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.
*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
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.
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?
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.
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.
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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Languages: English*, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America*languages with full audio support
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Starting out the game did glitch out in the intro cabin, but after that didn't have any performance issues. A few times something would stop working, like being able to drink from the lake or save at a camp fire (still able to save at the save boxes). Just exited out and reloaded it and it was fine. I think the game is fairly deep crafting wise and I look forward to all the new things I'll discover. I do like how expanding your inventory can be done by finding a bigger backpack, cargo shorts or vest with pockets, all cool elements. Food, water and cold all seem realistic, eating once or twice a day is good and doesn't seem like thats all I do is look for food. My only complaint is trying to walk up hills is clunky and its incredibly easy to get fall damage from going down them. Overall I think the game is entertaining and worth the price. Thank you developers
This game is honestly amazing. The team that is developing it is always present to help and they update regularly. Honestly a 10 out of 10
Nach über 85 Stunden Spielzeit kann ich das Spiel definitiv empfehlen. The Gold River Project bietet eine wunderschöne Spielwelt, die zum Erkunden einlädt. Besonders gefallen haben mir die Erkundungstouren, die Steckbriefe und die Geschichte, die nach und nach immer mehr Geheimnisse preisgibt. Es macht Spaß, Hinweise zu sammeln und die Hintergründe der Ereignisse Stück für Stück selbst zu entdecken. Auch Crafting, Basenbau und das Survival-Gameplay sind gut umgesetzt und sorgen dafür, dass es immer etwas zu tun gibt. Das neue Update mit den Kanus ist ebenfalls richtig gelungen und macht das Erkunden der Gewässer noch abwechslungsreicher und immersiver. Gerade im Koop mit Freunden entstehen dadurch viele spannende und lustige Momente. Natürlich befindet sich das Spiel noch im Early Access. Trotzdem merkt man, dass die Entwickler viel Herzblut in das Projekt stecken. Es erscheinen regelmäßig Updates mit neuen Inhalten, Verbesserungen und Fehlerbehebungen, und das Spiel entwickelt sich stetig weiter. Wer Open-World-Survival, Erkundung und eine spannende Geschichte mit Geheimnissen mag, sollte The Gold River Project unbedingt eine Chance geben. Von mir gibt es eine klare Empfehlung. Ich freue mich schon auf die kommenden Updates und darauf, wohin sich das Spiel noch entwickeln wird. 👍
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