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Gold Rush! Anniversary

Sunlight Games · 2014-11-07

Steam

AdventureIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric, Side view

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.

Gold Rush! Anniversary is an Adventure, Indie and Strategy game released in 2014, priced at $4.99, with an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a Mixed review sentiment (57% of 201 reviews).

1
playing now
57%
positive of 201 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$4.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 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)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 4 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 29% of 29,021 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

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 9 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7720142026Week of 2014-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 1 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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2014-11-07 (Steam store data)

Player tags

AnimeIndieActionCasualRemakeStrategyAdventureHistoricalSimulationExploration

Census log

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

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