Golf Story
Play the story of a golfer, forced to give up all that he holds dear for one final shot at accomplishing his dream. But all is not so simple in the world of golf. To best today's players you have to be able to…
Golf Story is an adventure developed by Sidebar Games, released 28 September 2017 on Nintendo Switch and Wii U.
What Golf Story is
Golf Story is an adventure game developed by Sidebar Games and released in 2017. It was published by Flyhigh Works. It is available on Nintendo Switch and Wii U.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Golf Story is a 2017 video game developed and published by Australian studio Sidebar Games for the Nintendo Switch. The game was released on 28 September 2017. Golf Story is an adventure game with role-playing (RPG) elements based on the sport of golf. Originally designed as a Wii U release, Golf Story had a lengthy development time, and Sidebar sought assistance from Nintendo to finish the game and release it for the Switch. It was primarily inspired by the Game Boy Color version of Mario Golf, released in 1999.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are comedy and drama. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Golf Story holds a critic score of 83 out of 100. That places it above 78% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored 12 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 82, across 52 votes.
What it launched against
Golf Story launched on 28 September 2017, within three weeks of Cuphead, South Park: The Fractured But Whole, Middle-earth: Shadow of War and Divinity: Original Sin 2. All of them reviewed better. It was a Nintendo Switch launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Cuphead, South Park: The Fractured But Whole, Middle-earth: Shadow of War, Divinity: Original Sin 2.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Golf Story yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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