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Rush for gold: California cover art

Rush for gold: California

Rainbow Games · 2016-03-09

Steam

CasualStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Mar 09, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Feel the legendary 'Gold Fever' in sunny California!

Rush for gold: California is a $3.99 Casual, Strategy game released in 2016, estimated to have 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Mostly Positive sentiment based on 71% of 52 reviews.

0
playing now
71%
positive of 52 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$3.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~0/week).
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (4 reviews).
  • · Top 45% of 29,032 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

Estimated sales: 1.3k–3.1k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 52 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2016-06-23) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 7 of 9 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2220162025Week of 2016-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 09:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
460Mar 2016Dec 2023Mar 2016 — avg 2 · peak 10May 2016 — avg 1 · peak 4Jul 2016 — avg 0 · peak 2Sep 2016 — avg 0 · peak 4Nov 2016 — avg 12 · peak 768Jan 2017 — avg 9 · peak 242Mar 2017 — avg 21 · peak 284May 2017 — avg 22 · peak 392Jul 2017 — avg 18 · peak 279Sep 2017 — avg 11 · peak 496Nov 2017 — avg 30 · peak 284Jan 2018 — avg 1 · peak 28Mar 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3May 2018 — avg 0 · peak 14Jul 2018 — avg 1 · peak 44Sep 2018 — avg 0 · peak 77Nov 2018 — avg 0 · peak 6Jan 2019 — avg 0 · peak 4Mar 2019 — avg 0 · peak 4May 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Jul 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Sep 2019 — avg 1 · peak 23Apr 2020 — avg 1 · peak 84Aug 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3Oct 2020 — avg 1 · peak 11Mar 2021 — avg 1 · peak 3Nov 2021 — avg 1 · peak 3Dec 2023 — avg 1 · peak 2

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — Dec 2023

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$6.99$1.992015-07-102026-07-092015-07-10 — best price $6.992016-03-16 — best price $3.992016-08-17 — best price $1.992016-09-02 — best price $6.992016-12-22 — best price $2.592017-07-05 — best price $3.992017-11-22 — best price $2.592018-01-04 — best price $3.992018-06-18 — best price $1.992018-07-06 — best price $3.992018-11-21 — best price $1.992019-01-03 — best price $3.992019-06-26 — best price $1.992019-11-01 — best price $3.992020-06-25 — best price $1.992021-01-05 — best price $3.992021-06-24 — best price $2.592022-07-07 — best price $3.992023-03-16 — best price $2.992023-05-08 — best price $6.992023-10-31 — best price $4.992024-03-11 — best price $3.342024-05-19 — best price $4.992024-10-28 — best price $2.492024-11-27 — best price $1.992024-12-19 — best price $1.992025-01-02 — best price $3.992025-08-14 — best price $2.092025-12-08 — best price $4.992026-03-26 — best price $3.992026-06-25 — best price $1.992026-07-09 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

Player tags

CasualStrategy

Census log

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

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