$24.99Groundwork Simulator Dig dirt, find gold
Run a gold-mining outfit from bare ground up: dig and reshape the terrain with excavators, loaders and bulldozers, haul dirt to your wash plant, and recover gold to keep the operation growing. Solo or in online co-op, it is heavy machinery with a payday attached.
Is Groundwork Simulator worth it?
Groundwork Simulator is worth it if…
- you like tycoon games about running one working site instead of a city
- you like operating diggers, loaders, dozers and trucks at your own pace
- you want online co-op where friends split digging, hauling and washing
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Digging that reshapes the site
You cut into a hillside, pile the spoil to one side, and watch your trench become the road you now have to drive. The excavation has hydraulic resistance, so you adjust the bucket angle and power to fill it cleanly. Dozers push grades up, loaders scrape ground level, and every load changes slopes and traction for the next trip. It is slow, physical work that pays off when the bucket comes up full.
From test hole to gold recovery
You drill and test ground to find where the gold sits, pick a digging spot, then set up sluice boxes and a shaking table to process what you dig. Excavated material goes through the wash plant, concentrate gets refined, and gold is the result that funds the next move. Pumps and hoses bring water to the setup, so placing equipment and routing connections matters as much as digging in the right place.
A small company of machines
Tycoon fans get the business loop here: choose ground, move material, keep the wash plant fed and watered, and turn dirt into income. You can run every machine yourself or split the work in online co-op, with one player on the excavator while another hauls between the dig and the plant. Trailers and trucks move machines to new worksites over rough ground, mud and slopes included, so planning routes is part of the profit.
Good to know?
Can you play it solo?
Yes. You can run the whole operation yourself, from drilling test holes to digging, hauling and washing, or share the machines in online co-op.
How do you find the gold?
You explore the open world, drill and test for deposits, then dig where the ground looks promising and wash that material through sluice boxes and the shaking table.
What does water do?
Washing needs it. You place pumps, run hoses across the site, and keep water flowing to the wash plant as the worksite grows and moves.
