# Golf On Mars — Could there be golf on Mars?

> Golf simulation game set on a terraformed Mars with a vast number of holes. (iPhone/iPad app by Captain Games Inc..)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/golf-on-mars/id1509500916 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Captain Games Inc.](https://appshunter.io/developer/1446968123)
- Category: Games, Sports, Casual, Sports
- Price: $2.99
- Rating: 4.30/5 from 183 App Store ratings · 112 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 8.0 · 2 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2020-06-19
- Data updated: 2026-09-01
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/golf-on-mars/id1509500916/reviews.md

## What is Golf On Mars?

For centuries, philosophers and mathematicians have gazed up at the night sky and wondered:

"Is there Golf On Mars?"

The year is 2866. Mars is 35% terraformed, finally enough to allow the playing of the game of.. Golf!

Golf across an infinite* rocky Martian surface. Discover golfing obstacles that make us Earthlings gasp in awe!

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*Infinity is impossible to represent on any non-quantum computer. In actuality there are roughly 25,770,000,000 golf holes in this game.

In 2020, NASA will launch the Perseverance rover to search for life and golf on Mars. The journey there will take 200 days,
If you were to play one hole of Golf On Mars every 30 seconds during that journey, you would only be able to complete 0.002% of the game (576000 holes).

If you were a paleolithic hunter-gatherer gazing up at the Red planet one night during your traversal of the ice bridge connecting Russia to Alaska
at the last glacial maximum 24515 years ago and a time traveler brought an iPhone for you and your tribe to ritually play a hole of Golf On Mars every 30 seconds,
it would take until the present day to complete all the holes.

But this is not a realistic simulation.

For example, if the ball is 16 pixels wide on your screen then the typical hole will be 1200 pixels away.
Scaling this to the size of a real ball (1.68 inches), it's as if the hole is only 3.5 yards away!

A realistic 18 hole golf course where the fairways are 3.5 yards away would only require about 1300 square feet of land.
However, gravity on Mars is 38% that of Earth's gravity, so you could hit a ball 7 times farther, or roughly 1400 yards for a good player.
This 18 hole course then needs to be to 64000 square feet. You could cover the entire surface of Mars with 241 billion of these golf courses.

Therefore, you could easily fit all the holes in Golf On Mars on the surface of Mars.

Mars is par 3, so aim to finish in under 77 billion strokes.

## Key features

- Golf on Mars simulation
- Infinite* rocky Martian surface
- Unique Martian golfing obstacles
- Vast number of golf holes
- Realistic gravity simulation

## Chart rankings

- #170 in Top Paid · Casual (US App Store)
- #60 in Top Paid · Sports (US App Store)

## What do users think of Golf On Mars?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 🚀 Endless gameplay
- 👍 Relaxing and meditative experience
- 🚀 Efficient use of battery
- 👍 Simple and intuitive controls
- 👍 Aesthetically pleasing graphics

**Cons**

- 🐛 Impossible or unbeatable holes
- 🐛 Inconsistent ball physics and behavior
- 🐛 Bugs and glitches causing game crashes
- 🔍 Lack of instructions or tutorial
- 🔍 Frustrating when unable to skip impossible holes

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Terrain generation creating unbeatable obstacles
- Ball getting stuck in walls or pits with no way out
- Settings not persisting between sessions
- Camera getting stuck at the bottom of the map
- Scrolling issues causing the ball to randomly reset

**Most requested features**

- Add a reset/restart option
- Implement a statistics/leaderboard system
- Allow customization of ball/course colors
- Introduce new gameplay elements like windmills or low-gravity
- Provide an option to instantly skip impossible holes

## Recent user reviews (10 of 112)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/golf-on-mars/id1509500916/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Relaxante… na maior parte

*2026-02-11*

É um jogo que gosto por ser bem minimalista. A maior parte é relaxante, mas alguns poucos buracos difíceis vão deixar você com raiva :)

### 5/5 — Nearly Perfect

*2025-12-25, version 1.05*

I still come back to this every now and then, it’s a great way to kill some time. After over 10,000 holes I feel like the one thing that could improve the game is having a small bit of the yellow bunker sand at the bottom of each hole. Nothing is more annoying than absolutely nailing a shot straight into the hole and having the ball bounce straight out, it’s like you are being punished for being accurate.

