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Gold Hunter

eXtreme Studios · 2022-05-13

Steam

CasualIndieSimulationEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: May 13, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Have you always dreamed of searching for gold? Then start your own adventure now - alone or together with friends. Explore a huge map and dig for gold using a variety of methods, vehicles and wash plants.

Gold Hunter is a Casual, Indie, Simulation, and Early Access game released in 2022, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (41% of 724 reviews).

1
playing now
40%
positive of 725 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
bronze
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 47 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity up 4% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (224 reviews).
  • · Top 10% of 29,056 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 15k–33k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 725 total reviews — how this is computed.

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 9 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
11911920222026Week of 2022-05-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 119 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$34.99$9.992022-05-132026-08-072022-05-13 — best price $27.992023-01-27 — best price $18.992023-05-24 — best price $18.992023-07-13 — best price $18.992023-11-28 — best price $18.992024-01-04 — best price $18.992024-03-21 — best price $18.992024-05-14 — best price $19.992024-06-27 — best price $19.992024-08-03 — best price $19.992024-09-19 — best price $19.992024-11-03 — best price $19.992024-12-17 — best price $19.992025-01-30 — best price $19.992025-03-15 — best price $19.992025-04-28 — best price $19.992025-06-16 — best price $19.992025-08-02 — best price $19.992025-09-19 — best price $19.992025-11-07 — best price $19.992025-12-18 — best price $17.492026-01-21 — best price $17.492026-03-06 — best price $19.992026-03-19 — best price $19.992026-04-27 — best price $19.992026-06-10 — best price $18.742026-06-25 — best price $9.992026-07-24 — best price $17.492026-08-07 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opLAN Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCaptions availableAdjustable Text SizeCamera Comfort

23 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Italian, Turkish, Portuguese - Portugal, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian…

Player tags

PvPCo-opIndieCasualMiningSandboxAdventureOpen WorldSimulationExploration

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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