# Gold Rush 3D Miner Simulator — user reviews > 39 indexed App Store user reviews of Gold Rush 3D Miner Simulator by Dmitry Ognev, rated 4.47/5 from 251 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gold-rush-3d-miner-simulator/id6480463236/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gold-rush-3d-miner-simulator/id6480463236.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 185 · 4★ 27 · 3★ 22 · 2★ 5 · 1★ 12 ## What do users think of Gold Rush 3D Miner Simulator? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 🎮 Immersive and realistic mining gameplay experience - 🎨 Beautiful graphics and visual design - 😌 Calm and engaging atmosphere - 👍 Well-made game mechanics overall - ⏭️ No ads during tutorial (positive ad-free moments) - 💎 Addictive gameplay loop - 🌟 Strong concept and early-stage potential **Cons** - 📺 Excessive and intrusive ads throughout gameplay - 🐛 Frequent lag and performance issues - ⛽ Fuel consumption too rapid for vehicle usefulness - 🚶 Excessive walking between stations/tables - 🪨 Ore/gold spawn and respawn problems - ⏸️ Slow interface transitions between actions - 🎯 Ad banners blocking gameplay elements and buttons - 📱 Poor optimization for older devices (iPhone 6) **Commonly reported bugs** - Gold disappears after sorting process - Metal detectors stop working after extended play - Ore stuck under indestructible walls in stage 2 - Bucket glitch prevents washing and sorting - Blacksmith unable to craft ingots (says no gold ore) - Gas tractor cannot be refueled - Existing players locked out of building after update - Game freezes/unresponsive during action transitions - Dynamite spawn mechanics unclear/inconsistent - Price slider moves too fast during selling **Most requested features** - More gold/ore spawn locations and respawn mechanics - Additional maps and larger exploration areas - Tool and equipment upgrades - Vehicle storage system (truck/utility vehicle) - Ability to move workstations closer together - Sprint/faster movement option - More treasure types and varieties - Third map/area expansion - Wash plant and sluice box equipment - Transaction history showing past sales - Cabin or starting area to reduce travel time - More diverse game dialogue ## Newest reviews (12 of 39) ### 4/5 — Potential *2025-05-18* The start is awesome honestly, but it seems new gold spots don’t spawn or respawn so once you’ve gotten most of it you then spend all your time running around looking for something that isn’t there. So the one improvement I would suggest is a lot more gold spots or have them respawn. ### 4/5 — Soooo, ignore my other reviews dear devs *2025-05-11, version 1.3.1* I had written some pretty long reviews earlier, which I do apologise for. I’ve now found out that (atleast for me) the dynamite only spawns after purchasing 2 units. After using it, I also found out it explodes the massive rocks. So top tip for new players: use way more dynamite in area 2. Keep up the great work devs! I’m sure with just a bit longer in the oven, this’ll be a great game! ### 4/5 — Found a bug* *2025-04-15* Bucket glitched- Bucket thinks I have materials in it. But the game doesn’t detect it, so I’m stuck. Cannot wash, sort, or collect new materials. So the game is stuck. Just wanted bring some awareness to the bug. ### 4/5 — Slow interface ad transitions *2025-04-11* I just started playing, im enjoying it early on. One note: whenever youre done with an action like collecting material or washing or sorting, whatever it is, there’s a second or two of pause, where i can move the joystick and drag on screen but nothing happens. This is really annoying please fix it. As soon as a task is done, you should able to move and look again instantly. Second note: please allow sprinting and a feature that lets you move tables both purchased ones and default ones. There’s too much walking between table to table. I hope this feedback is implemented very soon. Thank you. ### 4/5 — Bug Report *2025-04-05* The game is amazing and seems very fun and engaging but after about an hour of playing my detectors didn’t seem to be detecting anything as if they just stopped working ### 4/5 — Need Help *2025-03-31, version 1.3.1* I’d like to know all the secrets and tricks of the game, it is very interesting ### 5/5 — Absolutely stunning *2025-02-23* Me and my buddy are big time barring sea and gold rush fans I really hope for more updates and for this game to advance and thrive and get better and better! We love this game DOWNLOAD IT! **Developer response:** Thank you for your support! We plan to expand the game further ### 5/5 — Pretty awesome game *2025-02-21* Can’t wait for more updates I’ve had some fun so far can’t wait to see what’s next **Developer response:** Thank you for your review! We plan to expand the game further! ### 5/5 — New additions *2025-02-19* Thank you for your interest in our opinions, and I hope to add a third land and better equipment soon. **Developer response:** Thank you for your attention to our game! We try to support the game with regular updates. ### 5/5 — Very good game just needs a few more updates *2025-02-19, version 1.3.0* Fantastic game honestly and I hope there’s more to come it gets a bit boring at first but at the same time very addictive and pls pls bring more updates thanks. ### 5/5 — Need the update before it’s too late *2025-02-02, version 1.3.0* Fantastic game and great graphics but the updates are needed asap please. If it’s left too long unfinished then people will lose interest ### 4/5 — Really fun game looking forward to the updates *2025-01-27* Amazing game love the graphics and everything you do to get the gold. It’ll be pretty cool and the next upcoming updates if you could add like a wash plant and slush box or just make the area bigger great game! **Developer response:** Thank you for your review and your wishes! