Golf With Your Friends
Released: 5/19/2020
Score Breakdown
69.2
Critic Average
19 reviews
88
Steam User Score
71,758 reviews
58
Metacritic User Score
89 reviews
Disparity Breakdown
69 vs 88
69 vs 58
Average of both sources
Review Disparities
Each point represents a critic review. Hover for details. Positive = critic higher than users. Negative = critic lower.
1/20/2026
Late Review“A riotous, endlessly replayable party game: messy, maddening, and absolutely worth the price of admission.”
85
85/100
7/23/2022
Late Review“Golf With your Friends is a solid example of the phrase "It Does Exactly What It Says On The Tin." Focusing less on flashy visuals, and instead nailing a simple recreation of mini-golf, backed by accessible controls, and plenty of level and mode variety, results in a top gaming option for groups of Switch players.”
80
80/100
2/27/2021
Late Review“My biggest takeaway from Golf with Your Friends is my newfound Golf lingo education – a hole in one, Birdie, Eagle, Par, Bogey, and Double Bogey – I finally know what they mean now (please refer back to the disclaimer at the beginning of this review). At the end of it all, I can confidently say that Golf with Your Friends is a charming golf game that you can enjoy by yourself or with others.”
70
70/100
7/8/2020
Launch Window“It's a little janky at times and the interface a bit cumbersome, but at its core it's a brilliantly entertaining game that knows what it wants to be, and achieves it well.”
70
70/100
6/16/2020
Launch Window“It's like mini golf... but more infuriating! But it can be fun too.”
72
72/100
6/12/2020
Launch Window“Team17's Golf With Your Friends is a colorful, relaxing mini-golf simulator that puts the fun of the green into the comfort of the living room.”
80
80/100
6/3/2020
Launch Window“The ball might not always go exactly where you want it to, but it's a fun time getting there”
75
75/100
6/2/2020
Launch Window“Golf With Your Friends is easy to pick up but difficult to master, like all the best party games. As someone who struggles to find putters big enough for me at mini-golf courses and who has a nagging injury, Golf With Your Friends is an excellent alternative to the real thing.”
78
78/100
5/29/2020
Launch Window“Golf With Your Friends didn't convince me. While the core idea and some gameplay elements are fun, design choices and execution flaws prevent it from reaching its potential. It's a missed opportunity.”
50
50/100
5/28/2020
Launch Window“There have been plenty of outings over the past few years that take the basic template of golf, as a sport, and manage to transform into something else.”
50
50/100
5/28/2020
Launch Window“I'm actually disappointed that I didn't like Golf With Your Friends more. I enjoy party games, I enjoy minigolf, and I do think that the fundamentals of good minigolf are in there. However, it's worth remembering that right back at the start with the Nintendo Switch Zen Studios released Infinite Minigolf - a minigolf game with character avatars, personality AND the ability to create and share courses, giving it much greater value as a single-player experience. It doesn't have the ability to provide the kind of wildly entertaining large party experience of Golf With Your Friends, though, so I guess the question then becomes which of the two scenarios will more likely describe how you're playing games most of the time?”
60
60/100
5/28/2020
Launch Window“At the end of the day, Golf With Your Friends is a fantastic package that is extremely accessible with its large breadth of customization options for both local and online play. It has a lot of content to experience, and while I can't say I will spend much time with it by myself, I know that it has now become a staple game to pull out at any gathering.”
80
80/100
5/26/2020
Launch Window“Golf With Your Friends has all the rage-inducing charms of minigolf to savour while playing with your chums. With plenty of varied courses to play through and some good variations, there's a lot of fun to be had, even if the game often feels inconsistent and unpolished.”
60
60/100
5/26/2020
Launch Window“Fans of crazy golf will find a lot to love in Golf with your Friends, with outlandish levels and chaotic game modes”
90
90/100
5/24/2020
Launch Window“At its core, Golf With Your Friends is still a decent golf game. Get an online multiplayer game going with some similarly-skilled pals and you'll have a great time making your way through its weird and wonderful courses (don't even get us started on the Worms course and the jetpacks you can get). Its main problem is that every time you change these optimum conditions – playing with strangers, playing offline, playing solo, playing with a mix of experts and beginners – you're going to get diminishing returns from your experience. As long as you take the title literally, you'll have fun.”
60
60/100
5/24/2020
Launch Window“Golf With Your Friends is good for a laugh, and the more people you can get involved, the more fun you'll have. The concept is fantastic, but the execution is a little lackluster, resulting in a title that just about makes the par.”
60
60/100
5/19/2020
Launch Window“Rich in ideas and options, Golf With Your Friends is an excellent multiplayer game with some rough edges here and there.”
82
82/100
5/19/2020
Launch Window“Golf With Your Friends presents promising mini-golf fun with its variety of courses and modes but unfortunately, the fun to be had is hampered by overly simplistic core gameplay and some head-scratching glitches.”
49
49/100
5/19/2020
Launch Window“Over the years there have been a variety of takes on the game of mini golf, ranging from pretty great to lacking...”
64
64/100
