Gold Mining Simulator
The first 3 hours are a test
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours most reviews are negative (69%); after 15h it's 1 in 5 (21%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- The opening is criticised more than in 95% of games we track.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- Only 63% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 16,518 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 19.7h for positive, 12.7h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (63.2% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.
All achievements (42)
story milestone ending side
- Big Fish Setup Tier 3 Wash Plant 100%
- I Melt With You I Smelt 1oz Gold Bar 84%
- Gold Digger I Collect 10 oz of Gold 82%
- Wash It All Away I Setup Fully Upgraded Tier 1 Wash Plant 81%
- Get That Gasoline Blues I Use 100l of fuel 81%
- I Can't Drive 55 I Drive 10km with Vehicles 78%
- I Melt With You II Smelt 10oz Gold Bar 67%
- Wash It All Away II Setup Fully Upgraded Tier 2 Wash Plant 66%
- Gold Digger II Collect 100 oz of Gold 53%
- Get That Gasoline Blues II Use 1000l of fuel 44%
- Work from Home I Hire 1 worker 40%
- Dismantle, Repair I Repair 1 part 34%
- Magnetised I Collect 10 oz of Magnetite 26%
- Magnetised II Collect 100 oz of Magnetite 25%
- Drill Instructor I Make 10 Drills 25%
- Wash It All Away III Setup Fully Upgraded Tier 3 Wash Plant 23%
- Magnetised III Collect 1000 oz of Magnetite 20%
- All I Wanted Was a Car Buy each Vehicle 15%
- All Night Long Collect 70oz of Gold during a night 15%
- I Can't Drive 55 II Drive 100km with Vehicles 14%
- Gold Digger III Collect 1000 oz of Gold 14%
- Drill Instructor II Make 100 Drills 13%
- Till I Collapse Play 10 hours non stop 11%
- Life for Rent Rent all Claims 10%
- My Claim to Fame Buy all Claims 10%
- I Melt With You III Smelt 100oz Gold Bar 10%
- Get That Gasoline Blues III Use 10000l of fuel 9.2%
- Dismantle, Repair II Repair 10 Parts 9.0%
- Gold on the Ceiling I Collect 1M$ 6.0%
- Don't Worry Be Happy End Season at Hotel 6.0%
- I Can't Drive 55 III Drive 1000km with Vehicles 4.0%
- Work from Home II Hire 10 workers 3.8%
- In 2 Deep Drill 90% of Every Claim 2.7%
- Drill Instructor III Make 1000 Drills 2.5%
- Gold on the Ceiling II Collect 5M$ 2.1%
- Dismantle, Repair III Repair 100 Parts 1.4%
- Gold on the Ceiling III Collect 10M$ 1.4%
- Work from Home III Hire 20 workers 1.4%
- Deep Enough Dig 70% of each claim 1.3%
- My Name Is Collect all stories 0.9%
- Is That For Me? Buy each possible thing in the game 0.6%
- I Break Everything I Touch Destroy each possible part 0.6%