Golf Peaks

Golf Peaks is a golf-inspired minimalistic puzzle game where we move a golf ball around isometric tile-based maps using a set of cards.

Golf Peaks is a gem of a puzzle game. Everything — its controls, presentation, and premise — indicates simplicity, but the ingenious puzzles won't let you breeze through this. It's an addictive enough title because of this, and while this is light on content, its relaxing nature means you won't mind too much. If you need a game that acts as a nice break from the longer and more stressful titles on the system, Golf Peaks is it.

Golf Peaks is a fun and relaxing game. The calming music and not overly loud sound effects cause you to be able to concentrate on the puzzles and just unwind. Golf Peaks is a game that is for all ages, once you get a hang of the basics, you will be able to start solving the puzzles. If you have a Switch, Golf Peaks is definitely a recommendation, certainly for people that want a simple game to relax at home or in a waiting room.

Golf Peaks is a calm, de-stressing game that makes you plan ahead but also does not punish you for making the wrong move. It is suitable for all ages, encourages creative thinking, and is also relaxing to play. You can easily finish the game in one sitting if you wish, but you can also put it down and easily pick it back up later. While the game is on the shorter side, it is also enough fun and challenge to satisfy for a short period of time.

I enjoyed Golf Peaks from start to finish. It’s a fun, light game that’s perfectly suited for portable play on the Switch, but is equally engaging in docked mode where it’s easy to have some others help solve the puzzles. This is not priced to be a game that’ll remain on your Switch for a long time, but you may find you’ll keep it around for some quick brain flexing between bigger sessions with your standard, go-to titles.

Golf Peaks consists of over 100 puzzles (i.e. levels) with the game divided up into 9 worlds (i.e. stages). Puzzles are increasingly more complex within a world with early puzzles in each world being a bit easier to introduce new concepts. If you’re a fan of puzzle games then you should find a sufficient amount of challenge here without becoming too frustrating to “tee” you off.