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Gold Mining Simulator

Become the gold miner. Work hard, dig deep, explore the world, and you’ll become the wealthiest man in Alaska. Use a variety of highly-detailed machines to find as much gold as you can.

65 13 October 2017

Gold Mining Simulator is an indie developed by Code Horizon, released 13 October 2017 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Gold Mining Simulator is

Gold Mining Simulator is an indie game developed by Code Horizon and released in 2017. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Become the gold miner. Work hard, dig deep, explore the world, and you’ll become the wealthiest man in Alaska. Use a variety of highly-detailed machines to find as much gold as you can.
Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are kids. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 42 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Gold Mining Simulator holds a critic score of 65 out of 100. That places it above 23% of the 5,098 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored 6 points below the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i5, 8 GB RAM and NVidia GeForce GTX 760. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 19GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Gold Mining Simulator launched on 13 October 2017, within three weeks of Call of Duty: WWII, Super Mario Odyssey, Cuphead and Assassin's Creed Origins. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 4 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Call of Duty: WWII, Super Mario Odyssey, Cuphead, Assassin's Creed Origins.

Official trailer

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Quick answers

Gold Mining Simulator — frequently asked questions

When did Gold Mining Simulator come out?
Gold Mining Simulator was released on 13 October 2017 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Gold Mining Simulator?
At minimum, Gold Mining Simulator needs Intel Core i5, 8 GB RAM, NVidia GeForce GTX 760 graphics, 19 GB available space of storage.
How many GB is Gold Mining Simulator?
The PC version needs about 19 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("19 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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