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Dead Oil

85% positive of 42 Steam reviews

Released: 2025
Steam Deck: Verified
Platforms: Steam

Made by Moonshine Muffin.

About the game

Defend your armored rig against ruthless raiders in this intense roguelike survival driller. Extract precious Oil, scavenge resources, and upgrade your rig. Is there enough time to drill a little deeper and reinforce your rig before the raiders launch their next attack?

Tagged by players

Bullet Heaven
Mining
Tower Defense
Post-apocalyptic
Roguelike
Time Management
Action Roguelike
Survival
Combat
Resource Management
Minimalist
Procedural Generation

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What players say

Recommended
So, this is one of those things where there's a super strong game model at the core of this. Mixing Turmoil (tons of fun) and Dome Keeper (tons of fun) was an inspired choice. That said, there's plenty of room for growth here too. As it stands, the game is $3-basic: no savegames, a few bugs, etc--but then again it did literally just release today. TL, DR: it's worth it at the cheaper price, and this game has the…
36 min played when written. 4 found it helpful.
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Recommended
I've been looking for a game in this genre. I saw it pass by and it looked interesting, so I waited for its release. I didn't expect much, but it turned out to be quite a bit better than I thought. The game's main theme is pretty straightforward. It's a Mad Max-style post-apocalyptic world where you just travel around, digging for oil. There's no story. Let's start with , which is the default mode. The game has two…
3.1 h played when written. 2 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
Gorgeous game, and from the screenshots it looks like it does have some more variety later on, but the pacing in the beginning is so bad. The combat feels terrible - being forced to get hit? that's just such a bad experience for the player. And you just do the same bad combat over and over, grinding the same pipes to the ground while choosing which bad upgrade to get first. Has potential but needs a lot of design…
14 min played when written. 4 found it helpful.
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