The meticulously laid out tutorial is in fact very necessary to get started. The tutorial takes you through every step needed to start mining gold. Gold Rush: The Game starts out with a lengthy tutorial. I have to say, I felt a bit cheated because of it.
Sadly, the game doesn’t feature anything in-game linked with the show. To be honest, the affiliation with Discovery Channel and the show was what caught my attention. Surely a great attempt to legitimize this game and bring in some fans of the show. My guess is Code Horizon made a gold mining sandbox game and tried to beef up their sales by asking Discovery Channel if they could use their name. If you were hoping to see more actual tie-ins with the show… you’re out of luck. A small Discovery Channel logo and the same promotional photo used for the first series can be seen in the menus. Gold Rush: The Game is based on the Discovery Channel show starring Parker Schnabel. Playstation and Xbox owners (current and last-gen) can now try their hands on being a gold prospector. Fast forward to 2021 and Code Horizon decided to make it available on consoles. Gold Rush: The Game released back in 2017 on PC.