OpenSGolf

Sid Meier's SimGolf, remastered

Build the golf resort of your dreams. Free and open source, on PC, Mac, Linux, phones and right here in your browser. Nothing to install.

An unofficial, fan-made project. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Electronic Arts, Firaxis Games or Take-Two Interactive.

🏌️ Play with your SimGolf

Pick the folder of your installed copy of SimGolf (the one holding Data, Flics and Sounds, often C:\Program Files\Maxis\SimGolf). The original art, sound and music, made new. The files are read in this tab only; nothing is uploaded.

✨ No SimGolf? Play free now

Start straight away with OpenSGolf's own free graphics, sounds and text, made by the game itself. Simple for now (an early beta), and getting better.

🖼️ HD graphics (optional)

Add an AI-upscaled art pack you made yourself from your own copy (see docs/HD.md). Pick the pack's folder (with manifest.json) or a .zip. It never leaves your browser and must not be shared. Switch between HD and Classic in the game's Preferences.

🧩 Mods and content packs (optional)

Content packs change the game's data, art, sounds, text or add scenarios (see docs/MODDING.md). Pick a pack's folder (with pack.toml) or a .zip. New packs start switched off: turn them on in the game under System Functions → Preferences → Content packs, then reload this page.

What you get

🏌️

Plays like SimGolf

Build holes, hire staff, please the board. Golfers chat, tell stories and pay more when they have fun. Your pro, tournaments and championships too.

✨

Enhanced graphics

Sharp on 4K and widescreen, smooth zoom and motion, living water, soft shadows. Classic is one tick away.

🌅

Time of day and weather

Golden hours, rain and puddles, mist, wind in the palms, seasons, and lamps that light up at dusk.

📸

Photo mode

Press C: hide the interface, frame your course, add a look and focus blur, save up to 4K.

📱

Play anywhere

Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and any modern browser. Touch controls for phones and tablets.

🧩

Mods and scenarios

Content packs, scenarios with goals, game scripts, and community packs to download from inside the game.

How to play

⌨️ Mouse and keys

  • Click to build, drag to scroll, right click to undo or close
  • Wheel or Z / X zoom; PgUp / Home turn the view (Mac: fn+↑ / fn+←); arrows scroll
  • G green, again for a tee, F fairway, H opens the hole; Space drops the tool
  • Reports F1–F10, or Alt+1–0 (Mac: ⌥ option, no fn needed); F8 lists every key
  • Esc menu, ⇧+S / ⇧+L save and load, ] game speed
  • Sharper 4K and widescreen: Preferences → Enhanced graphics

👆 Touch

  • Tap to click, drag to scroll, hold for a right click
  • Pinch to zoom, twist two fingers to turn the view
  • On-screen buttons for open hole, turn, speed and messages

💡 Good to know

  • Works in Chrome, Edge and Firefox on desktop, and on phones and tablets
  • Sound starts with your first click, key or tap
  • Saved courses stay in this browser; screenshots and SimFotos download

Get it for your computer or phone