Steam reviews
66,374 of 76,075 Steam user reviews are positive (87.2%) and Steam's own label is “Very Positive”, according to Steam's review summary for Golf With Your Friends at the last data refresh.
What Steam reviewers mention
17 of the 19 sampled reviews recommend it, but many texts are one-line jokes about friends. Substantive texts describe short, silly rounds that work best with friends, with complaints about bugs, cheaters, physics and too few maps, and one tiring of it within two hours at a steep price.
Sample: 19 reviews from Steam's English filter (10 most helpful, 9 most recent, ), 17 recommending · how Claude counts topics
- Multiplayer With Friends (praised in 6, criticised in 1 of 19): Reviewers say rounds are most fun with friends and still enjoyable with strangers, while one asks for a kick option to remove players who join only to waste time.
- Silly, Chaotic Rounds (praised in 4, criticised in 1 of 19): Reviewers describe silly, chaotic rounds full of laughter, cheering and swearing, one calling the frustration funny rather than bad, though another warns it can become rage-inducing.
- Course Variety, Customization and Longevity (praised in 1, criticised in 4 of 19): One reviewer enjoys gimmicks like playing as a cone or egg and changing gravity, but others want a level editor, workshop maps or more base courses, and one tired of it within two hours.
- Bugs, Physics and Cheaters (criticised in 3 of 19): Reviewers report bugs such as falling through the floor and cheaters whose glitches can wreck a match, and one negative review calls the physics awful.
Good for
- Groups of friends who want a lighthearted party game accessible to non-gamers
- Those who want simultaneous multiplayer rather than waiting for turns
- Budget players — frequently discounted well below the $2.39 listed price
- Remote Play Together users who want to share a single purchase with friends
Avoid if
- You want serious golf simulation — this is intentionally chaotic and physics-playful
- You prefer a larger base course selection without DLC purchases
- Single-player without online friends is limited in appeal
- You want a competitive ranked environment — the game is casual by design
Is Golf With Your Friends an indie game?
Yes. Steam lists Golf With Your Friends under the "Indie" genre, and its publisher is not on this site's major-publisher list.
- Steam genre tags on record: Casual, Indie, Sports — includes "Indie".
- Developer: Blacklight Interactive, Team17.
- Publisher: Team17 — not on this site's major-publisher list.
The rubric, its limits and the publisher list: methodology.