Pureplay Golf Simulator Software First Look: Is This the Next Big Thing?
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Jay Lasco of Golf Simulator Videos gets early hands-on time with Pureplay, a third-party golf simulator software built on Unreal Engine that supports multiple launch monitor brands. The software promises 4K photogrammetry-based courses, a custom physics engine, water physics, and integrated practice, tournaments, and multiplayer features. Pureplay launches fall 2026 as a Windows-only yearly subscription (price not yet announced), with 40+ courses planned and a closed beta currently running. The article separates developer claims from what Lasco actually observed during six holes and range play on a GolfJoy Spica 3, noting which features remain unfinished in the beta build.
Excerpt from Golf Simulator Videos
Pureplay is new golf simulator software built on Unreal Engine, with course play, practice, tournaments and online play in one program. Pureplay says it launches in fall 2026 as a yearly subscription for Windows PCs, and nine launch monitor brands are officially supported so far. Jay Lasco, host of Golf Simulator Videos, played six holes at Silvertip Golf Resort and hit shots on the range in the closed beta, using a GolfJoy Spica 3. This is a first look at an early beta build, not a review. Parts of it are unfinished, and this article says which.
Fall 2026launch window, per Pureplay
40+courses planned for public beta
9launch monitor brands officially supported
Unreal Enginegraphics engine
RTX 3060minimum graphics card, 1080p
Windows 10 or 11no Mac version at launch
What is Pureplay?
Pureplay (also written PurePlay or Pure Play) is third-party golf simulator software. It comes from a software company, not from a launch monitor maker, and it is built to run with many brands of launch monitor. That puts it up against GSPro and the other titles in GSV’s guide to the best golf simulator software.
This is what Pureplay says about itself on its website:
Unreal Engine graphics in 4K, made with real-world photogrammetry.
Its own physics engine, worked out for every shot and every lie, with the surface, the terrain, the weather and the lie all part of the result.
Water physics. A ball can skip off water or sink. Pureplay calls this an industry first.
Courses mapped by LiDAR drone and built by hand.
One program for everything: practice, course play, tournaments, multiplayer and leagues.
Development in public. The home page has a build log, with 14 updates when GSV read it.
Those are Pureplay’s claims. The rest of this article is what GSV saw on the screen. The developers told GSV they would sooner take the time to finish the software than rush it out, and they let GSV show it knowing it is not finished.
A Pureplay promotional picture, not GSV’s own capture. GSV’s footage from Silvertip is in the video above. Image: Pureplay.
Pureplay at a glance
EngineUnreal Engine, with Pureplay’s own physics engine Runs onWindows 10 or 11 only. Pureplay says a Mac version is a project for after launch. How it is soldA yearly subscription for one PC. Pureplay has not published the price. What the subscription coversCourse play on Pureplay’s own courses, practice tools, tournaments, multiplayer and leagues LaunchFall 2026. A closed beta is running now. Courses40…
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