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Walkabout Mini Golf VR

Walkabout Mini Golf VR

Mighty Coconut · released Jul 14, 2021

CasualIndieSportsPCPlayStation 5iOS (iPhone/iPad)

Escape into a fun and beautiful world filled with the best mini golf courses you’ve ever seen! Play by yourself, meet someone new, or challenge your friends in a private game with up to 8 people. Extremely realistic physics create the perfect experience for hardcore golfers and casual players alike.

Steam page ↗Metacritic 90 · users 7.7 ↗
89
VGC Score
■Stablehigh confidence

anchored at patch: “Make Landfall on Blokhaven NOW!” (3mo ago)

92%
At launch
98%
Steam all-time
90%
Press
80%
Player sentiment
95%
Recent sentiment

Screenshots & trailers

Review sentiment over time

Weekly positive-review rate (green) and review volume (bars). Dashed lines mark significant patches; the amber line is the start of the current scoring window. Hover the dots to see what drove a dip or a jump.

How this score was computed

The VGC Score is a weighted blend on a press-comparable 0-100 quality scale. Steam approval rates are first calibrated (95% positive on Steam ≈ 89.5 quality, since Steam approval skews high). Press and tracked creator reviews each count ~2x a player review and share one cap against player evidence (creator buy/skip calls pool into an approval rate, calibrated like Steam approval); all-time sentiment is capped and halved (it's context, not verdict); reviews of the current build carry the most weight when a fresh patch anchors the window; and a 'typical game' prior keeps small samples from pegging the scale. Because press reviews and Metacritic user aggregates describe the launch build, their weight decays as the game ages (3-year half-life after a 1-year grace). That's how a game that launched rough can outgrow its old reception once updates win players over. Reviews under 2h playtime (the refund window), non-Steam activations, and free copies are downweighted.

ComponentPositiveQuality (0-100)Weight (pseudo-reviews)
Press reviews (Metacritic)–9015
All-time Steam reviews98%941000
Metacritic user ratings–806
Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted)95%8943
Calibration prior (typical game)–7250

Acclaim gate: the raw blend lands at 92.3, but scores above 88 must be earned in front of a mass audience; this verdict rests on 3,387 player reviews, a largely self-selected fanbase. As more players weigh in, the ceiling rises (full scale unlocks at 100,000 reviews).

Scoring window: since the last significant patch (May 7, 2026) · 38 reviews sampled · 43 total reviews in window · weighted 27.7 up / 1.5 down · computed 2h ago · full methodology →

Press & Creators reviews (4)

Individual verdicts from outlets we track: scored reviews first, most trusted outlets first among them. The small badge is each outlet's trust score: how well its scoring history aligns with players.

  • 80
    Push SquarePush Square
    trust 69May 15, 2023

    “Walkabout Mini Golf is an enjoyably easy to pickup and play virtual reality golfing experience with superb physics, a wide array of courses, and the delightful inclusion of treasure hunts and collectibles, a whole-in-one experience. We’d highly recommend you round up some friends and join the club.”

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  • 90
    GAMES.CHGAMES.CH
    trust 57May 15, 2023

    “Walkabout Mini Golf is a veritable VR hit for a reason: The game offers intuitive, motivating gameplay and varied courses with quite a few challenges. At the same time, it proves that VR doesn't have to be hectic and exhausting at all - but can be a truly relaxing place to return to again and again.”

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  • 100
    Gaming AgeGaming Age
    trust 57May 15, 2023

    “With enjoyable and intuitive gameplay, colorful VR visuals, convincing physics and a metric ton of content, Walkabout Mini Golf is the very definition of a must-have game for the PlayStation VR2.”

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  • 88
    COGconnectedCOGconnected
    trust 47May 16, 2023

    “Walkabout Mini Golf is an essential game for PSVR 2 owners. Each world is full of character and creative courses that will keep you coming back for more. The crisp and simple visuals combine wonderfully with the relaxing music to create an atmosphere that you’ll fall in love with. With its stellar single-player and addictive multiplayer, this could very well be the best PSVR 2 game to date.”

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Patch history

  1. Make Landfall on Blokhaven NOW!
    May 7, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  2. Dive down into Wonderland NOW!
    Dec 4, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  3. Sneak into Forgotten Fairyland NOW!
    Oct 9, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  4. Crystal Lair - Harmonize Now!
    Jun 26, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  5. Welcome to Raptor Cliff's!
    May 1, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  6. Mount Olympus - Ascend Now!
    Mar 6, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  7. August Update: Fraggle Rock + Slingshot Mode!
    Aug 15, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  8. Wallace & Gromit” DLC Out Now!
    Jul 25, 2024
  9. June 2024 Player Update with Walkabout Creator
    Jun 14, 2024
  10. Pocket Edition Open Beta Test - OG Update!
    Feb 22, 2024
  11. Around the World in 80 Days - Boarding Now!
    Jan 18, 2024
  12. Brand New Holiday Update!? Sleigh, What?!
    Dec 14, 2023
  13. Laser Lair DLC Course Out Now!
    Jul 20, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  14. Brand New DLC Course "Journey to the Center of the Earth" out now!
    Jun 8, 2023
  15. 3.0 Patch
    May 13, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  16. Welcome Island Update - Out Now!
    Apr 21, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  17. v2.95 - Sweetopia Release
    Feb 17, 2022
  18. v2.91 Release Notes - GUEST PASS Update
    Dec 23, 2021
  19. Shangri-La & Avatars Update!
    Dec 16, 2021
  20. 2.8 HOTFIX
    Nov 27, 2021
  21. Gardens of Babylon Update
    Nov 18, 2021
  22. Quixote Valley Hotfix
    Oct 9, 2021
  23. Quixote Valley - Hard Mode Out Now!
    Oct 7, 2021significant · resets scoring window
  24. Quixote Valley - Hard
    Oct 7, 2021
  25. Update notes for Quixote Valley
    Sep 30, 2021