Gold Mining Simulator
Skip · Strategy · 2017
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 29, under the fair line, at $19.99.
- Cost per hour▼
- $1.83/hr
- Reviews▼
- 73% of 16,438
- Genre rank
- Top 52% Strategy
Holding it back: Reviews, Cost per hour
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 10.9h
- To 100%
- 31.2h 2.9x the story
- Achievements
- 42
Price and sales
- Sales
- 85 on record
- Typical cut
- 50% off
- Steam low
- $2.99 November 2025
- Sale every
- 36d last September 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 472 now
- Cheaper than
- 7% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 45% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
63% start to <1% rarestThis site could not identify an ending achievement for this game, so there is no finish rate. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
Across all 85 discounts in the 9 years tracked, the median cut is 50 percent, about 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.
It is pricier than 93 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Demolish & Build 2018 ($9.99, scores 46) beats it on value, while it beats Truck & Logistics Simulator ($19.99, scores 27).
More about Gold Mining Simulator
This site sampled 800 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 14 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written January 2025 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 30 percent of the 1,336 reviews written there were positive, against 73 percent overall, and those are 9 percent of everything written about it.
Finishing takes 10.9 hours; clearing it takes 31, which is 2.9 times the campaign.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 31 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
Game came out in 2017 but feels like it came out in the early 2000s. 9 years later and the game is still filled to the brim with bugs. Can't even finish the tutorial without it bugging out. It's 2026 and we're still using loading zones that cause your game to freeze in place and stutter. Next to no actual gameplay other than digging dirt. If you want a game similar to this that actually feels like a well made game...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Worst money ive spent lol was having fun but the file has just disappeared twice now and threw 7 hours down the drain back to back. I would not recommend anyone waiting your money on this turd of a game
I recommend this game, yes, but with heavy caveats. I'll just list my concerns. All of that to be said ... there are some good bones to the game here, once and if you move past the problems. Maybe the "definitive" edition update will help some. It is difficult for me to call this a sim. It is very close, and there are some really neat things that I enjoyed seeing as somebody who has actually done some amateur gold...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
Become a gold miner. Work hard, dig deep, explore the world, and you’ll become the wealthiest person in Alaska. Use a variety of specialist machines to find as much gold as you can.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, NVidia GeForce GTX 760, 19 GB of storage. Windows only.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Gold Mining Simulator scores 29/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/451340/gold-mining-simulatorReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Oct 14, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.