Game overview
The Gold River Project
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.
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The Gold River Project™ throws you and your friends on an epic camping survival adventure! Try to escape a grueling experiment across one of the largest private nature reserves in the Pacific Northwest. You are being watched, studied and manipulated at every turn. Solve the mysteries within and try to survive another day. Players logging 100+ hours are still finding new points of interest, lore, and content, and the game is still growing.
FEATURES
*New* Free Mariner Update: Kayaks, scuba, boats, new fishing systems & new underwater locations to explore.
Replayability: Substations, supplies and points of interest - these locations change with each new play through.
Base Building: Craft and expand your campsite to prepare for what's to come.
Puzzles, Stealth or Discovery: There is more than one way out of this experiment.
Crafting: Craft and Build campsite essentials, weapons, farm plots and more to help you stay alive!
Multiplayer: Survive by yourself or with friends in online co-op!
Learn: Discover new things to craft from items you find or from trade.
Scavenge: All items are all useful, it's up to you to figure it out how.
Progress: Play at your own pace. No time restrictions. Prepare accordingly for upcoming challenges.
Engine: Built in Unreal Engine 5.4.4 upgrading to 5.7.4 summer 2026
CAMP SOLO OR WITH FRIENDS
Welcome to Gold River! A remote camping adventure you can play alone or with up to 4 friends. A chartered float plane will drop you off by beautiful lakes where you can kayak, hike the gorgeous trails, make camp and survive the elements.
A TRUE CAMPING SURVIVAL EXPERIENCE
One week turns into several as you suspect your guide is never coming back. Deserted, you discover you are trapped and now an unwilling lab rat. Can you survive an ever changing, artificial environment and it's inhabitants?
BRAVE THE ELEMENTS
Manage health, hydration, hunger, fatigue, and temperature. Use your survival skills and earn badges as you learn new ones. Outlast nature and uncover the perils of what lies beneath the surface.
EVOLVING SEASONS
The world shifts with time. Hunt in the abundance of summer, forage in the dying colors of fall, and fight for warmth in the frozen quiet of winter. Find your way through increasingly harsh environments and outsmart your captors to survive and escape.
THE WALL
Discover a mysterious barrier dividing the forest. Solve environmental puzzles, sneak past security patrols, or piece together scavenged tech to bring it down your own way.
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System requirements Windows
Windows
Minimum
Minimum:- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10 (64-bit versions)
- Processor: Intel Core i7-4790 / AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 6-core or better
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA RTX 2080 Ti 11GB / AMD Radeon 6750 XT or better
- DirectX: Version 12
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 80 GB available space
- Additional Notes: 10 GB or more of VRAM is required. Requires internet connection for multiplayer. Servers are player hosted. SSD hard drive required.
Recommended
Recommended:- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 11
- Processor: Intel Core i7 8700K / AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 6-core or better
- Memory: 32 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA RTX 3080 10GB / AMD Radeon 6800 XT
- DirectX: Version 12
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 80 GB available space
- Additional Notes: 10 GB or more of VRAM is required. Requires internet connection for multiplayer. Servers are player hosted.
Game details Languages, features & support
- Publisher
- Fairview Games Inc., Sightline Games
- Brazilian rating
- 14
- Steam Germany rating
- 16
- Content warning
- There is simulated shooting and killing of other players and animals. Minimal blood and gore.
- Achievements
- 25
- Controller support
- partial
- Features
- Single-player, Multi-player, Co-op, Online Co-op, Steam Achievements, Partial Controller Support, Steam Cloud, Family Sharing
- Languages
- English*, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America
*languages with full audio support - Website
- Official website ↗
- Support
- [email protected] Support site ↗
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Buy Verdict
Not the best time to buy. Price could improve with future sales.
Value Score
Price-to-player ratio ranks in the 38th percentile. Priced as Market at $24.99.
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