Games Like Golfing Over It with Alva Majo

A game I made for a certain kind of person. To hurt them.

Why similar: Difficult 38.3%, Psychological Horror 29.3%, Physics 16.4%, Platformer 8.2%, Singleplayer 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive progenitor of the genre, sharing the exact same philosophy of punishing physics and psychological frustration.

This is a difficult game about climbing.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 21.3%, Difficult 20.8%, Psychological Horror 13.7%, Platformer 12.5%, Physics 12%

Why You'll Like It: It mirrors the core experience of using awkward, physics-based controls to ascend a treacherous environment where one slip can cost everything.

Take up the challenge and face true high-stakes platforming in Jump King! Struggle upwards in search of the Smoking Hot Babe of legend, but explore with care; a single missed jump could lead to a long fall back down...

Why similar: Precision Platformer 33.3%, Difficult 28.6%, Psychological Horror 21.7%, Platformer 9.5%, Indie 3%

Why You'll Like It: A quintessential precision platformer that perfectly captures the high-stakes tension and the crushing feeling of falling back to the start.

Climb a surreal mountain on a pogo stick and make friends along the way.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 32.2%, Difficult 24.9%, Psychological Horror 20.2%, Platformer 13.3%, Action 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: It utilizes a similar physics-based movement system that is intentionally difficult to master, leading to the same brand of hilarious and infuriating gameplay.

Travel around The Great Gales to climb challenging peaks in this physics-based climbing adventure set in 1887. Meet like-minded mountaineers, unlock helpful climbing gear, and become a pioneer of mountaineering.

Why similar: Difficult 30.8%, Physics 23.4%, Psychological Horror 18.8%, Platformer 16.1%, Story Rich 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the physical struggle of climbing, requiring precise inputs and patience to navigate its challenging vertical landscapes.

A physics driven parkour game inspired by "Getting Over It" and "Jump King". Flip, ski, and dive yourself up a massive mountain of stuff. Fall down, rage, get up, shake it off, parkour-on!

Why similar: Precision Platformer 26.6%, Difficult 21.5%, Physics 15.1%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Platformer 14%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based platformer that emphasizes the absurdity of movement and the extreme difficulty of reaching the summit.

Become the fella. Walk on the stilts.

Why similar: Difficult 26%, Memes 25.9%, Physics 21.3%, Platformer 14.5%, Action 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: The awkward, physics-driven controls make simple navigation a monumental task, echoing the core design philosophy of Golfing Over It.

[3D 3rd Person Perma-Death Runner Game]Try to overcome various obstacles until the end.

Why similar: Physics 27.1%, Perma Death 25.1%, Platformer 20.7%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Action 6%

Why You'll Like It: This game combines physics-based movement with a high-stakes, trap-filled environment that demands extreme precision and persistence.

Roll the boulder to the top.

Why similar: Difficult 28.8%, Physics 20.6%, Psychological Horror 19.4%, Platformer 15.4%, Precision Platformer 7%

Why You'll Like It: Thematically and mechanically aligned, this game forces players to push a boulder up a mountain, emphasizing the repetitive struggle of the genre.

A physics-based platformer with unique controls and a pun-laden narrator. Jump, stick, and attempt to roll a loop over obstacles. Perhaps this game will teach you patience. Stick with it! I'll be right there with you. In your earhole. *Plorp*

Why similar: Experimental 20% ★, Memes 17.3%, Precision Platformer 15.8%, Difficult 14.4%, Physics 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: It features intentionally awkward controls and a physics-based world that tests your patience and skill in equal measure.

Take control of a mighty ball and fling with great precision towards the top of the Tower. Jump through aesthetically pleasing environments filled with intriguing creatures and encounters. Falling is part of the journey, so just keep going. Can you reach the end?

Why similar: Golf 34.7% ★, Precision Platformer 16.2%, Difficult 12.3%, Psychological Horror 8.3%, Physics 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: It uses a physics-based launching mechanic that requires precision and timing to navigate complex platforming challenges.

