Games like OIL.EXE
If OIL.EXE is your kind of game, the closest matches are Market Chain 98, Silicon Architect and Boardroom — picked from the ranked list below. 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.EXE: Drill the wells. Run the refinery. Read the market. OIL is a free text-based simulation of running a petroleum operation, played at a 1980s green-phosphor terminal. End each year richer or bankrupt. Mind the bear market. Climb the leaderboard.
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Steam players who put hours into OIL.EXE 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.
Market Chain 98
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Top pick for OIL.EXE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with OIL.EXE.
Build your Market Chain in this retro incremental game set inside a nostalgic 90s operating system. Start with a small shop, manage bank loans, expand your logistics hubs, and unlock global upgrades through your Portfolio. Fill your desktop with windows and dominate the market!
Silicon Architect
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Second-strongest match for OIL.EXE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with OIL.EXE.
An incremental hardware engineering game with a Windows XP themed UI. Configure and optimize processor components, build your own CPU, and run automated benchmarks. Harvest telemetry and gather research funding to unlock new hardware, and scale your processing power.
Boardroom
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Third-strongest match for OIL.EXE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with OIL.EXE.
Build. Grow. Dominate. A deep CEO simulator for finance professionals and ambitious founders, run your own finance firm and turn it into a formidable giant in the world of finance!
God of Stocks
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Ranked #4 for OIL.EXE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
An incremental management game about manipulating the market to get filthy rich. Buy low, sell high, chain absurd combos and earn divine blessings from stock market gods. Will you play it safe or risk everything?
Idle Casino Empire
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Ranked #5 for OIL.EXE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with OIL.EXE.
An idle casino tycoon where you build the floor, then rig it. Turn casino psychology into upgrades. Play blackjack, roulette, and slots in Owner Mode. Use the Owner's Edge to cheat: nudge reels, peek at hidden cards, read marked cards. Twelve games, eight venues, a prestige loop. The house is you.
HordeFall
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Ranked #6 for OIL.EXE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with OIL.EXE.
A bulletheaven x incremental game that runs as a desktop companion in the corner of your screen! While you work, your hero automatically fights thousands of enemies. Unlock upgrades and manage your economy, attributes, and spells. Your screen is your battlefield - minimal space, maximum progress!
電視夢工場
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Ranked #7 for OIL.EXE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with OIL.EXE.
創造自己的夢幻電視台，製作、購買、編排電視節目、賺取廣告費、規劃提高收視率…等。還可以發揮絕妙點子與獨特創意，安排最棒的節目表，以締造驚人收視率，來爭取電視節目比賽獎項。或是努力尋找理想男女主角，來培養下一代偶像，創造夢幻的演員組合，拍攝出超級電視節目。
AutoShowRoom
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Ranked #8 for OIL.EXE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with OIL.EXE.
AutoShowRoom is a small relaxing incremental game about managing your own car showroom! Collect +100 unique cars from 10 different countries! Tune them to perfection and showcase them in thrilling events! Unlock new models and expand your collection! Build the ulitimate car showroom!
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Frequently asked about OIL.EXE
- Is OIL.EXE free to play?
- Yes — OIL.EXE is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.
- What games are most similar to OIL.EXE?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside OIL.EXE are Market Chain 98, Silicon Architect, Boardroom.
- Who developed OIL.EXE?
- OIL.EXE was developed by Subroutine Gaming.
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.EXE.
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