# Golf On Mars — user reviews > 112 indexed App Store user reviews of Golf On Mars by Captain Games Inc., rated 4.30/5 from 183 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/golf-on-mars/id1509500916/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/golf-on-mars/id1509500916.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 138 · 4★ 10 · 3★ 12 · 2★ 7 · 1★ 16 ## 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 ## Newest reviews (20 of 112) ### 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 ### 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 ### 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. ### 3/5 — Super *2023-11-20* Desert Golf war schon gut, Golf on Mars ist noch besser. Grossartiger Zeitvertreib für zwischendurch. Edit nach über 2000 Löchern: es gibt leider einige unmöglich zu schaffende Löcher. Die ersten beiden konnte man nach 20 oder 30 Versuchen überspringen, das dritte lässt mich auch nach 50 Fehlschlägen nicht überspringen. Schade um ein eigentlich gutes Spiel. ### 4/5 — Amazing Game, but I have some ideas… *2023-10-01, version 1.05* I have enjoyed this game more than I expected. I’m on hole #740 and still going. My only issue with the game are the impossible holes. Sure you can probably reach them , but it takes so many tries most times that you hit the 25th try and you just end up skipping the hole entirely. I think there should be a mechanic that adds gravity to certain holes. Maybe a power-up that makes the ball heavier and another that does the opposite. It’d also be nice to use all the points you gain from all the shots you make, and turning it into a system that you can maybe by a different color ball or maybe a trail that comes in different colors after hitting the ball, or use the aforementioned Power-Up idea and have the ability to buy power ups for the “impossible” holes. ### 3/5 — Desert Golf sequel disappoints *2022-07-22, version 1.05* Get the original. There are a number of literally impossible holes as well as others that become so with game play. (Rocks that move and block the hole.) Further, the holes are often off the screen and only become visible with movement of the ball to the right. A sometimes frustrating follow up to the brilliant original. ### 2/5 — Fun game brought down by bugs *2022-06-11, version 1.05* I completed and loved desert golf, and was very excited to see a follow up on the App Store. However, the new additions introduce a lot of game breaking issues that makes Golf on Mars inferior to the original and, at times, unplayable. On multiple occasions there are levels that cannot be completed due to terrain that is too high or obstacles in the way. This requires just waiting around for the 25 shot cap to be reached in order to skip the level and move on. The last hole I played before deleting the game altogether saw a rock fall on top of the hole, me burning 25 shots to reset the level, and the game screen filling up with gray with no option or score counter. I really loved Desert Golf, and I really liked the addition of spin and newer terrain to Golf on Mars, but the game is too buggy and too “incomplete” to recommend. ### 4/5 — Like this better than desert golf! *2022-04-09, version 1.05* I enjoy playing this very much. However, the stroke count becomes meaningless when you have an impossible hole and have to try 25 strokes before you are allowed to skip. So I give 4 stars. Would you consider a ‘reset’ button so we don’t have to delete and reload the app? ### 3/5 — Would be much more fun if... *2022-02-05* ...I wouldn't have to spend half the time fighting against the game's automatic scroll function that doesn't care whether you have already started the next shot or are in the middle of scrolling yourself. ### 4/5 — More Golfing *2022-01-26, version 1.05* This game is an excellent twist on Desert Golfing. 90% of the time it’s basically the perfect podcast game Unfortunately the number of impossible levels tends to be annoying, especially since you must make 25 shots before being offered the [skip] option. At the very least you should be able to skip from the menu with a 25+ shot penalty. It’s annoying to be stuck on a level that’s clearly not doable, and to have to slowly take shots until you can skip. ### 5/5 — Perfect time waster *2022-01-05, version 1.05* Played desert golf. Loved it. Bought this. Love it more. I'm currently on hole 1444, and have taken 5014 shots. This is over the last couple of years (I guess) since it came out. Doesn't require an Internet connection, so you can play it anywhere you find yourself a bit bored. Like work meetings 🤫 ### 5/5 — Minimalist golfing perfection *2021-12-29, version 1.05* All the infuriating minimalist golfing we love about the original Desert Golf, but with a few refinements that make it the best version of whatever it is. Basically, the ability to put spin on the ball, and a scrolling view that makes a lot more sense. Buy it. ### 5/5 — Golf on moon *2021-07-13, version 1.05* Golf on moon would be a fun idea and would have the exact same thing as golf on Mars excepted be low gravity. Or each moon could be one round golf course but the gravity would either send your ball in orbit to eventually come down or it would bring your ball half-way across the moon and land in the hole. Just an idea. Good game though. ### 3/5 — Nothing new or challenging after 200 *2021-05-17, version 1.05* Up to 3400. Okay time waster but whatever algorithm is used doesn’t change after 200 or so. Pretty lame. ### 3/5 — Eerily beautiful, but mandatorily impossible *2021-04-04, version 1.05* Downright amazing for people who grew up during the polygon era, but you absolutely have to defy gravity on holes like 719 or take 25 strokes as a penalty. You should be able to skip immediately and take the