Gold Mining Simulator

Single-player mining simulator with machinery, deformable terrain, and business progression

Code Horizon · Published by Code Horizon, PlayWay S.A. · Released Oct 13, 2017

Reviews: Mostly Positive; 72% of 16K
Recent reviews: Mixed; 57% of 64 in 30 days
Playing now: 148; peak 24h 155
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update: 5 days ago; Sep 17, 2026

What is Gold Mining Simulator?

A first-person, single-player simulation of running a gold mining operation. You start with a bucket and pan, lease one of four open-world claims, dig and process gold, drive heavy machinery, repair breakdowns, and buy equipment upgrades as the business grows.

For you if...

+you enjoy methodical, hands-on machinery and mining tasks
+you want long, grind-heavy single-player progression
+you prefer sandbox goals over multiplayer cooperation

Not for you if...

−you dislike repetitive tasks and slow progression
−you want cooperative or multiplayer mining

What players say

72% of 16,412 reviews are positive · 57% of 64 in the last 30 days

Players praise the hands-on mining loop, machinery, and long solo progression. Common complaints cite persistent bugs, stuttering, and frame-rate degradation during longer sessions. Recent negative reviews also object to fixes and quality-of-life changes being tied to paid editions or DLC rather than base-game updates.

Screenshots and trailer

Gold Mining Simulator system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows 7 (64-bit) or Newer. Doesn't support Mac OS.
Processor: Intel Core i5
Graphics: NVidia GeForce GTX 760
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Storage: 19 GB available space
DirectX: Version 11

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Full controller support
Platforms: Windows
Achievements: 42
Steam features: Workshop, Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards

Steam Deck: Playable

Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
Shows Steam Deck controller icons
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

Multiplayer and co-op

Single-player

Languages

Text only: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Norwegian, Turkish, Dutch.