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Glitchy with constant ads *2025-05-12, version 1.3.1* Has potential but has WAY too many ads, more than Ive seen in any other game and is very laggy ### 1/5 — Ads Ruined It *2025-02-09, version 1.3.0* Played maybe 5 minutes. Two long ads. Deleted game. ### 1/5 — Existing players *2024-10-23* The new update wont let existing players that have already got to the 2nd area build anything at all. Says everything is locked untill you go through the demo. Well existing players dont get the demo so we cant build. **Developer response:** Thank you for your review! We are currently actively preparing a major update for the App Store ### 1/5 — Not enough gold *2024-07-11, version 1.0.20* The title ### 2/5 — Buggy *2025-05-07, version 1.3.1* Game was working fine for an hour or so, now my detectors wont work. Cant’t progress. Please fix ### 2/5 — Great but flawed *2025-03-19, version 1.3.0* Loved the game but many flaws that make gameplay hard to enjoy. Too frequent ads, machines consume fuel too rapidly to justify their use. Otherwise a really good game. ### 3/5 — Ad free should be AD FREE *2025-06-02* So many of these games, if I pay for a premium service such as ad free, this should be ALL ADS not just the third party annoyance ones but the developers ads as well, if it says watch an ad to sell items for this amount I should not have to watch an ad, it should be a given…possibly limit the amounts you can choose the option but still no ads, if I see a notification on the game somewhere that when clicked it shows me offers from the dev, fantastic! Forcing them over top of gameplay is shady practice. Also, if the prerequisite to resetting the ore is to retrieve it all, maybe not hide some under the indestructible walls in stage 2 🤷🏻‍♂️ I can only mine from the first stage repeatedly with less reward. ### 3/5 — It was ok *2025-06-02* Beginning was fun but gold doesn’t respawn and I spent 2k on gas for the tractor which you can’t ride unless you fill it with gas but there was no way to fill it up… overall it was fun until these issues. Hope they improve this game ### 3/5 — Great Concept, Needs Improvement *2025-05-08* I could see myself really loving this game. Unfortunately, a couple of factors make it unplayable. There’s a lot of lag which really hinders actions like shaking the pan and using the metal detector indicator to find gold. Also, the ads really get in the way. Not only are you served a video ad virtually every time you complete an action, but the banner ads at the top actually block gameplay elements like buttons and instructions. I’d love to see this game get better with improvements! ### 3/5 — Good but needs work *2025-02-15* Can’t finish mining the second area because the material is being detected in the mountains where we can’t dig. Please fix this. **Developer response:** Thank you for your review! We will fix this in the next updates ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — W Game *2025-06-13, version 1.3.1* Completed the tutorial without a ad break W devs ### 5/5 — The most realistic game ever made *2025-05-06* Absolutely love how the gameplay mimics and feels like your really mining for gold and the calm atmosphere helps to. I’m to eager to see more added in the future 10/10 👍😎. ### 5/5 — Devolepor I love you read my text *2025-05-05* can you pls fix the lag my iPhone 6 can’t handle your game ### 5/5 — Có một vài lỗi nhỏ *2025-04-24, version 1.3.1* Game nên tạo ra nhiều quặng hơn, để mn có thể đẩy nhanh tiến độ xây dựng nhà cửa, và có thể sửa lỗi khi đã hết quặng ở khu vực 2 và có một số quặng bị kẹt dưới những tảng đá to, kh đào được, có thể dùng boom nhưng nên sửa lại, thanks! ### 5/5 — Great Game *2025-04-17, version 1.3.1* GREAT GAMEEE ### 5/5 — Really Good Game, So FAR! *2025-04-16, version 1.3.1* All round well made game could do with some more updates but I’m sure we will see some very soon :) ### 5/5 — Amazing, can’t wait for more *2025-04-07* Beautiful game. Exactly what I have wanted for awhile now when I think of mining simulator. Obviously more tool upgrades would be awesome, more maps, the sort. But what would also be cool is if you created cabin or smaller starting areas vs running from table to table at the start. Or put the tables in the middle of the areas. Also some more ore would be awesome. Find inspection from other games for treasures or items. Amazing game can’t wait to see what else you come up with to add. I’ll be trying your other games!!❤️ ### 5/5 — Gold miner tips *2025-03-30* Great game I was playing it when it first came out so much improvement since then Some things to consider a car not a digger a truck or utility vehicle to store ore in the bed and another area I know area 2 is really big but I want a bigger map eventually thanks for the game ### 5/5 — Продолжайте развивать *2025-03-25, version 1.3.0* Игра вообще огонь Хотелось бы больше разных видов сокровища И разных локаций ### 5/5 — Very good game *2025-03-19* So fun. I love the concept, it is early game, but it is very well put together. A few things to consider working on are some of the games dialog, being able to move the starting work stations, when you go to sell your loot the price moves way to fast imo and it would be awesome to show past sells with the weight and price sold at. Got a few other ideas but don’t want the review to be super long. Thank you for the game and reading my review. **Developer response:** Thank you for your rating and your ideas, we will think about it! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-06-10.*