Steam] May 24 is Golf Day!　Take a nice shot from the comfort of your own home! PC golf games of a different type are featured!

Table of Contents

1. The unique golf horror action game "Gone Golfing

2. Ultra-high difficulty golf jump action "Time to GOLF

3. "Golf Peaks," a slow-moving, thought-provoking golf puzzle

3 PC golf games of the unusual type!

1.Enjoy golf while running away from monsters!
A unique golf horror action "Gone Golfing

• Gone Golfing" (Icehelm)
• Genre: Action
• Release date: November 4, 2020
• Price: 520 yen (as of May 15, 2021)
• Copyright: (C) 2020 Icehelm

With the recent release of " BIOHAZARD VILLAGE. ", the latest in the "Resident Evil" series, the gaming world is in a state of excitement, and first-person horror games are characterized by the immersive feeling of being immersed in a world of terror. Gone Golfing" is another unique golf horror game played from the first-person perspective.

Please note that this game is not available in Japanese at the time of this writing.

The protagonist of this title is a player who has had a bad day at work. The player arrives at the newly opened mini-golf resort "COZY COVE" as a distraction and tries to enjoy golf in order to have a "nice and relaxing after-work " time, but there is a disturbing atmosphere at the mini-golf course. Can you really have a nice and relaxing time here ......?

Anyway, you control the main character and start playing from the first hole.

Move the cursor to the starting position, press the interact key to place the ball, and finally the game begins. Golf play in this title is not the type in which you press the power gauge at the right moment, as in "Everybody's Golf" and "Mario Golf," but rather analog operation in which you swing the putter by moving the mouse. However, the player's line of sight always looks down when swinging the putter, making it difficult to see where the course is going while hitting the ball.

While playing an athletic course with slopes and jumps, I finished the third hole, but I could not find the next hole anywhere.

As I wandered around the park, I found a door open that had been closed earlier. I went inside and found another door with some mysterious atmosphere! After passing through the door, he arrives at a dimly lit, creepy, abandoned factory-like place.

The mood is now completely different from the "nice and relaxing after-work" that the main character had envisioned.

As he wanders around the factory for a while trying to figure out what to do, he hears footsteps and eerie voices coming from somewhere .......

At that moment, a monster in the shape of a golf ball suddenly appeared in front of the player!

Then, the player was hit with a golf club in his hand, and his consciousness was buried in the darkness. ......

Gone Golfing" is a combination of golf and horror action.

You have to solve puzzle-like puzzles to move forward, while running and hiding from the "crazy golf mascot," the golf ball monster, and also completing all the holes. The key point here is the "Pattern".

The key point here is the element that "when you swing the putter, you always look down. This creates a dilemma: if you concentrate on golf, you will not be able to see the monster, and if you are too frightened of the monster to look around, you will not be able to play golf. This tension, which is unparalleled in other horror games, is the greatest appeal of this title.

The difficulty level as a horror game seems to be moderately high, and there is a sense of playing a so-called "game to the death," in which you learn the map and strategy procedures while being repeatedly beaten up by the crazy golf mascot.

The key to enjoying a stress-free game of death is a smooth restart, and this title allows for a quick and easy retry when you make a bad golf shot or get hit by a crazy golf mascot. It is a nice point to be able to repeat trial and error without stress.

Gone Golfing" is a unique game experience that perfectly blends a golf game, horror action, and puzzle adventure. If you are a horror game aficionado or just want to play with a novel game, check out this title and visit the COZY COVE, a golf resort of horror. Well, we can't guarantee your life. ......

2. The key is concentration and mental strength!
Time to GOLF", an ultra-high difficulty golf jump action game

• Time to GOLF" (nattuhan)
• Genre: Action
• Release date: February 19, 2021
• Price: 520 yen (as of May 15, 2021)
• Copyright: (C) 2021 nattuhan

The jump action game genre is represented by "Jump King," which has been ported to PS4 and Switch, and "Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy," also known as "Uncle Tsubo. The genre is gaining popularity on video sites due to its compatibility with live game play, and "Time to GOLF," which we will introduce hereafter, is also classified as a jump action game.

Time to GOLF" is a side-scrolling jump action game with a golf motif. There is no storyline or tutorial, and as soon as you start the game, a golf tee and a golf ball placed on a rocky terrain appear. The game features simple low-poly graphics, no background music, only ambient sounds and sound effects, and the controls are thoroughly simple, with only mouse movement and left-clicking. The game's stoic simplicity, which evokes the beginning of a steep training course, is so simple that it makes one shiver.

The objective of the game is simple and clear: "Hit the golf ball and move on.

The control method is to hold down the left mouse button to adjust the direction and strength of the shot, and then release the left mouse button to shoot.

The game also has a somewhat unique feature that the ball can be shot continuously as long as it is touching the ground or a wall, even if it has not stopped moving completely.

