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Priced at just £8.50, subpar pool is something I recommend as a no-brainer for anyone who likes the premise.
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82%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
Most mentioned negative aspects:story, monetization
83% User Score Based on 77 reviews
Critic Score 81%Based on 6 reviews

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About subpar pool

subpar pool is a single player casual sport game. It was developed by grapefrukt and was released on October 12, 2023. It received positive reviews from both critics and players.

a whimsical adventure of pocket antics at the intersection of golf and pool

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83%Audience ScoreBased on 77 reviews
gameplay5 positive mentions
story1 negative mentions
  • Fun and addictive gameplay with a charming and unique pool-golf hybrid concept.
  • Beautiful, simple, and appealing art style with smooth animations and sound design.
  • Good variety of challenges and customization options via cards that enhance replayability.
  • Lack of clear instructions or explanations for game mechanics, moves, cards, and challenges causes confusion.
  • Controls can be frustrating and unintuitive, especially aiming and shooting mechanics.
  • Repetitive gameplay with limited board types and challenges, leading to reduced long-term engagement.

  • gameplay

    13 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    38% positive mentions, 39% neutral mentions, 23% negative mentions

    The gameplay features solid and tight mechanics with enjoyable variants and good replayability, enhanced by customizable challenges and skill-based elements like portals. While some find the content limited or repetitive, many praise its depth, simplicity, and fun customization options. Opinions on graphics and overall polish vary, but core gameplay is generally regarded as engaging and well-designed.

    • “The core gameplay mechanics are brilliant and only improved by the additions of portals and other elements that add increasingly fun skill-based but enjoyable gameplay.”
    • “Tight mechanics, fun variants, lots of replayability.”
    • “I really enjoy the ability to customize your game by adding or taking away challenges and gameplay elements with cards.”
    • “However, there are only 4 kinds of boards with their own unique mechanics, as well as 14 option cards, of which I only find about 5-6 that are fun to play.”
    • “Terrible graphics and gameplay is sloppy, uninteresting, and boring.”
    • “Shallow, repetitive, barebones, lame gameplay loop with bad feeling garbage RNG instead of handmade courses.”

  • graphics

    9 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    89% positive mentions, 11% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game's graphics are generally praised for being smooth, fluid, and visually appealing with a vibrant and effective art style. Most users appreciate the high refresh rate and polished design, though a minority find the visuals lacking. Overall, the graphics contribute positively to the engaging and enjoyable gameplay experience.

    • “The refresh rate is high for a mobile game; everything is smooth and fluid, accompanied by impressive graphic design and animation. Accessibility, UI, UX, and chat windows are top tier, brilliant.”
    • “Adorable graphics, interesting and fun gameplay, and vibrant sound and music.”
    • “The aesthetic is wonderfully simple yet incredibly effective.”

  • music

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    67% positive mentions, 33% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The music is praised for being vibrant and enjoyable, complementing the adorable graphics and gameplay, though users would appreciate more customizable audio settings such as separate volume sliders for dialogue, effects, and music.

    • “Adorable graphics, interesting and fun gameplay, and vibrant sound and music.”
    • “30 minutes of playtime and have completed 10 of the 196 challenges... cool graphics and music too!”

  • replayability

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game offers tight mechanics and enjoyable variants, contributing to high replayability and excellent replay value.

    • “Tight mechanics, fun variants, lots of replayability.”
    • “Great replay value too”

  • story

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The story is criticized for becoming repetitive, with quests that start to feel repetitive and leading to a loss of engagement as the game progresses.

    • “The quests simply start repeating and the game sort of peters out.”

  • monetization

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    Users view the monetization as overly aggressive and low-quality, suggesting it feels like a cash grab or an inexperienced developer's first attempt.

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81%Critics’ scoreBased on 6 critic reviews
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subpar pool is a casual sport game. Common tags for subpar pool include indie, golf, 2.5d, family friendly, stylized and others.

subpar pool is available on Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck, iPhone, Windows and others.

subpar pool was released on October 12, 2023.

subpar pool was developed by grapefrukt.

subpar pool has received positive reviews from both players and critics. Most players liked subpar pool for its gameplay but disliked it for its story.

subpar pool is a single player game.

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