Gold Rush: The Game

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Make your gold mining dream come true - start with a few spare bucks and work your way up to becoming a millionaire! The Gold Mining Simulator game is based on real-world mining techniques and machines.

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7332 reviews
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Developer:
Code Horizon
Publisher:
PlayWay
Engine:
Unity
Release date:
13 October 2017
Recent Steam reviews:
Mostly Positive (81)
All Steam reviews:
Mixed (7332)

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Description

Make your gold mining dream come true - start with a few spare bucks and work your way up to becoming a millionaire! The Gold Mining Simulator game is based on real-world mining techniques and machines.


Sit behind the wheel of multiple vehicles such as excavator, drill, front-end loader, bulldozer, and others. The whole gold mining operation depends on your steering skills!


Experience the challenging life of a chief mechanic. Various parts of machines can break when least expected and cost you big time.


Keep improving your gold mining business. Start with a simple bucket and a hog pan, lease your first claim, and upgrade it to next tiers, as you begin to dig gold.


Admire highly detailed vehicles and gold mining machines. Purchase new and more efficient wash plant parts to increase your earnings.


We created a big, detailed world with four unique gold mining claims. On each, you will find a fully deformable terrain. Each fragment of our world has its own background story you can discover in your spare time.

Recommended system requirements

minimum*

OS *:
Windows 7 (64-bit) or Newer. Doesn't support Mac OS.
Processor:
Intel Core i5
Memory:
8 GB RAM
Graphics:
NVidia GeForce GTX 760
DirectX:
Version 11
Storage:
19 GB available space
Sound Card:
DirectX compatible

recommended*

OS *:
Windows 7 (64-bit) or Newer. Doesn't support Mac OS.
Processor:
Intel Core i7
Memory:
16 GB RAM
Graphics:
NVidia GeForce GTX 970
DirectX:
Version 11
Storage:
19 GB available space
Sound Card:
DirectX compatible

User reviews

HearNoEvil
Not recommended | 04 Jul 2026
19.2h played

I get it's a PlayWay game... I'm playing it in light of the news of GMS2 and to clear up my backlog. I'm not gonna lie, it's jank. Autosaving causes stutters, i have to load areas 2-3 times to get to my claim or town

Helpful: 3
NWMACGYVER
Not recommended | 25 Jun 2026
9.2h played

I'm around 9-10 hours. i keep coming back to this game hoping it will improve but i just can't recommend it. gameplay needs a lot more polish. driving and running equipment is anything but smooth.

Helpful: 3
Deez Games
Not recommended | 24 Jun 2026
394h played

Such a great game.... If you have an old PC. If you have a new PC, the game is literally Unplayable . My system specs should be telling. My prior system could run this game perfectly, no issues at all, and it's where I

Helpful: 2
chaosgod987
Recommended | 22 Jun 2026
58.8h played

i first found out about this game from Drae on you tube back when it was called gold rush the game. it's very addicting and fun to play, the performance for me Imo is fine, there's a well known memory leak that causes

Helpful: 4
PiusPope
Recommended | 09 Jul 2026
67.0h played

I am addicted to this game and it is very satisfying and I can easily see myself spending 500 hours on it. But I did some testing and there is one thing I found that I absolutely hate. It turns out if you pick up some

Helpful: 0
spider1957
Recommended | 26 Jun 2026
49.6h played

This game is pretty realistic. I have done some gold panning irl with a gold sluice and clean up sluice. The only thing find annoying is the constant pauses when the game saves or is loading. At least in the game there

Helpful: 0