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Games like Gone Golfing

If Gone Golfing is your kind of game, the closest matches are Paraplasm: Beyond the Veil, The LastOnesLeft and Blame Echoes — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and dark. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About Gone Golfing: Gone Golfing is a first person golfing survival horror. Try to finish the course with as few strokes as possible while surviving the horrors lurking at the cozy cove mini golf resort.

2020Indie4.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby Icehelm
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Absurd humor contrasts with tensionCheap price with surprising contentExploration heavy with secrets to uncoverAtmosphericChallengingDark

Players who liked Gone Golfing also play

Steam players who put hours into Gone Golfing also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Paraplasm: Beyond the Veil

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Gone Golfing fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Gone Golfing.

    You fell into this cursed house! But will you be able to cope with the paranormal activity? Solve the puzzles and try to find your way out!

    2024ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. The LastOnesLeft

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Gone Golfing fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Gone Golfing.

    "The LastOnesLeft" is a first-person survival horror game where the player finds themselves in an abandoned village overrun by zombies. Uncover the truth about what happened by finding mysterious letters from an unknown source.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure5.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Blame Echoes

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Gone Golfing fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Gone Golfing.

    Blame Echoes is a first-person psychological horror under a frozen planet in alien ruins. Playing as pilot Adam Lorn, you explore a forgotten complex for your missing wife while facing a presence that somehow already knows you.

    2026IndieAdventureSteam ↗
  4. Stalked

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Gone Golfing fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Gone Golfing.

    Sarah is returning home from work, She will face her worst nightmaress, strange things start to happen to her, will she escape alive or declared dead?

    2022ActionIndieSimulation4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. ENDLOOP

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Gone Golfing fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Gone Golfing.

    You are trapped in an endless stairway with no end in sight. Solve twisted puzzles and maybe you will escape your fate.

    2024Indie3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Echoes in Darkness

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Gone Golfing fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Gone Golfing.

    Echoes in Darkness is a first-person psychological horror experience.

    2026IndieSteam ↗
  7. Mr. Meat

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Gone Golfing fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Gone Golfing.

    After a long time in isolation, something appears inside your fridge. Satisfy the meat, or resist it.

    2025Indie4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Dementium: The Ward

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Gone Golfing.

    Ranked #8 for Gone Golfing fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Gone Golfing.

    Classic DS horror reborn. Awaken in an abandoned hospital with no memory, no escape and unspeakable horrors lurking in the dark. The horror classic Dementium: The Ward returns, enhanced for 4K display and Steam Deck Verified, where every shadow hides a new threat, and every corridor a new nightmare.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Gone Golfing at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Gone Golfing on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Gone Golfing.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Gone Golfing on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Gone Golfing.

    You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Gone Golfing on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Gone Golfing.

    A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Gone Golfing on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Gone Golfing.

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Gone Golfing on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Gone Golfing.

    The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. The NOexistenceN of you AND me

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Gone Golfing on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Gone Golfing.

    Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".

    2024IndieAdventureRPG1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Gone Golfing on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Gone Golfing.

    "Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Montaro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Gone Golfing on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Gone Golfing.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Gone Golfing.

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Gone Golfing.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Gone Golfing.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Gone Golfing.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Gone Golfing.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Gone Golfing.

    A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Icehelm

Other recommendable Steam games by Icehelm, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. VITAL

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Gone Golfing.

    Another title from Icehelm, the studio behind Gone Golfing. Shares Indie with Gone Golfing.

    VITAL is a first person puzzle platformer taking place in a dream world. You have no idea where you are or how you got there. The only thing that is certain is that someone or something doesn't want you to wake up. Explore the mind of a fragile individual and solve physics-based puzzles.

    2019IndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Pain Party

    WHY THIS

    Shares a dark mood with Gone Golfing.

    Another title from Icehelm, the studio behind Gone Golfing. Shares Indie with Gone Golfing.

    Pain Party is a game that combines precise movement mechanics with the chaos of a game show. Fight through the story mode or compete with up to 24 players in the online party mode. But remember, one hit and it's all over. Let the party begin!

    2022ActionIndie4.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Godfist

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Icehelm, the studio behind Gone Golfing. Shares Indie with Gone Golfing.

    Godfist is a single-player first person roguelike deck builder, where you have to punch enemies off the tower to progress. Your mission is to climb to the top of the tower and punch god in the face.

    2023ActionIndie0.79 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. ENDLOOP

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Icehelm, the studio behind Gone Golfing. Shares Indie with Gone Golfing.

    You are trapped in an endless stairway with no end in sight. Solve twisted puzzles and maybe you will escape your fate.

    2024Indie3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Gone Golfing

Does Gone Golfing run on Steam Deck?
Gone Golfing is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Gone Golfing cost?
Gone Golfing is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Gone Golfing?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Gone Golfing are Paraplasm: Beyond the Veil, The LastOnesLeft, Blame Echoes.
Who developed Gone Golfing?
Gone Golfing was developed by Icehelm and published by Icehelm.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Gone Golfing.

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