Cursed to Golf is a challenging golf-like adventure where every shot counts. Players are tasked with making it out of Golf Purgatory to become a Golfing Legend. With insane hazards, otherworldly power-ups and tons of replayability, will you make it back alive or will you forever be… Cursed to Golf!?

Why similar: Golf 64% ★, Difficult 19.7%, Physics 6.9%, Platformer 5.8%, Action 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: While it adds roguelike elements, it maintains the golf-themed precision and high-difficulty challenge that fans of the seed game will appreciate.

This game is hard-boiled. Face the challenge of being a real, fragile egg. Escape the hen-house and jump, roll and climb your way through a farm shop, factory and other perilous environments. With some determination, you might just reach your freedom.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 23.5%, Difficult 22.2%, Physics 17.6%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Platformer 12.4%

Why You'll Like It: A physics-based platformer that captures the same feeling of fragile progress and the constant threat of a catastrophic fall.

What's better than climbing mountain in a cardboard box? Getting deep frustration every time you fall from it.

Why similar: Difficult 25.6%, Physics 20.3%, Psychological Horror 19.4%, Platformer 16.5%, Action 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A direct spiritual successor to the genre, focusing on physics-based climbing and the inevitable frustration of losing progress.

Experience rage-inducing precision platforming as a recently deceased soccer player damned to Inferno! Kick your sibling's soul out of Hell for your chance at redemption!

Why similar: Precision Platformer 28.4%, Difficult 21.1%, Physics 16.7%, Platformer 12.6%, Psychological Horror 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: It blends physics-based platforming with a descent-to-ascent structure that requires careful, deliberate movement.

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

Why similar: Memes 38.9%, Parody 33.5% ★, Physics 15.6%, Action 3.5%, Casual 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: While more comedic, it shares the parody-driven approach to golf mechanics and the constant subversion of player expectations.

Have game developers often forced you to climb somewhere with no purpose? This time, your goal is to hit rock bottom and nothing else. It should be simple enough, good luck to everyone.

Why similar: Parody 26% ★, Precision Platformer 20.2%, Surreal 14.7%, Physics 13.7%, Platformer 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a similar sense of scale and the constant danger of falling, requiring careful navigation of a 3D environment.

Challenge all your skill and quick thinking ability in this precision platform game, where you are a bitrom who controller over gravity called Newton, who is trying to escape from a deformed creature that relentlessly follows him in subspace.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 31.2%, Difficult 22.6%, Platformer 15.3%, Family Friendly 9.3%, Surreal 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D precision platformer that tests your ability to manage momentum and gravity in a highly unforgiving environment.

DRAG, BOOP, AND PRAY. Play your way through a psychedelic, retro mini golf labyrinth built by an intrusive AI named Susan. Master glitchy physics, dodge bizarre ball-killers, and tackle over 140 mind-bending levels in this ultra-minimalist, surrealist arcade sports puzzler.

Why similar: Surreal 40.2%, Psychological Horror 30.1%, Story Rich 10.1%, Action 8.8%, Indie 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal and challenging take on the golf genre that prioritizes strange mechanics over traditional sports simulation.

A brutally difficult physics-based platformer designed to test your patience, precision, and sanity.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 37.4%, Physics 20.2%, Parody 18% ★, Platformer 16.7%, Action 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: The title says it all; this game is built around the mechanics of falling and the struggle to regain lost ground.

Super Inefficient Golf builds on top of the most inefficient game ever conceived by making it even LESS efficient. Drop your silly golf stick and start using exploding mines to guide your ball! Place them, choose the right timing, and BOOM - Birdie!

Why similar: Golf 52.2% ★, Difficult 16.7%, Physics 13.8%, Family Friendly 8.5%, Casual 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: It leans into the absurdity of golf mechanics, making the simple act of hitting a ball into a complex physics puzzle.

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.