penalty rather than waste time taking 25 sometimes agonizingly slow shots. What’s the impact if the game has so many holes to play through? Please update with an instant skip. I’d take 50 strokes penalty for that. ### 5/5 — Great game for idle time *2021-03-06, version 1.05* I rally like this game for killing time. Doesn’t require too much concentration, just simple physics. The fun never ends—I’m on hole 4600. I really wish it showed an overall average strokes per hole. ### 4/5 — 331! *2021-02-18, version 1.05* Nobody else is talking about this? I’m not a hole skipper, and I’ve done all the holes fair and square... until 331. Is this possible to do? Has anyone done it? It was my first, and hopeful last, time using skip. ### 3/5 — Fun, but impossible holes spoil it *2021-01-26, version 1.05* I like this game, I really do. It’s a good, simple game to occupy yourself with while listening to music or podcasts. However, a few aspects can spoil the zen mood this game seems to be going for. Namely, the impossible holes. Every so often you come across an insurmountable wall, and the only option to move forward is to hit the ball 25 times and skip the hole. This is frustrating and happens every ~25 holes or so. In addition, I encountered a glitch after hitting the ball into a pit, and the camera got stuck at the bottom. No amount of restarting the app could fix this, and I had to reinstall, which sent me back to the beginning of the game. In conclusion, this game is fun, but the terrain needs work, and there are occasional glitches that can be frustrating. ### 5/5 — Desert Golfing's maximum potential *2020-12-31, version 1.05* Don't listen to people when they call this game zen-like. This game is for masochists. I love it so much. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — No instructions *2020-12-27, version 1.05* Not all have played the previous versions! There’s no instructions. Nothing at all! No tutorial at the beginning. No text. No beginners guide.. No way to know how to use spin, how to reset to the starting point of a shot, how to skip, etc. Minimalism stretched too far... feels like laziness. Don’t bother. ### 1/5 — Seems unfinished to me *2020-11-15, version 1.05* Any golf game where you get holes that literally can’t be done seems like it was developed and published too fast. Please solve this problem. Even allowing a skip at any time might convince me to install again. ### 1/5 — Frustrating *2020-10-09, version 1.05* A complete waste of your time ### 1/5 — Like real golf, but even more boring and frustrating *2020-10-08, version 1.05* Was ready to throw my phone at the wall by the 3rd hole. ### 1/5 — Unfinished *2020-10-08, version 1.05* Addictive game but when it gets stuck there is no way to skip ahead. I had to delete. Game shouldn’t be in the App Store, charging money, when it is this unfinished. ### 1/5 — イラっ *2020-09-28, version 1.05* 良くある引っ張りゲームだけど全く爽快感が無い。 難しい問題も解いた後に達成感があれば頑張れるのだけど作業感バリバリでストレス溜まる一方。 変な慣性の利き方で違和感満載。 有料のアプリで削除したのは10年近くスマホ触っててこれが初でした。 ### 1/5 — Impossible holes ruin experience *2020-09-04, version 1.05* I love this dev and their games. Desert Golfing was a favorite of mine for years. At first Golf On Mars seemed like the ideal sequel, more mechanically sophisticated and just as oddly compelling. But then around my 40th hole I hit my first impossible hole. Had to putt the ball around till 25 strokes and then skip the hole. Then...again, around hole 100, another impossible one. OK...didn't bug me much, kinda amused me. Skip. And then another...and another. What? I've probably come across at least close to a dozen now. What's even more infuriating, some impossible holes are impossible to get OUT of. So it's 50 strokes to get past them. Miserable. It's not that it spoils the fun of trying to keep a low stroke count even. It's that smacking the ball around till you can skip (at 25 strokes), especially having to do this again and again after coming across these impossible holes, feels totally miserable. I don't want to play this game anymore. Desert Golfing always felt great to play. Gold On Mars makes me anxious I'll run into another impossible hole at any time. Why should I play it then? It's enough to kill the fun for me. ### 1/5 — Instant regret *2020-09-02, version 1.05* Don’t waste your $$$ ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work on my iPad Pro *2020-09-01, version 1.05* Every other hole or so you can’t hit the ball any more. The only way I’ve found to fix it is to delete the app and start from scratch. ### 1/5 — Inconsistent *2020-09-01, version 1.05* Inconsistent ball interaction. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 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 … ### 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. ### 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. ### 5/5 — Great! *2023-07-30, version 1.05* Loved Desert Golfing a lot, love this as much or more! ### 5/5 — Great *2023-07-29, version 1.05* A better version of desert golf ⛳️ ### 5/5 — Top end throne game *2023-04-20, version 1.05* 9000 holes played, somehow just never gets old. May be the greatest toilet game ever conceived ### 5/5 — A mostly calming way to pass the time... *2022-10-14, version 1.05* A nice little game for those who like things to be part puzzle and part video game... Of course, "mostly" because golf is one of those games that can occassionaly make you crazy. The author has done a great job making a game that is filled with interesting little surprises as the game goes on. It is an endless game where the difficulty level ebbs and flows. It isn't a game where it doesn't get increasingly difficult such that it becomes impossible. Just a nice back-and-forth in challenges. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-01.*