SimulationSports
The Golf Club
Give it 20 hours
Gets good by 20h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 35h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 60% of owners
Steam reviews 64% positive of 1,121
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours most reviews are negative (67%); after 35h it's 1 in 5 (19%).
- Fully opens up by hour 35.
- The opening is criticised more than in 94% of games we track.
- Only 60% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 1,122 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 293 reviews: 28.9h for positive, 8h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (59.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.
All achievements (24)
- Amateur Golfer Finish an 18-hole round of golf. 100%
- Give them an Inch Putt a total of 1 mile. 96%
- Ferret Hole the ball from off the green on an official course. 74%
- I Would Walk… Play holes totalling length of 500 miles. 62%
- Eagle Score an Eagle on an official course. 59%
- Driving the Point Home Drive a ball 315 yards or greater on an official course. 52%
- Pinned Strike the pin while the ball is airborne from off the green. 52%
- Goldie Bounce Land on the fairway or green after striking a tree. 34%
- Golf Buddy Play against a live rival. 34%
- FIR Collector Hit all fairways in regulation in one round on an official 18-hole course. 31%
- Golden Ferret Hole the ball directly from a bunker on an official course. 19%
- GIR Collector Hit all greens in regulation in one round on an official 18-hole course. 19%
- I'll Take That… Beat a friend’s course record on any course. 17%
- Build It And They Will Come Publish a created course. 11%
- Ace Score a hole-in-one on an official course. 11%
- Comeback Kid Finish an 18-hole course under-par having been +3 or more at hole 9. 11%
- Tour Pro Complete a 72+ hole Tour at or below aggregate par. 10%
- Close But No Cigar Place the ball 1 yard from the hole from 250+ yards out, on an official course. 7.9%
- Playing Favourites Favourite 10 courses. 7.4%
- KAPOW! Drive a ball 1,000 yards or greater. 4.7%
- Explorer Play 100 unique user-created courses designed by other Members. 2.9%
- Super Ace Score a hole-in-one from 250+ yards. 2.5%
- Party Planner Invite 3 unique live friends to one of your rounds. 1.7%
- Lucky Number Seven Finish a 70+ par course at par or better using only a seven iron. 1.0%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.