Suburbian tee off.

Everyone loves a good game of mini-golf. The wacky courses and absurd obstacles combine to create a challenging, yet accessible game that almost anybody can get stuck into. There have been countless video games based on mini-golf, ranging from console titles like Carnival Games: Mini Golf to smaller, flash-based games of varying levels of authenticity and success. House of Golf is an entirely average addition to the ever-growing selection of mini-golf games, with good visuals but altogether uninspiring gameplay and level design.

Taking place within – you guessed it – a house, this is mini-golf in a very literal sense. You have a choice of playing within the lounge, bedroom, kitchen, attic, and garage. All areas feature everyday objects that act as obstacles on the course, so naturally, the kitchen is full of pots, pans, and spatulas, whereas the attic plays host to hammers, pots of paint, and old televisions. The objects are placed in very sporadic positions within the levels, and whilst some courses are laid out very deliberately with obstacles that allow you to bounce your ball around strategically towards the goal, many more courses are ruined by seemingly random placement of items that scupper your progress at every corner.

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