Gold Rush! Classic (2014)
- Developer
- The Software Farm, Sunlight Games, Sierra Entertainment
- Publisher
- Sunlight Games
- Platforms
- Windows
- Genres
- Action, Adventure
- Rating
- 3.6 of 5, 414 player ratings
- Typical playtime
- about 4.2 hours
- Where to get it
- Steam
How it feels
A slow, methodical pixel-art adventure where you retrace historical gold-rush routes, solving puzzles and overcoming obstacles.
retropixel graphicsdifficultexplorationhistoricalslow pacedpoint & clickwestern
What players say
Players call Gold Rush! Classic a pure 1980s Sierra adventure with a text parser, historical setting, and branching routes to California. The difficulty splits people: some enjoy the challenge and multiple endings, while others find it punishing with soft-locks, invisible time limits, and puzzles that require brute force or a walkthrough.
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