — avg 17 · peak 41Apr 2026 — avg 17 · peak 50Jun 2026 — avg 13 · peak 33Aug 2026 — avg 11 · peak 23
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$0.002019-07-192026-10-152019-07-19 — best price $0.002019-12-12 — best price $12.992020-04-02 — best price $12.992020-12-13 — best price $19.992021-02-25 — best price $19.992021-09-03 — best price $6.792021-11-01 — best price $19.992021-12-16 — best price $10.992022-01-27 — best price $7.992022-03-15 — best price $19.992022-04-08 — best price $19.992022-06-28 — best price $19.992022-07-28 — best price $19.992022-10-18 — best price $9.992022-11-04 — best price $19.992022-12-01 — best price $19.992022-12-22 — best price $7.992023-11-09 — best price $6.792024-01-04 — best price $19.992024-04-16 — best price $19.992024-09-20 — best price $6.792024-12-04 — best price $19.992025-01-24 — best price $6.792025-03-07 — best price $6.792025-05-13 — best price $19.992025-09-10 — best price $6.792025-11-07 — best price $19.992026-02-24 — best price $6.792026-04-16 — best price $19.992026-08-29 — best price $19.992026-09-03 — best price $19.992026-09-08 — best price $19.992026-09-13 — best price $19.992026-09-18 — best price $19.992026-09-23 — best price $19.992026-09-28 — best price $19.992026-10-03 — best price $19.992026-10-08 — best price $19.992026-10-13 — best price $19.992026-10-15 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

54102026-05-29 — 21 pageviews2026-06-02 — 38 pageviews2026-06-06 — 26 pageviews2026-06-10 — 26 pageviews2026-06-14 — 23 pageviews2026-06-18 — 19 pageviews2026-06-22 — 21 pageviews2026-06-26 — 14 pageviews2026-06-30 — 26 pageviews2026-07-04 — 13 pageviews2026-07-08 — 10 pageviews2026-07-12 — 16 pageviews2026-07-16 — 36 pageviews2026-07-20 — 25 pageviews2026-07-24 — 21 pageviews2026-07-28 — 20 pageviews2026-08-01 — 27 pageviews2026-08-05 — 18 pageviews2026-08-09 — 23 pageviews2026-08-13 — 26 pageviews2026-08-17 — 24 pageviews2026-08-21 — 17 pageviews2026-08-25 — 22 pageviews2026-08-29 — 22 pageviews2026-09-02 — 13 pageviews2026-09-06 — 36 pageviews2026-09-10 — 22 pageviews2026-09-14 — 19 pageviews2026-09-18 — 21 pageviews2026-09-22 — 26 pageviews2026-09-26 — 28 pageviews2026-09-30 — 15 pageviews2026-10-04 — 17 pageviews2026-10-08 — 32 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
94.9%
earned "HOLE"
30.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsIncludes level editor1 DLC

16 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-10-22 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6,81212%63
PS5 (PlayStation)81850%63
Switch (Nintendo)2530%0
PS4 (PlayStation)18254%63

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

CuteFunnyIndieMemesCasualComedySatireParody PhysicsStylized

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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