Cheap Golf

Cheap Golf

Fair · Action · 2018

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

NO RUSH.

Fair at $4.99. Buy it if you want it.

Length
1.8h 2.7h to 100%
Value
$2.77/hr
Reviews
84% of 217 positive
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

Buy now or wait

Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.

Next sale
Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4

Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.

What drives the score

How to read this

Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work

Holding it back
Value$2.77/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews84% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones Scored as 82% after the small-sample adjustment
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds0 of 35 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

About the game

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.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 502 MB of memory, 102 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.

The value story

Across all 94 discounts in the 9 years tracked, the median cut is 66 percent, about 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.

Value puts it in the top 8 percent of the games it competes with. It is better reviewed than 85 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Devolver Bootleg ($4.99, scores 65) beats it on value, while it beats Golf Gang ($9.99, scores 55).

The drop-off

18% start to 4% rarest
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No achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements

Players

Players online
1 when we last checked, on Oct 6, 18:55 UTC

Player counts from the Steam Web API.

What players say

Cheap Golf, developed and published by Pixeljam, is a deceptively clever and delightfully strange take on the mini-golf genre that leans fully into charm, experimentation, and playful absurdity. While its title and lo-fi presentation might suggest something disposable or simplistic, the game quickly reveals itself as a thoughtfully crafted experience that blends puzzle design, physics-based problem solving, and...
xxadonisxxRecommendedafter 12hJan 2026Read on Steam

Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).

Cite this score

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Cheap Golf scores 57/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/616520/cheap-golf
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Reviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 30, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperPixeljam
PublisherAkupara Games
GenreAction
Released2018
Players35Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements4