Games like Gold Rush! Anniversary
If Gold Rush! Anniversary is your kind of game, the closest matches are Gold Rush! 2, Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization and Colonial Conquest — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its double click skips screens, nostalgia for sierra classics and preserves original puzzles. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Gold Rush! Anniversary: Gold Rush! takes you back to the year 1849, when gold was discovered in California. It was certainly one of the most exciting times in American history. Gold Rush! includes the three routes tens of thousands took to the gold regions. Become Jerrod Wilson and experience each trek as you travel from New York to California.
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Gold Rush! 2
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Top pick for Gold Rush! Anniversary fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gold Rush! Anniversary.
The gold rush continues! The story of the sequel came from the pen of the developers of the original game. Jake and Jerrod Wilson found the richest vein of gold in California’s Mother Lode! But in their home town it’s not always good. A gang, who Jake and Jerrod personally knew leads Brooklyn and the has become very powerful.
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization
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Shares a nostalgic mood with Gold Rush! Anniversary.
Second-strongest match for Gold Rush! Anniversary fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Gold Rush! Anniversary.
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization is the third offering in the award winning Civilization IV series. A re-imagining of the classic Colonization game Sid Meier created in 1994, Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization is a total conversion of the Civilization IV engine into a game experience in which players will lead a European...
Colonial Conquest
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Shares a retro mood with Gold Rush! Anniversary.
Third-strongest match for Gold Rush! Anniversary fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gold Rush! Anniversary.
Colonial Conquest is a conquest simulation set in the Victorian age of warfare and expansion of the late 1800's and early 1900's.
Gold Rush! Classic
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Shares a nostalgic mood with Gold Rush! Anniversary.
Ranked #4 for Gold Rush! Anniversary fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Gold Rush! Anniversary.
Gold Rush! takes you back to the year 1849, when gold was discovered in California. It was certainly one of the most exciting times in American history. Gold Rush! includes the three routes tens of thousands took to the gold regions. Become Jerrod Wilson and experience each trek as you travel from New York to California.
Adam's Venture: Origins
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Ranked #5 for Gold Rush! Anniversary fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gold Rush! Anniversary.
Embark on a bold adventure in Adam’s Venture: Origins. Set in the roaring 20’s, in Adam’s Venture: Origins you will explore ancient ruins, and recover mysterious artifacts. Together with your trusted accomplice Evelyn, you will have to outsmart the evil Clairvaux company.
Take Command - 2nd Manassas
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Ranked #6 for Gold Rush! Anniversary fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gold Rush! Anniversary.
Your quest for the true immersive Civil War battle experience ends here. Voted in PC Gamers list of Best 100 Games of All Time, Take Command is an RTCS "Real-Time Combat Simulator" and you've never played anything like it!
Royal Defense
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Shares a retro mood with Gold Rush! Anniversary.
Ranked #7 for Gold Rush! Anniversary fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gold Rush! Anniversary.
The castle needs a hero – hordes of trolls are surrounding it! Build towers, save money, learn spells - don't let the enemy in! Follow the exciting story of the dwarven kingdom's eternal struggle against the troll hordes, who want only to crush the dwarves and claim their territory.
Sid Meier's Civilization® III Complete
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Shares a nostalgic mood with Gold Rush! Anniversary.
Ranked #8 for Gold Rush! Anniversary fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Gold Rush! Anniversary.
Sid Meier's Civilization III: Complete, the latest offering in the Sid Meier's Civilization III franchise, provides gaming fans with Sid Meier's Civilization III, the highly-addictive journey of discovery.
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The Oregon Trail
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Shares a nostalgic mood with Gold Rush! Anniversary.
Reviewers of Gold Rush! Anniversary cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Gold Rush! Anniversary.
The Oregon Trail is back in a beautiful blend of charming pixel art characters, 3D environments, and cutting-edge lighting and visual effects!
Gold Rush! Classic
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Shares a nostalgic mood with Gold Rush! Anniversary.
Reviewers of Gold Rush! Anniversary cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Gold Rush! Anniversary.
Gold Rush! takes you back to the year 1849, when gold was discovered in California. It was certainly one of the most exciting times in American history. Gold Rush! includes the three routes tens of thousands took to the gold regions. Become Jerrod Wilson and experience each trek as you travel from New York to California.
King's Quest
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Shares puzzle solving and a nostalgic mood with Gold Rush! Anniversary.
Reviewers of Gold Rush! Anniversary cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Gold Rush! Anniversary.
King’s Quest is a collection of five different chapter releases, each focusing on an untold tale in Graham’s past. Discover a wondrous world full of whimsical characters, charming puzzles and perilous dangers in this fun and enchanting coming of age story.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Gold Rush! Anniversary at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~80% under Gold Rush! Anniversary on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gold Rush! Anniversary.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
The Test
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Priced ~60% under Gold Rush! Anniversary on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gold Rush! Anniversary.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~70% under Gold Rush! Anniversary on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gold Rush! Anniversary.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
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Priced ~80% under Gold Rush! Anniversary on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Gold Rush! Anniversary.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
shapez
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Priced ~80% under Gold Rush! Anniversary on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gold Rush! Anniversary.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
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Priced ~60% under Gold Rush! Anniversary on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gold Rush! Anniversary.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
The NOexistenceN of you AND me
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Priced ~60% under Gold Rush! Anniversary on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gold Rush! Anniversary.
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
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Priced ~80% under Gold Rush! Anniversary on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Gold Rush! Anniversary.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Gold Rush! Anniversary.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Gold Rush! Anniversary.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Gold Rush! Anniversary.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Gold Rush! Anniversary.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Gold Rush! Anniversary.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Gold Rush! Anniversary.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Gold Rush! Anniversary.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
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Game Tycoon 1.5
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Shares a retro mood with Gold Rush! Anniversary.
Another title from Sunlight Games, the studio behind Gold Rush! Anniversary. Shares Strategy with Gold Rush! Anniversary.
Welcome to the Game Industry!The year is 1982. Three young entrepreneurs discover the computer and potential to strike it rich in the Games Industry! Their love for computer games is a common bond that they all share but they are also in fierce competition with one another in a race to build a successful Games Development House…They...
Game Tycoon 2
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Another title from Sunlight Games, the studio behind Gold Rush! Anniversary. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gold Rush! Anniversary.
In Game Tycoon 2 you find yourself in the middle of the big players. Get into the act and experience the fascination of the game development. Reach your goal and become the Game Tycoon!
Gold Rush! Classic
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Gold Rush! Anniversary.
Another title from Sunlight Games, the studio behind Gold Rush! Anniversary. Shares Adventure with Gold Rush! Anniversary.
Gold Rush! takes you back to the year 1849, when gold was discovered in California. It was certainly one of the most exciting times in American history. Gold Rush! includes the three routes tens of thousands took to the gold regions. Become Jerrod Wilson and experience each trek as you travel from New York to California.
One Hundred Ways
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Another title from Sunlight Games, the studio behind Gold Rush! Anniversary. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gold Rush! Anniversary.
100 (115!) tricky levels to solve “One Hundred Ways” to achieve it! The goal - make the ball reach its goal. Sounds simple - but it's not!
Gold Rush! 2
WHY THIS
Another title from Sunlight Games, the studio behind Gold Rush! Anniversary. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gold Rush! Anniversary.
The gold rush continues! The story of the sequel came from the pen of the developers of the original game. Jake and Jerrod Wilson found the richest vein of gold in California’s Mother Lode! But in their home town it’s not always good. A gang, who Jake and Jerrod personally knew leads Brooklyn and the has become very powerful.
Gangsters 1920
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Another title from Sunlight Games, the studio behind Gold Rush! Anniversary. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gold Rush! Anniversary.
Explore the gloomy roads of the surreal 1920s underworld and find the relevant hints...
Construction Playground
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Another title from Sunlight Games, the studio behind Gold Rush! Anniversary. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gold Rush! Anniversary.
Construction Playground is the ideal place to let off steam playfully in VR and control great vehicles and devices! It's an immersive VR experience on the construction site!
Two Hundred Ways
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Another title from Sunlight Games, the studio behind Gold Rush! Anniversary. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gold Rush! Anniversary.
Two Hundred Ways gives puzzle fans twice as many mental challenges to overcome. The mission of each of its 200 levels sounds easy: guide one or more balls to the exit. But levels with up to three different layers and numerous ball traps don't make this task a walk in the park.
Frequently asked about Gold Rush! Anniversary
- How much does Gold Rush! Anniversary cost?
- Gold Rush! Anniversary is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Gold Rush! Anniversary?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Gold Rush! Anniversary are Gold Rush! 2, Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization, Colonial Conquest.
- Who developed Gold Rush! Anniversary?
- Gold Rush! Anniversary was developed by Sunlight Games.
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