Golf With Your Friends

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Golf With Your Friends
Golf With Your Friends cover art full.jpg
Developer Blacklight Interactive
Publisher Team17
Director Kevin Karthew
Producers
  • Chris Chester
  • Daniel Martin
Designer Matt Burnill
Programmer Andrew MacKinnon
Artist Phil Brown
Composer Kriss Wiltshire
Engine Unity
Platforms
ReleaseLinux, macOS, Switch, PS4, Windows, Xbox One
  • WW: 19 May 2020
Stadia
  • WW: 14 April 2022
Genres Casual, sports
Modes Single-player, multiplayer

Golf With Your Friends is a golf video game by Australian developer Blacklight Interactive and published by Team17. The game started in early access on Steam on 30 January 2016 and fully released on 19 May 2020 for Linux, macOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One, and on Google Stadia on 14 April 2022. [1]

Contents

A sequel, Golf With Your Friends 2 , is scheduled to be released in 2026. [2]

Gameplay

A screenshot from the game. GWF screenshot.jpg
A screenshot from the game.

Golf With Your Friends allows up to 12 players to play in 13 levels containing 18 holes each, 234 in total. The game features a level editor and ball customizations. [3] A featured The Escapists and Worms map are available in the game. [4]

Development and release

Golf With Your Friends was developed by Brisbane-based video game studio Blacklight Interactive, which consists of three people, and published by Team17. [5] The game started in early access on 30 January 2016. [6] It fully released on 19 May 2020 for Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. [7]

Reception

Golf with Your Friends received "mixed or average" reviews, according to review aggregator Metacritic. Fellow review aggregator OpenCritic assessed that the game received fair approval, being recommended by 38% of critics. [11]

J. Brodie Shirey of Screen Rant gave the game four stars out of maximum five, "Excellent". While he admitted Golf with Your Friends might have "minor faults", he described the game as "fun" and "colorful". He also praised the in-game physics was "quite well for the most part", feeling satisfied with the varieties in terms of courses and game types. [15]

A.J. Maciejewski wrote a review at Videochums.com based on his knowledge of the Xbox One version, rating 4.9 points of possible 10 to the game, which was the lowest score the game received. He thought the game was "promising", but he criticised the "extremely barebones" gameplay, a lack of characters and glitches the game had. [16]

References

  1. ↑ Golf With Your Friends is OUT NOW on Google Stadia! , retrieved 8 May 2022
  2. ↑ Onder, Cade (15 July 2025). "Golf With Your Friends 2 Gets Delayed, Will Skip Early Access". ComicBook.com . Retrieved 7 November 2025.
  3. ↑ "About the game". blacklightinteractive.com. Archived from the original on 30 January 2025. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  4. ↑ O'Connor, Alice (20 May 2020). "Golf With Your Friends has left early access, adding a new course". Rock Paper Shotgun . Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  5. ↑ Clark, Dean (22 April 2020). "Golf With Your Friends gets an official release date and opens pre-order". gametyrant.com. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  6. ↑ Zacny, Rob (22 February 2016). "Premature Evaluation: Golf With Friends". Rock Paper Shotgun . Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  7. ↑ "Golf With Your Friends Release Date Announcement and Preorder!". Team17 . 21 April 2020. Archived from the original on 19 October 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  8. ↑ "Golf with Your Friends Switch". Metacritic . Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  9. ↑ "Golf with Your Friends PlayStation 4". Metacritic . Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  10. ↑ "Golf with Your Friends Xbox One". Metacritic . Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  11. 1 2 "Golf With Your Friends". OpenCritic . Retrieved 17 November 2025.
  12. ↑ Kato, Matthew (3 June 2020). "Golf With Your Friends". Game Informer . Archived from the original on 6 June 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  13. ↑ Helm, Jordan (28 May 2020). "Review: Golf With Your Friends". Hardcore gamer . Archived from the original on 17 June 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  14. ↑ Scullion, Chris (24 May 2020). "Golf With Your Friends Review (Switch eShop)". Nintendo Life . Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  15. ↑ Brodie Shirey, J. (3 June 2020). "Golf With Your Friends Review: What Friends Are For". Screen Rant . Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  16. ↑ J. Maciejewski, A. (19 May 2020). "Golf With Your Friends Review". videochums.com. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
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