The Gold River Project

Early Access · Steam

A camping trip gone wrong in the Pacific Northwest. Explore, craft, build and survive — solo or with up to 4 friends.

You're being watched.
Welcome to the reserve.

A dream camping trip in the Pacific Northwest turns sinister fast. You're trapped inside a vast nature reserve, your guide is never coming back, and something — or someone — is watching your every move. Explore, craft, and survive across shifting seasons, solo or with up to four friends, while you piece together who built this place and how to get out.

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Camp solo, or with up to four friends.

Everything in the reserve works in co-op. Split the work, share the shelter, and watch each other's backs — or go in alone and find out how loud the forest gets.

Co-op camp in the reserve — two shelters, fishing and kayaks on the lakeshore
1–4 PLAYERS

Join the community.

2,900+ players in Discord — where updates, bug reports, and the roadmap get discussed first.

50+ patches shipped since Early Access launched, most of them shaped directly by what players report.

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Actively updated.
The water just opened up.

Mariner is the first large content update of Early Access — new ways to move, fish, craft, and survive across the reserve. More is already in the works.

Kayaks — paddle the lakes of the reserve
KAYAKS
Motorboats
MotorboatsMore speed. More range. More of the map.
Fishing
FishingCast, catch, and cook. A full fishing system, finally.
Expanded Crafting
Expanded CraftingUpdated crafting system.
Community QoL
Community QoLFixes and improvements built directly from your feedback.
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Six people. One wilderness.

Two of the founders grew up in the Pacific Northwest, worked together at other studios, and eventually decided to build the game they actually wanted to play. Six people later, here we are. Every update comes from what the community tells us — and that's not going to change.

Ready to get in the water?

Early Access means you can play right now, at a price that typically goes up at full launch, and you get to be part of shaping the game along the way.

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Dev notes, patch previews, and update announcements straight from the team.

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