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Oil Enterprise

Crafty Studios · astragon Entertainment · 2016-04-20

Steam

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Apr 20, 2016 (Mac), Apr 20, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 20, 2016 (Linux)

In Oil Enterprise, you enter the multi-million dollar business of black gold as a shrewd businessman. Accept the challenge and grow from a small-scale en-trepreneur, investing in your first oilfield, to a global oil magnate.

Oil Enterprise is an Indie, Simulation and Strategy game released in 2016, priced at $19.99, with an owner estimate of 20,000 .. 50,000 and a Mixed review sentiment (49% of 199 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

2
playing now
49%
positive of 199 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
68/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
40/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$19.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 23:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 67% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 25% of 49,650 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 5.0k–12k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 199 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.66 at Gamer Thor (2025-11-21)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 130 of 131 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
171720152026Week of 2015-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 3 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 5 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 3 players2026-10-09 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 3 players2026-10-13 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 23:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$2.512015-05-222026-08-252015-05-22 — best price $14.992016-06-24 — best price $13.362016-11-28 — best price $19.992017-04-20 — best price $7.992017-11-04 — best price $5.992018-04-16 — best price $5.992018-08-06 — best price $5.832019-01-02 — best price $19.992019-05-16 — best price $19.992019-11-21 — best price $4.992020-02-16 — best price $17.322020-06-06 — best price $19.992020-07-24 — best price $6.112020-09-18 — best price $19.992021-02-11 — best price $4.992021-06-05 — best price $19.992021-09-20 — best price $24.992021-12-17 — best price $4.292022-04-01 — best price $22.992022-05-30 — best price $14.342022-08-25 — best price $24.992023-01-06 — best price $21.242023-05-07 — best price $2.832023-09-21 — best price $24.992024-01-22 — best price $21.972024-05-03 — best price $4.992024-08-10 — best price $19.992024-12-06 — best price $17.192025-04-15 — best price $15.892025-07-25 — best price $2.512025-10-27 — best price $15.972026-01-08 — best price $15.972026-04-08 — best price $4.002026-06-13 — best price $15.892026-08-19 — best price $17.902026-08-25 — best price $3.90
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

42
achievements tracked
72%
earned "Black gold"
11.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

6 supported languages: English, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, French, Turkish

Player tags

IndieEconomyStrategyManagementSimulationEarly Access

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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