June 12, 2026
Putt happens, tempers flare
Show HN: Putt.day a daily mini golf game
Cute daily mini golf game drops, and players instantly revolt over its "impossible" par
TLDR: Putt.day is a simple daily mini golf game with one new hole each day, but players are already obsessed with arguing that its featured par score is wildly unfair. The big debate is whether the course is cleverly hard or basically impossible, and the angry comments are half the fun.
A charming little browser game called Putt.day has one very simple pitch: one new mini golf hole every day. You drag the ball back, let go, and try to sink it in as few shots as possible, with old courses saved on a calendar. Adorable, right? Relaxing even? Wrong, at least according to the comment section, which turned into a full-blown support group for people emotionally damaged by a supposed par 6.
The big drama is not whether the game works. People actually seem to like it a lot. The drama is that the daily hole appears to have launched a thousand wounded egos. One commenter basically threw down the gauntlet with, "Prove you can get in the hole in just 6 putts", while another delivered the mood of the thread in four brutally efficient words: "Par 6 my ass." That became the unofficial rallying cry.
Others got more forensic, blaming heavy rolling, awkward camera angles, and a shot system that seems to cap how hard you can hit. In plain English: players feel like the ball just won’t go far enough, even when they line it up perfectly. Still, the funniest part is that even the angry players sound hooked. One fan called the game "really awesome" before immediately accusing its par rating of being "absolute bullshit" and promising to come back tomorrow anyway. And that is the real story: the game is cute, the commenters are furious, and everyone is absolutely playing again.
Key Points
- •Putt.day is a daily mini golf game.
- •Players shoot by grabbing the ball, dragging back, and releasing; pulling farther increases shot power.
- •Players can look around by dragging elsewhere and can zoom using pinch or scroll controls.
- •The goal is to get the ball into the hole in as few strokes as possible.
- •Water resets the ball to its previous position, and the game provides one new hole each day with older holes available in a calendar.