Cursed to Golf

 PlayStation 5
Metascore
74

Mixed or average reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. PLAY
    Oct 15, 2022
    70
    Charming presentation and snappy golf action. But the roguelike structure can hinder more than help, making fresh runs more gruelling than interesting. [Issue#19, p.91]
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  2. Finger Guns
    Aug 22, 2022
    70
    Cursed to Golf is a fun arcade sports game, but its roguelike elements don’t stack up well with other entries in the genre. Its long run times hurt the experience, making failure often more annoying than something to learn from. Its cute art, simple but fun mechanics, and challenge kept me enjoying Cursed to Golf to its end, but it’s lacking that addictive element that keep roguelike players coming back for more.
  3. Metro GameCentral
    Aug 18, 2022
    70
    A polished, witty mix of golf sim, platformer, and roguelike that offers sterling value for money but can’t quite overcome an increasing sense of repetition.
  5. Eurogamer Italy
    Aug 18, 2022
    70
    Cursed to Golf has managed to transform a quiet sport into a real hellish experience, thanks to the mixture of classic rules with some subtle roguelite mechanics. Surely original and well packaged, the game is as simple to metabolize as it is difficult to complete, due to a difficulty that is not always well balanced at times.

Awards & Rankings

80
#80 Best PlayStation 5 Game of 2022

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User Score
6.0

Mixed or average reviews- based on 5 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 5
  3. Negative: 2 out of 5
  1. jaymz1970
    Aug 19, 2022
    1
    Game is just too brutally difficult, to the point of unfairness and kicking all the fun out of it.
    Play LOTS of golf games, and love    Game is just too brutally difficult, to the point of unfairness and kicking all the fun out of it.
    Play LOTS of golf games, and love them....this one needs to ease up on crushing the player unforgivingly.
    It's the Dark Souls of golf games.
    Wish I hadn't purchased.    … Full Review »
  2. drlowdon
    Aug 6, 2023
    6
    When a golf pro is struck by lightning and killed, he finds himself Purgatory and the only wat to return to the world of the living is toWhen a golf pro is struck by lightning and killed, he finds himself Purgatory and the only wat to return to the world of the living is to complete 18 holes of a rather unusual course.

    A golf roguelike is certainly an original concept, but the execution doesn’t quite work here. The golf itself is passable, but with most holes taking at least 10 minutes to finish (A run through can take up to 3 hours) and a tough level of difficulty, having to restart over and over quite quickly becomes frustrating and it lacks that ‘one more go’ factor that the best roguelikes have in abundance.    … Full Review »
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