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The Gold River Project cover art

The Gold River Project

Fairview Games Inc. · 2026-01-23

Steam

AdventureIndieSimulationEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Jan 23, 2026 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The Gold River Project™ is a camping trip gone wrong in the Pacific Northwest. Explore, craft, build, and survive in this open-world experiment that traps you and up to 4 friends in this single player or co-op survival adventure game.

63%
positive of 659 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$24.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 43 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity down 28% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (261 reviews).
  • · Top 36% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 13k30k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 659 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
16716720262026Week of 2026-01-23: 167 positiveWeek of 2026-01-23: 94 negativeWeek of 2026-01-30: 48 positiveWeek of 2026-01-30: 28 negativeWeek of 2026-02-06: 42 positiveWeek of 2026-02-06: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-02-13: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-02-13: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-02-20: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-02-20: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-27: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-02-27: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-06: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-06: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-13: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-03-13: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-20: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-03-20: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-27: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-27: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-03: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-04-03: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-17: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-08: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-08: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-15: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-22: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-22: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-29: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-29: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-05: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-05: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-06-12: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-12: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-26: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-03: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-03: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-10: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-10: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-17: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-24: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-24: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-31: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-31: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-08-07: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-14: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Completion

25
achievements tracked
27.1%
earned "Swim Badge - Level 1"
0%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

9 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)350%25

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Census log

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

Recent updates

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