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WHAT THE GOLF?

Triband · 2020-10-22

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ActionAdventureCasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

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?

8
playing now
93%
positive of 4.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
88/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
73/100
IGDB user rating (41 ratings)
4h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

8 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 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?.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 8 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 16% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 96k–215k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,779 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 9 of 22 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

2102026-08-07 00:00 — 11 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 7 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 13 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 9 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 10 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 21 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 10 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 17 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 13 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 10 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 14 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 10 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 7 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 15 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 10 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 7 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 12 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 12 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 9 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 8 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 11 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 8 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 14 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 9 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 3 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 7 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 8 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 8 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$0.002019-07-192026-08-302019-07-19 — best price $0.002019-12-02 — best price $19.992019-12-19 — best price $12.992020-10-22 — best price $13.992020-12-22 — best price $9.992021-02-25 — best price $19.992021-07-08 — best price $19.992021-10-22 — best price $11.992021-11-24 — best price $13.992021-12-22 — best price $10.992022-01-27 — best price $7.992022-03-06 — best price $19.992022-04-04 — best price $19.992022-06-06 — best price $8.992022-07-04 — best price $9.992022-07-28 — best price $19.992022-10-13 — best price $8.992022-10-27 — best price $9.992022-11-23 — best price $7.992022-12-08 — best price $8.992022-12-22 — best price $7.992023-02-28 — best price $19.992023-11-28 — best price $19.992024-03-07 — best price $19.992024-06-27 — best price $9.992024-09-20 — best price $6.792024-11-27 — best price $6.792025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-02-10 — best price $6.792025-03-13 — best price $6.792025-05-13 — best price $19.992025-08-11 — best price $19.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-03-03 — best price $19.992026-04-16 — best price $19.992026-08-28 — best price $19.992026-08-30 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

87102026-05-29 — 21 pageviews2026-06-01 — 27 pageviews2026-06-04 — 23 pageviews2026-06-07 — 31 pageviews2026-06-10 — 26 pageviews2026-06-13 — 16 pageviews2026-06-16 — 25 pageviews2026-06-19 — 17 pageviews2026-06-22 — 21 pageviews2026-06-25 — 16 pageviews2026-06-28 — 28 pageviews2026-07-01 — 16 pageviews2026-07-04 — 13 pageviews2026-07-07 — 26 pageviews2026-07-10 — 33 pageviews2026-07-13 — 26 pageviews2026-07-16 — 36 pageviews2026-07-19 — 26 pageviews2026-07-22 — 16 pageviews2026-07-25 — 21 pageviews2026-07-28 — 20 pageviews2026-07-31 — 14 pageviews2026-08-03 — 23 pageviews2026-08-06 — 26 pageviews2026-08-09 — 23 pageviews2026-08-12 — 35 pageviews2026-08-15 — 28 pageviews2026-08-18 — 22 pageviews2026-08-21 — 17 pageviews2026-08-24 — 26 pageviews2026-08-26 — 20 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…

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.

Player tags

CuteFunnyIndieMemesCasualComedySatireParody PhysicsStylized

Census log

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

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