| Poll | Players |
|---|---|
| 09:28 UTC | 5 |
| 05:27 UTC | 3 |
| 03:07 UTC | 2 |
| 13 Nov, 23:06 UTC | 3 |
| 13 Nov, 19:05 UTC | 5 |
| 13 Nov, 17:02 UTC | 9 |
| 13 Nov, 13:01 UTC | 5 |
| 13 Nov, 09:00 UTC | 2 |
| 13 Nov, 04:59 UTC | 5 |
| 13 Nov, 00:55 UTC | 3 |
| 12 Nov, 20:51 UTC | 4 |
| 12 Nov, 17:32 UTC | 5 |
| 12 Nov, 13:31 UTC | 4 |
Player counts over time, as we observed them.
Source: Steam Web API, ISteamUserStats/GetNumberOfCurrentPlayers. Full methodology
Search the Australian outback for gold in a first-person prospecting survival simulation. Tune your detector, dig up targets, wash paydirt, manage food, water, heat and fuel, and keep your camp running.

The Nugget Update: Soil, Loaders and Faster Saves (13 Nov 2026): Players peaked at 1.6× the week before's average. Since it came out, players were level with the week before.
| Update | Peak After | Change |
|---|---|---|
| The Nugget Update: Soil, Loaders and Faster Saves13 Nov 2026 · week before: 5 of 7 days; 0.5 of 7 days so far | 5 (1.6×) | 0% |
| The Nugget Update: Weather, Trucks and Longer Days13 Nov 2026 · week before: 4.8 of 7 days; 0.7 of 7 days so far; next update a day later | 5 (1.6×) | +13% |
| The Nugget Update: excavators, piles and trucks12 Nov 2026 · week before: 3.8 of 7 days; 1.6 of 7 days so far; next update a day later | 9 (3.2×) | +50% |
| The Nugget Hotfix: excavator, claims and soil11 Nov 2026 · week before: 2.8 of 7 days; 2.6 of 7 days so far; next update a day later | 9 (3.1×) | +24% |
| Update: smoother camp, better co-op, clearer tutorial9 Nov 2026 · week before: 0.9 of 7 days; 4.5 of 7 days so far; next update 2 days later | 9 (2.7×) | −3% |
| Update: much smoother, 1.8 GB less video memory, new landscape9 Nov 2026 · week before: 0.7 of 7 days; 4.8 of 7 days so far; next update a day later | 10 (10×) | +250% |
Average players over the 7 days before and after each update post, and the most at once in the week after. Updates since we started counting this game’s players. How we count
| Month | Average | Change | Change % | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2026Nov 2026 (so far) (from 9 Nov) | 3 | — | — | 10 |
Average and peak concurrent players each month, and the change in average players from the month before.