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Oil Refinery - The Simulation

Polygon Art · Polygon Art Publishing · 2025-05-07

SteamPlayStation Store

IndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 07, 2025 (PlayStation 4), May 07, 2025 (PlayStation 5), May 07, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 23, 2025 (Nintendo Switch)

Operate a fully functional oil refinery! Control distillation, manage pipelines, refine fuels, maintain machinery, and optimize production. Balance efficiency, safety, and profits to expand your refinery and dominate the energy market!

39%
positive of 18 reviews
Mostly Negative
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
1.60★
PlayStation Store rating (62 ratings)
$14.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 18 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Top 86% of 25,341 Indie games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

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4420252026Week of 2025-05-07: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-07: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-14: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-25: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportFamily Sharing

15 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Finnish, Japanese, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal…

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