Walkabout Mini Golf - 2025 Upgrades and Base Price Change
TLDR: On May 1st, 6 of our DLC courses will be folded into the base game, and the base game price will increase to $24.99 to reflect the larger amount of included content. Anyone who owns or purchases Walkabout Mini Golf before May 1st will gain access to the following courses free of charge:
Sweetopia
Laser Lair
Shangri-La
Upside Town
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Alfheim
More Details:
Nearly 5 years ago, Walkabout Mini Golf launched as a solo project with just 4 courses, priced at $14.99. Many of the iconic features like flying, foxhunts, and custom avatars didn’t even exist. Since then, Walkabout has grown significantly in quality of life features, new game modes and modifiers, and most notably, 24 additional DLC courses (to date).
With the upcoming course release on May 1st, you’ll continue to notice even more new features making their way into Walkabout, alongside the 6 courses unlocking for anyone who hasn't already purchased them. Additionally, Walkabout Mini Golf will continue to be part of the Quest+ and PS+ libraries, so all subscribers will also gain access to the courses free of charge.
Why we’re doing this:
As we’ve slowly added more courses, the amount of DLC has started to dwarf the main content included with the game. This will help right-size that, while also helping to show new players the latest and greatest courses that have come since since the initial launch as a solo project nearly 5 years ago. We do plan to continue our process of re-mastering older courses, but those take a good bit of time, and it’s hard to compare a remaster to the fantastic new work being done by the 35-person team currently working on Walkabout.
We’re also proud to be 100% player-funded and entirely independent, meaning that we don't have outside investors, publishers or a parent company. What we make from selling the game and DLC goes directly to funding further development. That means our only goal is to maintain the balance of keeping our staff paid and happy while continuing to provide top-quality content for our players. Your support has been key to our success, and we can’t thank you enough for spending time in these worlds we love to create!
What you need to do:
Nothing! Simply download the update on May 1st, and you’ll have access to the newly unlocked courses. However, if you have friends or family who have been reluctant to get the game, this is a great opportunity to encourage them to buy the game before the price increase. Everyone who owns Walkabout will get these updates when they release.
Additionally, we have an in-game message to help remind people of the courses rolling into the base game. If you buy directly through Meta, Steam or Playstation, we can’t remove those from sale until the update, so you might want to avoid purchasing those DLC. However, also note that the price of the Whole in One Bundle won’t be changing, so new players should feel free to upgrade to the Whole in One Bundle without penalty.
What’s next for Walkabout Mini Golf?
To put speculation aside, we have no intention of slowing down. So many people have asked for more courses, and we plan to continue to deliver on that. We’ve already started working on courses for release well into 2026. Ongoing courses will continue to be released as DLC for $3.99 just as they always have. We know that many people have asked for things like subscriptions, and while we’re not ruling that out as an option for those who prefer a subscription, we still feel like our current model of low priced DLC is the simplest and cleanest way to keep things going. Hopefully this change will help support that and avoid the “DLC bloat” that can happen when you have so much content as Walkabout currently has.
Many of you have also discovered that there’s a lot more than mini golf in Walkabout. Lost balls, Foxhunts, and a few of the recent releases like slingshots and Employee Mode have shown that there is so much more that we can do with these worlds. Mini golf will always be the core focus, but we plan to continue building those side-activities out to do even more within Walkabout. There’s also some fun and incredibly powerful features we’ll be adding throughout the rest of 2025, so stay tuned!
Thank you again for supporting Walkabout Mini Golf! We hope to see you in the game soon!