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.
Last Updated: 6/22/2026
| Release Date | 6/15/2026 |
| Developer | Subroutine Gaming |
| Publisher | Subroutine Gaming |
| Steam App Id | 4709640 |
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.
Last Updated: 6/22/2026
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- Linux
About OIL.EXE
OIL.EXE is an Indie, Simulation, Strategy, and Free to Play game developed by Subroutine Gaming. On 6/15/2026, it was released on the Steam Store by Subroutine Gaming.
It can be played and ran on Windows, Mac, and Linux systems. At the moment, there is no confirmed information regarding Steam Deck support for this game.
According to Steam’s category system, OIL.EXE supports the following features:
- Single-player
- Steam Achievements
- Playable without Timed Input
- Family Sharing
- Steam Cloud
- Steam Leaderboards
From the Steam community, OIL.EXE has been tagged with the following user tags:
- Score Attack
- Capitalism
- Economy
- Minimalist
- Management
- Text-Based
- Procedural Generation
- Interactive Fiction
- Idler
- incremental
- Mining
- Free to Play
- Retro
- Trading
- Old School
- Simulation
- Resource Management
- Strategy
- Indie
- Turn-Based Strategy
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OIL.EXE data has been sourced from:
- Valve Corporation. (2026, June 22). OIL.EXE on Steam. Steam Store.
- Valve Corporation. (2026, June 22). OIL.EXE. Steam Community Hub.
- Subroutine Gaming. (2026, June 1). OIL.EXE. OIL.EXE.