This is actually the end of the introduction to the game.

In other words, there is nothing more to the game than hitting a ball and moving on. The appeal of this game, then, lies in its extremely high level of difficulty. The stages of this work are not spread out flat. The golf ball's path is blocked by a variety of terrain and obstacles, including steep slopes, tall objects, and even narrow footholds floating in mid-air.

These obstacles can be overcome in an orthodox side-scrolling action game, but in this game, they are as much a threat as a monster, if not more so.

The feeling of despair you get when the path you've worked so hard to follow is blocked by an obstacle, and you're back to square one with just one mistake is indescribable. To be honest, the game often makes me want to throw the mouse away, but the sense of accomplishment I feel when I make it to the end of the game is unparalleled, and the addictive nature of the game is similar to that of "deadly games" such as Makai Mura and Dark Souls. No other game can make your brain juices flow like this, with the action of "moving on," which is a very natural part of the game experience.

We recommend "Time to GOLF" not only to those who want to try challenging games with high difficulty levels, but also to distributors who are looking for games to use as material for their videos.

The game is designed to be a little lukewarm (?) for this type of game, allowing you to resume from the point where you left off. If you are confident in your skills, please give it a try. By the way, I have already failed in the early stages of the game, when I was in the middle of a series of aerial apples. Will the day come when I can break through? ......

3. using cards to climb mountains with golf balls?
Golf Peaks," a slow-moving, thought-provoking golf puzzle

• Golf Peaks" (Afterburn)
• Genre: Puzzle
• Released: Nov. 14, 2018
• Price: 520 yen (as of May 15, 2021)
• Copyright: (c) 2018 Afterburn

While the two titles introduced so far were a fusion of golf and action games, the next title, "Golf Peaks," is an oddball fusion of golf, puzzles, and card games.

This title is a stage-clearing puzzle game in which players climb mountains while playing golf. When you start the game, you are presented with a cross-shaped terrain drawn from a diagonal downward perspective, a golf ball placed in the center of the terrain, and a hole cup with a flag standing on it. The graphics are characterized by a simple but tasteful touch.

The game is based on the theme of golf, and the condition for clearing a stage is to make the ball go into the cup, but in this game, you cannot freely hit the ball as in conventional golf games. The key is a card with numbers and arrows on the bottom of the screen. These represent the distance the ball moves (number of squares) and the type of ball movement. This game has a unique system in which players use the cards dealt at the beginning of each stage to move the ball so that it fits the square of the cup exactly. It may be easier to understand if you imagine a game of "backgammon" using cards.

As is usual in puzzle games, easy stages are followed in the early stages, but gradually stages with hills and bumps appear. Since you cannot reach the cup simply by hitting a normal shot, you need to think of ways to use the terrain, such as rolling the ball down the slope or bouncing the ball off the bumps, and the fun of thinking will increase.

As the stage progresses further, in addition to the "roll" cards, there are "launch" cards that can be used to "launch" the ball. Using these cards, you can hit the ball over bumps and holes, and this is where "Golf Peaks" really starts to come into its own. Some of the cards are complex, such as "launch one square and then roll one square," which greatly increases the depth and difficulty of the puzzle.

The game allows players to fully enjoy thinking like a Japanese chess player, trying to figure out which cards to choose in which order and in which direction to hit in order to reach the cup. The one-button access to backtrack and restart the stage in case of failure is also a very nice feature for a puzzle game.

A feature of this title is the variety of gimmicks provided in the stages.
These include bunkers that do not accept roll shots and require the ball to be launched, ponds that restore the ball to the previous square when it falls into them, and other gimmicks that transcend the concept of golf, such as jump platforms and warp zones, These gimmicks are sure to make players' heads spin.

The presence of these gimmicks ensures that players never get bored, no matter which stage they attempt, and they can always enjoy the puzzles with a fresh mind.

Golf Peaks" combines the rules of golf - hitting the ball and putting it in the cup - with the thrill of puzzles, where you have to think carefully about your next move while reading the game ahead, to create a unique playing experience. With no time limit and no game over, even those who don't usually play games can enjoy this title slowly. If you are interested in this game, please check it out.

The appeal of golf, which is not limited to sports games, is endless!

So, we have introduced three recommended titles.

We have gathered together three games that are based on the theme of golf, but that you can enjoy playing in ways that are not limited to sports games, such as horror games and puzzles. I hope you enjoyed the fresh surprise of "I didn't know there was such a way to combine golf games! This is one of the charms of Steam indie games. We will continue to introduce games born from the unexpected fusion of genres, so please look forward to more of them in the future!

Author: Nero Hyakkabe

Freelance writer who buys too many games. I currently have more than 300 games in my stack. I am also a novelist. Author of "Goaken Unrated Edition" (Kodansha) and "My Mother's Lie" (in "Malicious Kwaidan") (Takeshobo).

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