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The Oil Blue: Steam Legacy Edition cover art

The Oil Blue: Steam Legacy Edition

Vertigo Gaming Inc. · 2015-08-06

Steam

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 22, 2010 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

It is the future, and the world is in grave need of oil. You and a crew have set off into the ocean, reclaiming old island drilling sites for oil production as you work for the UOO, the biggest oil supplier in the world. The working conditions are dire. You have no choice.

The Oil Blue: Steam Legacy Edition is a 2015 Indie, Simulation, and Strategy game priced at $1.24, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and Mostly Positive reviews (71% of 189 reviews).

0
playing now
71%
positive of 189 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$1.24
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 5 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (65 reviews).
  • · Top 26% of 49,807 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 4.7k–11k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 189 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.75 at GamersGate (2019-11-21) · bundled 8×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 15 of 24 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
464620152026Week of 2015-08-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 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 — 0 players2026-09-21 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 23:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$8.95$0.752015-01-012026-08-242015-01-01 — best price $8.952016-03-25 — best price $1.992016-12-22 — best price $1.242018-01-29 — best price $4.992018-08-13 — best price $0.992019-03-21 — best price $1.002019-08-05 — best price $1.002019-12-19 — best price $0.992020-05-11 — best price $4.992020-08-08 — best price $4.992020-10-02 — best price $3.662020-11-25 — best price $0.992021-01-22 — best price $3.662021-03-12 — best price $4.992021-04-23 — best price $3.662021-06-14 — best price $4.992021-07-09 — best price $4.992021-08-23 — best price $4.992021-10-14 — best price $4.992021-12-16 — best price $3.662022-01-23 — best price $4.492022-03-29 — best price $4.492022-04-21 — best price $4.992022-05-27 — best price $4.992022-08-18 — best price $0.932022-10-13 — best price $0.932023-01-11 — best price $0.932023-06-22 — best price $0.932023-11-28 — best price $4.992024-07-25 — best price $0.942024-10-12 — best price $4.992025-03-20 — best price $4.992025-12-03 — best price $4.992026-05-26 — best price $3.682026-08-24 — best price $1.24
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

31
achievements tracked
10.4%
earned "A Small Start"
3.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

IndieActionArcadeStrategyGameMakerManagementSimulation

Census log

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

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