The Gold River Project
Fairview Games Inc.
Single or multiplayer open world camping adventure game where you and your friends are offered a remote camping trip. One week turns into several as you suspect your guide is never coming back. Deserted, you discover you are trapped in an experiment to see if you can survive.
PERFORMANCE NOTICE
This is a demanding UE5 game in Early Access development. To make sure you have the best experience, please try the free demo before purchasing.
If your system runs the demo well, it will run the full game. Demo save progress carries over.
Thanks for supporting The Gold River Project. Happy hiking!
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DEMO INFO
The Demo offers a limited amount of playtime set in the Summer season, where each playthrough is unique. It’s a safe and welcoming environment to get familiar with the world and its systems. We’ll continue updating the demo with fixes and optimizations ahead of Early Access.
Early Access will introduce new seasons, expanded content, additional threats, unique challenges, and most importantly, unlimited playtime.
If your system can run the Demo, you can run the Early Access version.
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About the Game
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.
CAMP SOLO OR WITH FRIENDS
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.
A TRUE CAMPING SURVIVAL EXPERIENCE
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?
BRAVE THE ELEMENTS
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.
EVOLVING SEASONS
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.
THE WALL
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.
FEATURES
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Multiplayer: Survive by yourself or with friends in online co-op!
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Crafting: Build survival equipment, weapons, farm plots and more to help you stay alive!
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Research: Learn new things to craft from items you find or from trade.
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Build: Expand your campsite to prepare for what's to come.
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Scavenge: All items are all useful, it's up to you to figure it out how.
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Puzzles, Stealth or Discovery: There is more than one way out.
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Progress: Play at your own pace. No time restrictions.
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Replayability: Substations, supplies and points of interest - these locations change with each new play through.
