Games like OIL.EXE
If OIL.EXE is your kind of game, the closest matches are Market Chain 98, Trashy Cashy and 電視夢工場 — 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 Simulation 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!
SimulationSteam ↗Trashy Cashy
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Second-strongest match for OIL.EXE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with OIL.EXE.
A small incremental game about building a business by selling trash. You become a partner in the mysterious "Trashy Cashy" franchise. Extract trash from packages and ship it off for sale. Ask fewer questions. Enjoy outrageous profits. Sounds simple, right?
電視夢工場
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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.
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。
Inn Over Your Head
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Ranked #4 for OIL.EXE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with OIL.EXE.
An incremental game where you run a tavern with a deadly secret beneath it. Serve ale, expand your tavern, dig deeper into the dungeon below, and lure adventurers to their doom with irresistible treasure. Then harvest their souls to do it all over again. Ready to get Inn Over Your Head?
Click & Curate: Idle Photography
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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.
Click & Curate is a relaxing photography incremental game. Capture and collect authentic real-world photos. Curate themed galleries with high synergy to level up your studio and reach legendary prestige.
Military Incremental Complex
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Ranked #6 for OIL.EXE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with OIL.EXE.
Make weapons, make money. An active incremental game where you amass as much money as you can by starting a Military Industrial Complex company. Produce multiple different weapons, research upgrades, manipulate the stock market, and lobby the government for favors.
MMO98
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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.
An incremental game where you go from small-scale MMO development studio up to global market domination. Improve your server infrastructure, address the technical challenges of running an MMO, release new games, and become the world's #1 MMO game studio.
Scritchy Scratchy
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Ranked #8 for OIL.EXE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with OIL.EXE.
Scritchy Scratchy is a super-satisfying scratch card incremental game. Buy stacks of scratch-offs, unlock auto-scratching, and chase massive jackpots. Will you play it safe or go all-in?
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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, Trashy Cashy, 電視夢工場.
- Who developed OIL.EXE?
- OIL.EXE was developed by Subroutine Gaming.
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