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Golfing Over It

with Alva Majo

Ratings

Age

4+

Category

Sports

Languages

English

Golfing Over It with Alva Majo is a discouraging game about climbing a mountain with a golf ball. You use your finger to aim and swing, navigating a surreal landscape where the physics are your only friend and your worst enemy. Accompanied by philosophical narration, you will face a series of increasingly difficult obstacles where progress is hard-earned and easily lost. It is a test of patience, skill, and determination.

Dinsun Expert Review

Our Expert Score

80/100

Golfing Over It with Alva Majo is a masterclass in frustration and triumph. Inspired by the legendary 'Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy,' this game swaps a sledgehammer for a golf ball but keeps the same soul-crushing physics. You are tasked with golfing a ball up a massive, surreal mountain of obstacles. One wrong swing, one poorly timed bounce, and you can watch minutes—or even hours—of progress disappear as you tumble back to the very beginning.

What keeps you from deleting the app is the surprisingly smooth controls and the philosophical narration that accompanies your ascent. The narrator mocks your failures and celebrates your tiny victories in a way that makes the game feel like a psychological experiment as much as a sports title. It's strangely addictive; you’ll find yourself saying 'just one more hit' for an hour. The sense of accomplishment when you finally clear a difficult section is unlike anything else on mobile. It isn't for everyone, but for those who enjoy a true challenge and can handle a bit of 'gamer rage,' it’s an unforgettable experience.

Dinsun reviewed on: Mon May 27 2019

Features

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Punishing physics-based gameplay

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Full philosophical narration

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Seamless world with no loading screens

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Simple, intuitive touch controls

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High level of replayability and challenge

Tips & Walkthrough

Gameplays

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Q&A

Yes, the game saves your position automatically, so you can stop and resume your climb at any time.

Ratings & Reviews

Bad mechanics, yet still too easy.
Mon May 20 2019 JL0013

I’ve played Getting Over It, and this game falls short in comparison to it. It’s a cheaper knock off of Getting Over it, and although the movement is worse and the game crashes, it’s still not nearly as torturous as it was playing Getting Over It. So if you want a moderately difficult game to pass some time, then waste a couple bucks and buy this. If you’ve heard of Getting Over It, and you want a game that will torture you with its extreme difficulty, then I’d highly suggest going with Getting Over It rather than by this game here.

SUCH A GREAT, YET FRUSTRATING GAME!
Tue May 28 2019 CatzRule33

First of all, if you don’t like stressful games, don’t get it! But, I’m a weird person, and like stress. I’ve only thrown my iPad hard onto my bed once, but I love this game! It’s addictive, it saves, it has narration in the background! Yet stressful, yet great, YET REALLY WEIRD, it’s awesome! It’s not something to cry over, it’s something you should put on your goal list, you’ll fell so accomplished when you do reach the top. Sometimes, you fall immediately, sometimes, you keep going, never mess up, and get farther then you ever have. You keep falling, but I love it! At the start, get used the the controls, and you go on! If you fall at the beginning, you’ve done that part soooo many times, that you just breeze through. This game is recommended if you can handle the rage. 🤪

Stop complaining
Mon Apr 14 2025 Mems17!

This game is what you make of it. It’s obviously a frustrating game. That doesn’t mean you should rate it 1 star or complain about controls. I’ve been playing for 30 minutes and haven’t had a single bug or crash or whatever. Enjoy the process and stop complaining just cause it’s not an ad filled infinite runner or base building game for 9 year olds. This guy had more pride in his game than 90% of devs out there. And he GAVE CREDIT to bennit foddy so shut up about that too.

Crashes so much!
Wed Apr 10 2019 CollinStaudt

I spent $2.99 on this game and played for a solid hour or so when I decided to take a break. I opened the game up again the following day and as I loaded into my first save file, the game crashed. I tried to load it up again but it wouldn’t stop crashing. I tried deleting the app and redownloading it. I’ve also tried restarting my phone. But the game will just not load the save file. I can’t even play it at all. I can look at the main menu but that’s not what I paid $2.99 for. I know it’s probably not easy to program and fix this but I would really appreciate it if you tried to. Or could I at least get a refund? Either way this was pretty disappointing.

Golfing Over It
Fri Jul 28 2023 E E E E M A N

When i downloaded the game i thought it was bad until you start to climb higher and higher is when you realize the story of the creator and the games real purpose which i wont spoil and if you cant afford getting over it then i would recommend it.

Great game
Tue Apr 03 2018 nathan liederman

I saw the reviews of this game and was very skeptical at first but decided to download it anyway, and to my surprise it was a very good game. The controls are easy to pick up and it is very hard but I still found myself having a hard time to stop, overall great game definitely worth the money and time

The floating guy that brings your progress back
Fri May 25 2018 lambosrcool

I’m sorry but I am against the idea of this and was hoping there could be an option of removing it cause it’s kinda against the whole idea of the game. Great game though worth the 2$ I’m gonna spend a bunch of time on it until I beat it, thanks!

Great difficult game
Wed Apr 04 2018 goldnshadow

Frustratingly addicting in a good way it plays just like it should and I have had no problems with it great challenging game. Wouldn’t buy if you have anger issues lol these poor ratings are unjustified the game does exactly what it’s supposed too

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