Why similar: Physics 59.2%, Psychological Horror 22.8%, Story Rich 13.8%, Old School 2.3%, Singleplayer 1%

Why You'll Like It: It combines the golf theme with a psychological horror atmosphere, providing a unique twist on the mechanics found in the seed game.

It's a difficult game but it should be easier than real rock climbing.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 27.6%, Difficult 21.8%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Physics 15.7%, Platformer 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, physics-based climbing game that strips away the fluff to focus entirely on the difficulty of the ascent.

In Crowbar Climber, use your crowbars to make your way up! Face hooks, planks, and gears using only your arms. Can you beat the game before you run out of energy?

Why similar: Difficult 21.5%, Precision Platformer 20.8%, Physics 20.1%, Psychological Horror 13.2%, Platformer 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the tactile, physics-based interaction of climbing, which feels very similar to the movement in the seed game.

A very normal golf simulator. Hit anything. Shoot from anywhere. But remember: you’re not leaving until Luke Muscat himself (Fruit Ninja, Jetpack Joyride) is satisfied.

Why similar: Golf 58.7% ★, Difficult 14.8%, Physics 12.7%, Surreal 10.7%, Indie 1.9%

An odd, openish-world life sim where you must learn how to make money just so you can afford to learn how to play golf. A truly unique golf experience with permadeath.

Why similar: Golf 50.7% ★, Experimental 22% ★, Perma Death 17.4%, Physics 8.6%, Singleplayer 1.2%

Why You'll Like It: A simulation-heavy approach to golf that introduces perma-death elements to increase the stakes of every shot.

Swing into the ultimate golf adventure with Multiplayer Platform Golf! Enjoy physics-based golfing and 3D platforming in multiplayer matches with up to 12 players. Create and share courses using the level editor and explore endless community maps via Steam Workshop. It’s time to tee off!

Why similar: Golf 53.6% ★, Precision Platformer 15.4%, Difficult 14.1%, Physics 7%, Platformer 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: It brings the physics-based golf platforming experience into a multiplayer setting, adding a competitive layer to the frustration.

Every grip is a rebellion against fate. The top holds the only secret method to defeat the demon king, but the path there is paved with countless falls. We pay tribute to every challenger. Reaching the end, you win the dawn of the world; and every attempt, you have already won your own dawn.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 27.3%, Difficult 22.8%, Psychological Horror 17.9%, Platformer 12.5%, Physics 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging precision platformer that shares the psychological intensity and high-difficulty design of the seed game.

A physics-based rage game. Control a ravioli can. Fight the physics. Accept the fall. Inspired by an iconic early 2000s ravioli commercial.

Why similar: Difficult 29.8%, Physics 20.9%, Precision Platformer 20.1%, Psychological Horror 16.9%, Action 6.5%

Never Give Up is a hardcore platformer determined to turn you into bloody chunks. Run, jump, and slide your way through ever-changing levels that get harder each time you succeed. You’ll need to try, die, and try again if you want to conquer the game without pressing the Give Up button.

Why similar: Difficult 35.3%, Platformer 28.4%, Precision Platformer 18.4%, Indie 7.6%, Action 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A brutal precision platformer that embraces the cycle of death and retry, much like the experience of playing Golfing Over It.

Prove your skills by driving the Bathtub on Wheels! Solve puzzles, collect soap, and dive into Jeff's family drama. Drive, Fall, Learn, Repeat.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 28.4%, Difficult 22.7%, Physics 17.5%, Psychological Horror 14.9%, Platformer 14.1%

Only some will reach the top. Will you be one of them? in this precision 3D platformer where every jump is a risk and easy to learn-hard to master controls you will certainly feel rewarded once you start climbing from the Pit of Despair. Just don't fall. FREE NOW

Why similar: Precision Platformer 27.1%, Difficult 20.1%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Physics 13%, Platformer 12.4%

Why You'll Like It: A precision platformer that demands high levels of skill and patience to navigate its vertical challenges.

