That golf game with orbital death lasers sold 100k copies in two days: 'We made Super Battle Golf together in 4.5 months and are so happy'

That golf game with orbital death lasers sold 100k copies in two days: ‘We made Super Battle Golf together in 4.5 months and are so happy’ | PC Gamer Skip to main content Open menu Close main menu PC Gamer THE GLOBAL AUTHORITY ON PC GAMES US Edition UK US Canada Australia Subscribe Sign in View Profile Sign out Search Search PC Gamer Games Hardware News Reviews Guides Video Forum More PC Gaming Show PC Gamer Clips Software Codes Coupons Movies & TV Magazine Newsletter Affiliate links Meet the team Community guidelines About PC Gamer PC Gamer Magazine SubscriptionWhy subscribe?Subscribe to the world’s #1 PC gaming magTry a single issue or save on a subscriptionIssues delivered straight to your door or device From$1Subscribe now Don’t miss these RPG ‘We lost things such as physics in games:’ The dev behind my most anticipated RPG thinks players are craving more interactive games, not just ‘moving around in a static 3D environment’ Card Game If you’ve ever had a crippling Vampire Survivors or Slay the Spire habit, avoid Vampire Crawlers at all costs Horror Burglin’ Gnomes is the next great friend-slop game that everyone with a PC and at least one other friend should check out Third Person Shooter Helldivers 2’s siege of Cyberstan is the greatest galactic campaign the game has seen so far Sim I thought Fishing Shop Simulator was a joke after I saw mechs in ancient Rome, but after two hours with its demo, I’m hooked FPS High on Life 2 review Action Ubisoft made another Avatar game the world has forgotten about, so I opened Pandora’s boxed copy and dropped into the jungle FPS Highguard didn’t flop FPS Highguard review Third Person Shooter Nobody is doing live service better than Helldivers 2 because Arrowhead makes expansions, not just updates RPG I’ve already put 10 hours into this upcoming RPG’s demo because it has the best combat I’ve seen outside a FromSoft game Handheld Gaming PCs The best Steam Deck games FPS Finally, the FPS I keep asking for: Deep combat, classic modes, and an honest-to-god server browser Strategy ‘We have made back our development budget after 3 hours’: Mewgenics explodes to number one Steam seller 14 years after its announcement Sports Super Battle Golf improves the world’s least interesting sport by letting you blast your competitors with orbital lasers PopularNEW: PC Gamer Clips!Arc RaidersBest PC gearFalloutGame Quizzes Games Sports That golf game with orbital death lasers sold 100k copies in two days: ‘We made Super Battle Golf together in 4.5 months and are so happy’ News By Justin Wagner published 22 February 2026 I always knew golf was missing something. 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From first-look trailers, interviews, reviews and explainers, we’ve got you covered. Signup + Once a month SFX Get sneak previews, exclusive competitions and details of special events each month! Signup + An account already exists for this email address, please log in. Subscribe to our newsletter Mark Frost’s The Greatest Game Ever Played tells the story of golf’s most legendary amateur, Francis Ouimet, whose victory in the 1913 U.S. Open stands as one of the most notorious upsets in the sport’s history.Legendary as it might be, that game was probably boring, that book is probably boring, and the Disney movie based on it is also probably boring. Let me be clear: I do not care about anything unless there’s lasers in it.Thankfully, Super Battle Golf just arrived to save the sport from its own mundanity with lasers and rockets aplenty. Its unique approach to golf, where players race across the fairway to sink the ball as fast as possible while sabotaging their buds in multiplayer, is turning heads: developer Brimstone announced in a Steam community blog post that it sold 100,000 copies in just 48 hours. Related articles Super Battle Golf improves the world’s least interesting sport by letting you blast your competitors with orbital lasers I don’t care that there are no big new games in January because all I need now is Ball x Pit, the most underrated roguelike pinball game that I could spend all 744 hours of the month playing It’s my duty as a child of the early 2000s to let you know a Beyblade-inspired roguelike was released on Steam last month The post reads, “WOW. OK. THANK YOU!!! That is just so absolutely amazing and I am filled with so much joy. Reviews are sitting at 97% Overwhelmingly Positive, and we’ve been reading every review, forum post, message board taking in all your amazing messages and feedback!”It’s certainly an impressive turnaround given that, as the post states, the game was thrown together in just “4.5 months.” I’m not quite sure if it counts as friendslop given that it’s competitive rather than cooperative—maybe partyslop or tourneyslop is more accurate—but its combination of inexpensive thrills and inebriation-friendly multiplayer make me think it’s striking the same chord with people.Super Battle Golf seems to be just another example of how videogame golf, like minigolf, improves upon the venerable, ecologically deleterious, and often exclusive sport by breaki