### 5/5 — Very nice game

*2025-09-15*

To be fair I enjoyed the game for several years but now it game to a sad end. Level 7108 is technical not doable. The 25 try limit is disabled although I tried until 50 shots. BUT there is a way to continue. The last shot should not end in an abyss this doesn’t seem to trigger the [skip]. So just end the last shot somewhere where the ball stays on the screen on on it goes …

### 3/5 — Never ends, no finality, I don’t like it

*2025-07-12, version 1.05*

Kind of maddening how it never ends

### 2/5 — Impossible hole

*2025-07-08, version 1.05*

This game is great to pass time but im stuck on a hole that’s impossible to complete. The hole requires you to hit a really high shot over a massive hill but even with a full power shot I am nowhere near getting over and there seems to be no other way to complete the hole

### 5/5 — Yes.

*2025-05-29, version 1.05*

Reached hole 45k-something over several years, managed to get ball knocked into a pit during respawn which made it survive the void. Got stuck forever jumping forward to the right trying to respawn at the bottom of the map. No strokes possible, only resetting. I finally won.

### 4/5 — Fun but fix impossible holes

*2025-02-21, version 1.05*

I love this game because it doesn't need internet and doesn't have ads or IAP. The only thing is I wish they'd fix the impossible holes where there's ledges that are too high to possibly get up

### 5/5 — Infinite fun

*2024-06-01, version 1.05*

After playing this for 2½ years, I am on hole 34,090 and still playing nearly every day. This simple, well-made game obviously goes on forever, and I love it. I’ll probably keep playing it until the day I die 😆

### 5/5 — I had a dream…

*2023-12-08, version 1.05*

So, I was playing Golf On Mars in my dream. I was on level 5000. The game added windmills at that point. There were two types, Normal and Cactus windmills. Normal is just a windmill that goes in circles and your balls bounces off the spinning blades, while cactus is sticky. They also had random speeds. There were also these hole-in-the-wall type sections where you had to go over, under, and between a HOLE bunch of walls (gaps were big). That’s pretty much it. If you are the creator of Golf on Mars reading this, then please add these and hopefully reply to this review.

### 3/5 — Physics not as phun

*2023-11-22, version 1.05*

I played 2575 holes of Desert Golf. The maps in Golf on Mars are great but the gameplay isn’t as fun. This is because the new physics model requires too much precision. Almost all of the “lucky breaks” you’d sink in DG are “near misses” in GoM so you lose out on that fun tension where every shot has a chance. The result just isn’t as fun or entertaining as the original.

A toggle for the physics between “realistic” and “arcade” would be an awesome option.

## Frequently asked questions about Golf On Mars

### What is Golf On Mars?

Golf On Mars is a golf simulation game set in the year 2866 on a partially terraformed Mars. It allows players to experience golfing on a vast, rocky Martian surface with unique obstacles.

### How many holes are there in Golf On Mars?

The game features an immense number of golf holes, approximately 25,770,000,000. This provides a virtually endless golfing experience for players.

### Is Golf On Mars a realistic golf simulation?

While it simulates Martian gravity (38% of Earth's), making drives much longer, the game is not a strict realistic simulation. For example, distances are scaled down significantly on screen.

### What are the key features of Golf On Mars?

Key features include golfing on a simulated Martian landscape, unique Martian obstacles, a vast quantity of holes, and a simulation of Mars' lower gravity which affects ball trajectory.

### What devices is Golf On Mars compatible with?

The description mentions an iPhone, suggesting compatibility with iOS devices. Specific version requirements are not detailed but it's implied to be a mobile application.

## Version history (last 4 releases)

### 1.05 — 2020-06-30

Fix for ball getting stuck under boulders.
Fix for clouds mysteriously growing in size.

### 1.03 — 2020-06-23

Fixed camera not scrolling down sometimes.
Sound will resume after app interruption.
Fix for skipping not working if hole is too far away.

### 1.01 — 2020-06-21

Fix for rare full screen of orange bug

### 1.0 — 2020-06-19

No release notes.

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