Tilt and jump your way out of the depths of a grand city. A difficult game where falling is your biggest obstacle, get used to starting over. Don't get too tilted :)

Why similar: Precision Platformer 29.9%, Difficult 22.6%, Physics 17.3%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Platformer 12.8%

The treasures hidden on the peaks await the most lively, goat daredevils. The challenge will be difficult and… irritating - only the best and most patient will get to the top.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 27.4%, Difficult 23.1%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Physics 13.6%, Platformer 12.6%

Your name is Hank. You are doing a Handstand. Jump to the top.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 32.8%, Difficult 26.3%, Psychological Horror 19.8%, Platformer 14.9%, Action 3.8%

City Climber is a silly physics-based game about a floppy ragdoll climber, who has to save the world. Find your way through diverse hand-crafted environments and enjoy funny challenges full of falling and destruction.

Why similar: Difficult 24.2%, Physics 17.9%, Psychological Horror 16%, Precision Platformer 14.8%, Platformer 14.4%

Think you can make it out? Many have tried… All have failed. Traverse the unforgiving cave and do impossible jumps with your rocket launcher and shotgun.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 28.1%, Difficult 22.1%, Physics 16.4%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Platformer 13.1%

Attempt to jump to the top of the world in this short, yet difficult platforming adventure. Meet strange friends along the way and make sure not to fall!

Why similar: Precision Platformer 48%, Psychological Horror 24.1%, Platformer 22.2%, Difficult 4%, Indie 1.1%

Hans is a physics-driven, parkour adventure. Ascend to the sky with our lonely watermelon hero. Navigate treacherous platforms, defy physics by slowing down time, try not to fall and chase the dream of reuniting with humanity. No saves. Bounce, fail, adapt, and bounce again.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 31.2%, Difficult 28.8%, Physics 17.7%, Platformer 15.4%, Casual 3.1%

Human life is wiped out. Earth is now a golf course for the ultra-rich. In this dystopian sports puzzler, play through destroyed brutalist monuments, crumbling shopping malls, and abandoned museums as you piece together the full story of how humanity fell.

Why similar: Golf 58.9% ★, Physics 15.4%, Platformer 14%, Story Rich 5.7%, Casual 3.8%

BallFrog is a challenging ball rolling platformer with experimental controls! Use your Tongue to grapple and swing.

Why similar: Experimental 28.2% ★, Precision Platformer 22%, Difficult 17.8%, Physics 13.9%, Platformer 8.3%

A highly punishing 3D precision platformer about a goat bouncing up a beautiful mountain to save its scared baby goat. Can you handle the challenge and endure all obstacles that you will face on your way up the mountain?

Why similar: Precision Platformer 37.4%, Difficult 34.1%, Platformer 21.7%, Singleplayer 4.4%, Indie 2.4%

Don't touch grass. Become grass!

Why similar: Psychological Horror 36.2%, Physics 31.6%, Action 11.3%, Casual 9.4%, Singleplayer 4.4%

A game for those who can stick it, and stick to it.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 34.9%, Difficult 27.5%, Psychological Horror 18.7%, Platformer 15.8%, Action 3.1%

A brutally challenging physics-horror caving game. Using only your hands, drag yourself down a suffocating cave system where every hold pulls you further into the darkness. Equal parts rage-game, claustrophobic nightmare, and descent into a forgotten folktale...

Why similar: Difficult 29.9%, Psychological Horror 21.7%, Surreal 16.6%, Physics 16.2%, Indie 4.9%

A game about a very happy guy and his boulder. (Warning: As an accurate representation of the ancient Myth of Sisyphus, this is likely the most difficult and punishing game you will ever play.)

Why similar: Difficult 38%, Platformer 21.7%, Psychological Horror 13%, Physics 12.8%, Action 6.7%

Not your traditional Golf game. Humorous destruction and over the top trickshots are the way to score big. Smash up the toilets, make a big mess in the Kitchen, destroy priceless antiques in the Palace. This is golf played indoors where the more expensive the object the higher its game value.

