A crazy golf game for PC with a windmill

Crazy Putt in Games by Zaweba is nine holes of seaside crazy golf for Windows, with slopes, ponds, bumpers, a windmill and sliding doors to putt past. You sink each hole in as few strokes as you can. It is free, original and runs offline, as one of 82 games in the app.

It has the feel of a seafront course on a sunny afternoon, with none of the queue for the next hole.

How to putt

Press on the ball, drag back away from where you want it to go, and let go. The further you drag, the harder the putt. The direction and strength are both in that one gesture, which is easy to learn and takes a while to master, because the course rarely lets you hit straight at the hole.

Arrows on the grass show slopes that push the ball. Read them before you play. A putt across a slope needs aiming above the hole so the slope can bring it down, and a putt up a slope needs more weight than you'd think.

Water, bumpers and the windmill

Water costs a penalty stroke and sends you back to the tee, so a pond is not just an obstacle but a real hazard to play round. Bumpers bounce the ball away, which can be used on purpose to reach a hole tucked round a corner. The windmill and the sliding doors are timing puzzles: the gap is open only part of the time, so watch the rhythm for a moment before you putt and judge the ball's speed to arrive as the gap opens.

If a hole goes badly, there is a limit. Eight strokes and you pick up, which keeps one bad hole from ruining a round and stops you chasing the ball round the green.

Taking strokes off your round

Most dropped shots on a crazy golf course come from being too bold. Two sensible putts beat one heroic putt that ends in the pond. On holes with water, lay up short of it first if the direct line is risky. On holes with obstacles that move, patience costs nothing, since there is no clock.

Learn each hole's best line and then repeat it. After a few rounds you'll know which holes reward a bank off the side and which want a gentle roll up the middle. Your best score is kept, so there is always a total to beat.

Playing Crazy Putt in Games by Zaweba

Crazy Putt is on the Skill & sport shelf, or press Ctrl+F and type its name. The title card sets out how to play before the first hole, F1 brings the rules back during a round, Esc pauses and F11 fills the screen. If you click away to another window the game pauses itself, so you can come back to the same putt.

The tile shows how often you have played and your best round, kept in a scores file on your PC. There are no adverts and no accounts, and everything, from the windmill to the splash in the pond, is drawn and synthesised in code.

If you enjoy it, Long Drive on the same shelf gives you the other end of golf: six balls on a driving range with a three-click swing and a crosswind.