Everybody’s Golf: Hot Shots

Everybody’s favorite golf game series finally returns to the fairway! Hit the green with a variety of unique characters and courses in online and offline AND single and multiplayer modes!

75 5 September 2025

Sport

Everybody’s Golf: Hot Shots is a sport developed by Hyde, released 5 September 2025 on PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows).

Verified 8 Oct 2026 Sources: IGDB , Steam , Wikipedia

What Everybody’s Golf: Hot Shots is

Everybody’s Golf: Hot Shots is a sport game developed by Hyde and released in 2025. It was published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Everybody’s favorite golf game series finally returns to the fairway! Hit the green with a variety of unique characters and courses in online and offline AND single and multiplayer modes!

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player. There are 38 achievements to unlock.

Where it sits in the Pac-Man series

Everybody’s Golf: Hot Shots is the 274th of 282 entries we hold in the Pac-Man series. The next entry was Pac-Man World 2 Re-Pac x Sonic the Hedgehog in 2025. Its critic score of 75 is 5 points above the series average of 70. The highest-rated entry is Pac-Man: Championship Edition DX at 98.

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How it was received

Everybody’s Golf: Hot Shots holds a critic score of 75 out of 100. That places it above 56% of the 1,609 rated sport games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2025 averaged 78, so it scored 3 points below the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i7-4770K / AMD Ryzen 5 1600X, 8 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980/ Radeon RX Vega 56. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 40GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Everybody’s Golf: Hot Shots launched on 5 September 2025, within three weeks of Hollow Knight: Silksong, Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, Silent Hill f and Hell is Us. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 5 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Hollow Knight: Silksong, Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, Silent Hill f, Hell is Us.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Everybody’s Golf: Hot Shots yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Official trailer

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Screenshots

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Quick answers

Everybody’s Golf: Hot Shots — frequently asked questions

When did Everybody’s Golf: Hot Shots come out?

Everybody’s Golf: Hot Shots was released on 5 September 2025 for PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows).

What are the minimum PC requirements for Everybody’s Golf: Hot Shots?

At minimum, Everybody’s Golf: Hot Shots needs Intel Core i7-4770K / AMD Ryzen 5 1600X, 8 GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980/ Radeon RX Vega 56 graphics, 40 GB available space of storage.

How many GB is Everybody’s Golf: Hot Shots?

The PC version needs about 40 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("40 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

Does Everybody’s Golf: Hot Shots have crossplay?

Steam's store listing for Everybody’s Golf: Hot Shots does not list cross-platform multiplayer. That is Steam's listing, not a test: some games have crossplay without Steam showing it, so the publisher's own notes are the final word.

Does Everybody’s Golf: Hot Shots have split screen?

Steam's store listing does not list split screen for the PC version of Everybody’s Golf: Hot Shots. Console versions can differ.

Can you play Everybody’s Golf: Hot Shots solo?

Yes. Steam lists a single-player mode for Everybody’s Golf: Hot Shots as well as multiplayer.

Does Everybody’s Golf: Hot Shots have controller support?

Yes. Steam lists full controller support for Everybody’s Golf: Hot Shots, including PlayStation controllers.

Can you play Everybody’s Golf: Hot Shots on Mac?

Steam does not sell a macOS version of Everybody’s Golf: Hot Shots; the Steam release is for Windows.

Is Everybody’s Golf: Hot Shots on Linux?

Steam does not list a native Linux version of Everybody’s Golf: Hot Shots. Windows games can often run on Linux and Steam Deck through Proton, but that is a different question from native support.

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