Why similar: Golf 84% ★, Action 9.2%, Indie 6.8%

Explore higher dimensions... with golf! Conquer mind-bending challenges, design your own 4D courses, and unlock new worlds and accessories as you golf your way through the 4th dimension and beyond!

Why similar: Golf 55.7% ★, Surreal 16.7%, Psychological Horror 11%, Physics 7.4%, Casual 4.7%

The Floor is Hot Lava! Run, jump, climb, and surf across nostalgia-packed environments flooded with hot molten lava. Explore alone, or join your friends. And whatever you do, don’t touch the floor.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 45.7%, Difficult 25.8%, Platformer 18.2%, Action 4.7%, Indie 3%

Embark on an exciting journey with Golf It! Seize your putter, rally your friends, and immerse yourself in an epic minigolf adventure. Conquer countless courses, create lasting memories, and refine your skills to emerge as the ultimate minigolf champion. Your thrilling golfing odyssey begins here!

Why similar: Golf 73.6% ★, Memes 10.1%, Difficult 6.5%, Family Friendly 3.6%, Casual 3%

Embark on a purrfectly perilous rage filled adventure as this lil kitty cat took an unfortunate catnap and ended up stranded sky high! With no way but down, master your feline agility and platforming prowess to navigate your descent through the urban jungle in this gravity defying escapade!

Why similar: Precision Platformer 26.4%, Difficult 20.7%, Perma Death 19.5%, Platformer 13.7%, Physics 10.6%

You are at point 0. Therefore, you need to go to point 1.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 26.8%, Difficult 21.4%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Physics 14.7%, Platformer 9.7%

A punishing VR climbing game. Climb a surreal mountain with nothing but a hammer.

Why similar: Difficult 30.3%, Physics 23.1%, Psychological Horror 21.7%, Platformer 9.7%, Indie 4%

A difficult, minimalist, one-more-try, physics game. Slide your mouse up and down to control your skier's posture and initiate jumps. Stick the landings. Get to the cabin.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 24.5%, Difficult 22.2%, Physics 15.6%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Platformer 14.2%

The End Is Nigh is a sprawling adventure platformer where you die a lot, but thats ok because you are probably already dead anyway.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 40.8%, Difficult 25.3%, Platformer 20.5%, Memes 5%, Indie 3.9%

This game is a cross between The Stanley Parable, Undertale, and rage games like I Wanna Be the Guy. And the deeper you get, the less the fourth wall is respected. This game is a parody of game design and laughs on the surface, but there is a deeper and darker story to this game's origin to unravel.

Why similar: Parody 35.1% ★, Memes 29.4%, Precision Platformer 16.7%, Platformer 8.3%, Story Rich 4.5%

Use just two buttons to climb a colossal pinball table spanning the history of western philosophy. Fallosophy is a minimalist game that turns pinball into a quiet struggle against gravity. No score. No tilts. No savers. Falling down means climbing back up again. Why climb? What does it all mean?

Why similar: Precision Platformer 41.5%, Physics 24.4%, Psychological Horror 13%, Platformer 9.9%, Action 5.6%

Go Home, Mr. Fisk! is a challenging (im)precision platformer, where a single mistake may bring you all the way back to the beginning. Mr. Fisk must make his way up a mountain to get back home to his lake, but climbing is a challenge for a salmon not used to moving on dry land.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 26.8%, Surreal 19.4%, Physics 17.1%, Platformer 13.5%, Memes 13.1%

Be the weapon! Swing like an axe, thrust like a spear, and soar like an arrow in this physics-based platformer. Flip, throw, and carve your path to the peak! Rage burns, revenge awaits... Are you up to the challenge?

Why similar: Precision Platformer 34.1%, Difficult 26.7%, Physics 22.5%, Platformer 11.3%, Casual 3%