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Games like Oil Baron

If Oil Baron is your kind of game, the closest matches are Kenshi, Banished and Door Kickers — 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.

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About Oil Baron: The game has 7 locations with special tasks. You must fulfill them until the end of the day. It can be used to collect N amount of oil or earn several thousand $. To start playing, you need to choose the complexity of the game. There are 5 difficulty levels (easy-normal-difficult-very complicated-insane).

2018StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDWindowsby GiBar
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Players who liked Oil Baron also play

Steam players who put hours into Oil Baron 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.

  1. Kenshi

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Oil Baron fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Oil Baron.

    A free-roaming squad based RPG. Focusing on open-ended sandbox gameplay features rather than a linear story. Be a trader, a thief, a rebel, a warlord, an adventurer, a farmer, a slave, or just food for the cannibals. Train your men up from puny victims to master warriors.

    2018ActionStrategyIndie29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Banished

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Oil Baron fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Oil Baron.

    In this city-building strategy game, you control a group of exiled travelers who decide to restart their lives in a new land. They have only the clothes on their backs and a cart filled with supplies from their homeland. The townspeople of Banished are your primary resource.

    2014StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Door Kickers

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Oil Baron fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Oil Baron.

    Door Kickers is an innovative realtime strategy game that puts you in charge of a SWAT team and lets you command them during a tactical intervention.

    2014ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Mini Metro

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Oil Baron fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Oil Baron.

    Mini Metro is a strategy simulation game about designing a subway map for a growing city. Draw lines between stations and start your trains running. As new stations open, redraw your lines to keep them efficient. Decide where to use your limited resources. How long can you keep the city moving?

    2015StrategyIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Game Dev Tycoon

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Oil Baron fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Oil Baron.

    In Game Dev Tycoon you replay the history of the gaming industry by starting your own video game development company in the 80s. Create best selling games. Research new technologies and invent new game types. Become the leader of the market and gain worldwide fans.

    2013StrategyIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Ultimate General: Gettysburg

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Oil Baron fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Oil Baron.

    A Tactical Battle Simulator that allows you to command thousands of soldiers as a Union or Confederate General. The game features the most accurately created map, a non-linear battle campaign, complex morale, innovative control mechanics and smart AI.

    2014StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. The Escapists

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Oil Baron fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Oil Baron.

    The Escapists provides players the opportunity of experiencing a light-hearted insight into everyday prison life with the main objective being that of escaping!

    2015ActionStrategyIndie3.59 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Plebby Quest: The Crusades

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Oil Baron fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Oil Baron.

    Survive ambitious rulers dreaming of an empire, outsmart treacherous neighbors longing to burn your spoils, and navigate the religion’s predictably unreasonable demands; you need ask only one question as you build your legacy – “Will you burn them, or be burnt?”

    2020ActionStrategyIndie3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Oil Baron at current Steam store prices.

  1. UBERMOSH

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Oil Baron on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Oil Baron.

    UBERMOSH is an arcade game about cutting bullets with a sword, in a gun-filled cyberpunk mosh pit.

    2015ActionIndie0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. QUICKERFLAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Oil Baron on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Oil Baron.

    QUICKERFLAK is an experimental fast-paced time-attack top-down combat retro-hardcore minigame, that can be finished in a minute.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Save Jesus

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Oil Baron on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Oil Baron.

    Someone is trying to murder Jesus. Disguised as Caesar with the Roman Empire by his side, an evil impostor from the future has set hundreds of deadly traps. Redirect the traps, kill the Romans and protect Jesus!

    2016IndieCasual0.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Barro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Oil Baron on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Oil Baron.

    Choose your little car and race!

    2018IndieCasualRacing0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Gachi Heroes

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Oil Baron on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Oil Baron.

    Gachi Heroes is a game about the dark fantasies. That's amazing an endlass journey in which you will know yourself with your favorite gachimuchi characters. How deep would you go?

    2018ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Trip to Vinelands

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Oil Baron on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Oil Baron.

    Trip to Vinelands is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame.

    2016ActionIndie0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. TTV2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Oil Baron on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Oil Baron.

    TTV2 is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame, sequel to Trip to Vinelands.

    2017ActionIndie0.49 USDSteam ↗
  8. Shotgun Legend

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Oil Baron on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Oil Baron.

    Eugene must battle aliens and the undead in search of a truck rim, as it seems to be his ticket home.

    2018ActionIndieRPG0.49 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Oil Baron.

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Oil Baron.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Oil Baron.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗

More from GiBar

Other recommendable Steam games by GiBar, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Degrees

    WHY THIS

    Another title from GiBar, the studio behind Oil Baron.

    Degrees - racing game with two modes: single and multiplayer mode for 4 players. With a view from above, you control the victim machine on the map, which is pursued by hunters. Escape them and hide in the bushes, so it will be harder for them to find you.

    2018Racing0.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Underwater hunting

    WHY THIS

    Another title from GiBar, the studio behind Oil Baron. Shares Indie with Oil Baron.

    Underwater hunting: Plunge into the underwater world. Your character-a small fish piranha. The glory of these river predators is truly black - river killers, bloodthirsty robbers, river hyenas, sharks. And she always wants to eat.

    2018IndieAdventureRPG0.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Wunderwaffe

    WHY THIS

    Another title from GiBar, the studio behind Oil Baron. Shares Indie and Simulation with Oil Baron.

    Wunderwaffe - a game of tanks with a view from above. There are three game modes (team battle for killing, each for himself for killing, capturing a flag) in this game. Also the game is on the same computer.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Oops!!! Puzzles!!!

    WHY THIS

    Another title from GiBar, the studio behind Oil Baron. Shares Indie with Oil Baron.

    We offer you a puzzle game. The meaning of the game – making a mosaic pattern that you want to add up from a variety of fragments of different shapes. The greatest interest in this game will cause thrill-seekers, as it contains scary pictures (horror).

    2019IndieAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Laboratory of Nightmares

    WHY THIS

    Another title from GiBar, the studio behind Oil Baron. Shares Indie and Simulation with Oil Baron.

    You are one of the best fighters of the GIBAR unit, and therefore you were sent to destroy a secret laboratory guarded by armed soldiers. This is a dynamic game with a top view in which you have to survive in a secret laboratory and find a way out of it.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Base Dune

    WHY THIS

    Another title from GiBar, the studio behind Oil Baron.

    Base Dune 3D is a first-person shooter in which you have to go through a large secret laboratory destroying enemies. You can simply move around the game world and shoot the weapons that are given in the game.

    2021ActionAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. MOLOGA

    WHY THIS

    Another title from GiBar, the studio behind Oil Baron.

    Description: in 1935, the leadership of the USSR decided to build a new reservoir in one of the regions of the republic. Almost all people left villages and towns, but some refused to leave their homes.

    2021Action0.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. The House of Big people

    WHY THIS

    Another title from GiBar, the studio behind Oil Baron.

    Two Russian students Ivan and Alexander were expelled from the institute, but the knowledge remained with them. One day, while drinking beer, they come up with a brilliant idea - to create a superman who will not need food, and will work 24 hours a day.

    2022ActionAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Oil Baron

How much does Oil Baron cost?
Oil Baron is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Oil Baron?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Oil Baron are Kenshi, Banished, Door Kickers.
Who developed Oil Baron?
Oil Baron was developed by GiBar and published by RoBot.

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 Baron.

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