Games like Oil Empire
If Oil Empire is your kind of game, the closest matches are Idle Factory, Slime Co. and Fracture Field — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its comedic, contemplative and dark. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Oil Empire: Build a global oil empire in this 2D idle clicker. Construct buildings, produce goods, manage finances and reputation, and sell oil worldwide. Grow from a small refinery to a powerful corporation.
Players who liked Oil Empire also play
Steam players who put hours into Oil Empire also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Idle Factory
WHY THIS
Shares resource management with Oil Empire.
Top pick for Oil Empire fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Oil Empire.
Idle can also build your industrial empire.
Slime Co.
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Oil Empire fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Oil Empire.
Slime Co. is an idle game where you make slime! Buy and upgrade facilities that generate the raw ingredients to make slime, and facilities to make those ingredients into slime.
Fracture Field
WHY THIS
Shares prestige system, automation, indie and a lighthearted mood with Oil Empire.
Third-strongest match for Oil Empire fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Oil Empire.
Fracture Field is an idle/incremental quarry mining game. Shatter rocks with timed swings then invest your earnings into upgrades. Build a fleet of drones to automate your empire, bomb tough layers, and unlock powerful prestige upgrades on your journey to master the quarry.
Factory Town Idle
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with Oil Empire.
Ranked #4 for Oil Empire fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Oil Empire.
An entire town builder experience packed into a living spreadsheet. Build housing, assign workers, then craft and sell a huge variety of items to level up your town and expand your civilization across the world!
Cornerpond
WHY THIS
Shares idle progression, resource management, casual and a relaxing mood with Oil Empire.
Ranked #5 for Oil Empire fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Oil Empire.
A chill idle-fishing desktop toy in the corner of your screen. Buy upgrades, catch rare fish, and customize your avatar at your own pace!
Sixty Four
WHY THIS
Shares idle progression, resource management, indie and a dark mood with Oil Empire.
Ranked #6 for Oil Empire fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Oil Empire.
Dive into the world of Sixty Four, where you transform simple machines into a thriving factory.
Digseum
WHY THIS
Shares clicker, idle progression, casual and a lighthearted mood with Oil Empire.
Ranked #7 for Oil Empire fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Casual with Oil Empire.
Digseum is a short incremental journey about digging up ancient relics and building the greatest museum ever!
Gamblers Table
WHY THIS
Shares prestige system, automation, simulation and a lighthearted mood with Oil Empire.
Ranked #8 for Oil Empire fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Oil Empire.
Gamblers Table is an incremental game where you toss coins to earn money. Buy bigger and better coins, unlock upgrades and hire little helpers to automate the process and take care of all the busy flipping work for you. Simple. Satisfying. Strangely compelling...
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Oil Empire at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Oil Empire on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Oil Empire.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Oil Empire on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Oil Empire.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Oil Empire on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Oil Empire.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Oil Empire on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Oil Empire.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Oil Empire on Steam right now. Shares Simulation and Casual with Oil Empire.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
Peggle Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Oil Empire on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Oil Empire.
Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.
shapez
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with Oil Empire.
Priced ~80% under Oil Empire on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Oil Empire.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Oil Empire on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Oil Empire.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Oil Empire.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Oil Empire.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Oil Empire.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Oil Empire.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Oil Empire.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Oil Empire.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Oil Empire.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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Frequently asked about Oil Empire
- Does Oil Empire run on Steam Deck?
- Oil Empire is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Oil Empire cost?
- Oil Empire is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Oil Empire?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Oil Empire are Idle Factory, Slime Co., Fracture Field.
- Who developed Oil Empire?
- Oil Empire was developed by Digital Deer Studio and published by CreativeForge Games S.A..
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Oil Empire.
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