Press Kit

The golf game for people who hate golf!

A silly physics-based golf parody where every golf course is a new surprising type of golf, some brilliant or hilarious, others so absurd they will make you go: WHAT THE GOLF?

WHAT’S NEW?

We update the game regularly to keep it fresh and toasty. We do monthly (more or less) special days, where we put your favorite holidays through the golf-grinder. And every few months, we drop a new, big episode.

Newsflash 14/03/2024 🔊🔥WHAT THE GOLF? is out today on PS4 and PS5!

Newsflash 02/02/2024 WHAT THE GOLF? is now playable on Apple Vision Pro. After working hard on our spatial adaptation of the game, we’re just really excited to fling horses and launch cats into a new tech frontier!

Read more here

EPISODES

Episodes are permanently in the game once released and can be played independently from the main campaign. They are accessible via the "Episodes" section of the main menu.

• Sporty Sports 🤾‍♀️🏅 🏑

  Did you know that pole vaulting, table tennis, and giraffe painting were golf? It's called SPORTY SPORTS! and it’s the first and least sporty episode for WHAT THE GOLF?.

• It’s Snowtime! ⛄

  Winter is finally here (pending on where you live!). Check this frosty campaign, complete with snowpals, moose, cars, and ice cubes of course. We also added snow just to make it look like golf. So don´t panic. Everything is still golf!

• A Hole New World 🐕🌭🍩

  Holes? In golf?

  We thought holes would be a nice addition to the game so we added about a thousand of them (more or less). Enjoy lots of hole-some new levels in this episode that is all about holes.

• Among Golf 🤫🧑‍🚀🔪

  We love Among Us so much that things got a little bit out of control. We made a full episode dedicated to our top 3½ favorite game, it’s called Among Golf. It's full of things you can golf: crewmates, vents, wires, eggs, toilet paper and more.

• Slime Time! 🟢☣️👨‍🔬

  The golf lab is in disarray, which means that the new episode has 50+ levels of chaos, slime and things that have come alive! The episode is now live on iOS devices 🍏 and will come to other platforms soon.

GAME MODES

• Daily Courses & Special Days 📆🏆

Come back every day to play new courses and win a bunch of more or less useful prizes. Sometimes, we even celebrate beloved holidays like Cheese Lover’s Day or World Maritime Day.

• Local two-player party mode 👯‍♂️

Compete with a friend in a cavalcade of very, very, very serious 😆 golf courses. Choose to play as household names such as Toaster, Hockey Dog, or Burger Bird, in races to reach the flag and win the final round. Party mode is available on Nintendo Switch™ and PC only (where it can be played online with friends using Steam Remote Play)

The media assets can also be downloaded from Google Drive.

Gif trailer

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Factsheet

• Release date:
  September 2019

• Latest update
  August 2023

• Platforms:

  • Apple Arcade

  • Nintendo Switch™

  • PlayStation

  • Steam

  • Epic Games Store

  • GoG

• Website:
  whatthegames.com/golf

• Developer:
  Triband

• Discord:
  https://discord.gg/triband

• Community Guidelines

Contact

• Press / Business Contact:
  press@triband.net

• Inquiries:
  hello@triband.net

• Twitter:
  http://twitter.com/tribandtweets

• Web:
  http://triband.net

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 Videos

The media assets can also be downloaded from Google Drive.

Awards & Recognition

• Won Best Mobile Game at Game Developers Choice Awards, 2020 🏆

• Won Best Mobile Game at IGN's Game Awards, 2019 🏆

• Won Grand Prize at IndieCade Europe, 2018 🏆

• Won Best Comedy Game at PC Gamer Awards, 2019 🏆

• Nominated for Best Mobile Game at The Game Awards, 2019

• Nominated for Excellence in Design at Independent Games Festival Awards, 2019

• Nominated for EE Mobile Game of the Year at 16th British Academy Games Awards, 2020

• Nominated for Outstanding Achievement for an Independent Game at D.I.C.E. Awards, 2020

• Nominated for Portable Game of the Year at D.I.C.E. Awards, 2020

• Nominated for Gamers’s Voice: Best Video Game at SXSW Gaming Awards, 2019

• Nominated for Best Audio at Spilprisen, Denmark, 2020

• Nominated for Best Visuals at Spilprisen, Denmark, 2020

• Won Best Design at Spilprisen, Denmark, 2020 🏆

• Won Game of the Year at Spilprisen, Denmark, 2020 🏆

• Nominated for Best Game Design at Develop:Star Awards, November 2020 🔄…

• Nominated for Best Original IP at Develop:Star Awards, November 2020 🔄…

• Nominated for Best Mobile Game at Develop:Star Awards, November 2020 🔄…

• Nominated for Best Game Design at Webby Awards, 2020

• Nominated for Best User Experience at Webby Awards, 2020

• Nominated for Best Indie Game at TapTap Awards, 2020

• Won Best Indie Showcase at Develop: Brighton, 2018 🏆

• Won Grand Prize at Big Indie Awards, 2018 🏆

• Won Excellence in Innovation at International Mobile Gaming Awards, 2020 🏆

• Won for Best Fun for Everyone at Nordic Game Awards, 2020 🏆

• Nominated for Game of the year at Nordic Game Awards, 2020

• Nominated for Best Game Design at Nordic Game Awards, 2020

Selected Articles

“What The Golf? Is The Most Ridiculous Golf Game Ever.”
- Jacob Dekker, GameSpot

“I'm so down with this anything-goes.”
- Jordan Devore, Destructoid

“Equal parts silly and smart.”
- Allegra Frank, Polygon

“If What the Golf? can’t make you laugh, you might be dead. It never ceases to delight and is easily one of the most funny, clever games I’ve ever experienced.”
- Joe Moore, The Washington Post

“Hilarious and surprising”
- Christoffer Livingston, PC Gamer

“What the Golf is the ultimate parody of the titular sport by boiling it down to its fundamentals and constantly upending the player’s expectations to create a humorous and memorable game.”
- Sam Spyrison, Hardcode Gamer

“It’s the perfect console for the game, both socially and spiritually.”
- Matt Gardner, Forbes

“One of this year's funniest games”
- Patrick Klepek, VICE

“A sterling effort for Switch that has clearly had enormous amounts of love poured into it.”
- Stuart Gipp, nintendolife

“Such a blast to play. It's just ridiculous.”
- Edgar Alvarez, Engadget

“This is so stupid!1 *Throws money at screen*”
Random reddit user, reddit

“Strange? Yes, but also hilarious”
- Steven Petite, DIGITAL TRENDS

“None of the crushing disappointment so often associated with actual golf.”
- Ben Maxwell, PCGamesN