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Gold Rush! Anniversary

Sunlight Games · 2014-11-07

Steam

AdventureIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 29, 2015 (Mac), Mar 04, 2015 (iOS), Mar 10, 2015 (Android), Nov 07, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 07, 2014 (Linux)

Gold Rush! takes you back to the year 1849, when gold was discovered in California. It was certainly one of the most exciting times in American history. Gold Rush! includes the three routes tens of thousands took to the gold regions.  Become Jerrod Wilson and experience each trek as you travel from New York to California.

0
playing now
57%
positive of 201 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 09:00 UTC (census sample)

In 1988, Rush appeared with Gold! in one of the most comprehensive adventure games of the 1980s. Now, the fondly remembered game, Gold Rush! has been developed anew, to today’s highest standards. No aspect of modern gaming has been overlooked. You can experience the famous California Gold Rush with high-resolution graphics, speech synthesis, a superb sound track and modern user interface features. Optimized game-flow will enhance your traveling and interactions with other characters of the period. Gold Rush! takes you back to the year 1849, when gold was discovered in California. It was certa(Storyline via IGDB)

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  • · Top 55% of 11,424 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 5.0k–12k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 201 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.03 at GamersGate (2019-12-20) · bundled 13×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 11 of 22 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

81402026-08-11 20:00 — 814 players2026-08-12 12:00 — 111 players2026-08-13 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 09:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$34.99$1.032015-01-012026-07-272015-01-01 — best price $17.322015-06-26 — best price $19.992015-11-02 — best price $4.292016-02-22 — best price $12.992016-06-29 — best price $3.242016-08-26 — best price $4.992016-11-24 — best price $3.252017-02-13 — best price $12.992017-06-09 — best price $4.992017-10-09 — best price $1.942018-01-04 — best price $12.992018-07-18 — best price $5.992019-04-22 — best price $5.992019-11-27 — best price $1.532020-02-18 — best price $1.532020-06-10 — best price $5.992020-07-09 — best price $5.992020-08-08 — best price $5.992020-09-05 — best price $5.392020-10-05 — best price $5.392020-11-02 — best price $5.992020-12-02 — best price $5.992020-12-31 — best price $5.392021-01-30 — best price $5.392021-03-02 — best price $5.392021-04-01 — best price $4.992021-06-06 — best price $4.492022-05-23 — best price $2.492023-02-06 — best price $2.492023-12-21 — best price $1.692024-09-16 — best price $1.692025-07-10 — best price $4.992026-06-01 — best price $2.242026-07-27 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

AnimeIndieActionCasualRemakeStrategyAdventureHistoricalSimulationExploration

Census log

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