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The Oil Blue: Steam Legacy Edition

The Oil Blue: Steam Legacy Edition overview

Vertigo Gaming Inc. | Aug 6, 2015 | game

Released

0players observed · 25 September 2026 - 06:22:20 UTC

IndieSimulationStrategyManagementGameMakerSteam Store

  • Latest observed playersNot available
  • SteamPulse tracked peak16
  • Units sold (VGI)27,424
  • Revenue (VGI)$95,507
  • Review score71% positive

The Oil Blue: Steam Legacy Edition dated player observations, monthly player trends, reviews, and game metadata are tracked on SteamPulse.

  • Latest observed playersNot available
  • SteamPulse tracked peak16
  • Units sold (VGI)27,424
  • Revenue (VGI)$95,507
  • Review score71% positive
  • Total reviews189
  • Release dateAug 6, 2015
  • DeveloperVertigo Gaming Inc.
  • PublisherVertigo Gaming Inc.

Genres: Indie, Simulation, Strategy

Company pages: Developer: Vertigo Gaming Inc.Publisher: Vertigo Gaming Inc.

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Game overview

Overview

The Oil Blue: Steam Legacy Edition comes from Vertigo Gaming Inc. and is published by Vertigo Gaming Inc.. It arrived on Steam on Aug 6, 2015, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

The Oil Blue: Steam Legacy Edition's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 0 players at 25 September 2026 - 06:22:20 UTC, with a tracked peak near 16. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 71% positive across 189 reviews.

Language and system requirements

The Oil Blue: Steam Legacy Edition is available in 1 languages including:

English

3 regional rating boards including dejus, steam germany, and igrs

PlatformTypeOSProcessorMemoryGraphicsStorage
WindowsMinimumNot listedNot listed500 MB RAMNot listed300 MB available space

Sales, recommendations, and streams

The Oil Blue: Steam Legacy Edition has sold up to 27,424 units and has 133 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $95,507. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Detailed game overview

The Oil Blue: Steam Legacy Edition overview details

The Oil Blue: Steam Legacy Edition combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

The Oil Blue is an indie action-sim that has you drilling for oil in the world’s oceans, selling barrels of oil on the market, and exploring new islands once you completed objectives set by your employer, the United Oil of Oceania company. Set in the oceans in the future, the world’s dependency on oil has grown to an even larger amount. It’s up to you and a crew of men to travel the ocean, find abandoned oil drilling islands, and reclaim them for the United Oil of Oceana company. Once you land on an island, you have a set amount of days and oil barrels to make during your stay. Fire up those old drilling machines and start making oil underwater, watch the oil barrel market and sell at the highest price, repair machines and do it all within the time you’re given, or the UOO will boot you off the island for a better crew. Sell more barrels to achieve higher ranks and perks, upgrade your machines, and conquer the ocean! The Oil Blue was released in 2010 to enthusiastic reviews and acclaim, including being a part of the "250 Indie Games You Must Play" book by Mike Rose. This Steam release contains all new extras, including: Original Windows release of the Oil Blue, patched to 1.041. This patch was never officially released until now, which contains fixes that help improve gameplay input. Steam Trading Card support, with all new HD art by Camille Kuo. Steam Achievements, unlocked using the included Oil Blue Achievement Unlocker/Helper App. Simply boot up this program and it will scan your save files for achievement unlocks, including old game saves you can transfer from prev…

SteamPulse editorial summary

The Oil Blue: Steam Legacy Edition is listed as a game with $4.99. It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Indie, Simulation, and Strategy. SteamPulse's latest observation records 0 players at 25 September 2026 - 06:22:20 UTC, a tracked peak of 16, and 71% positive reviews.

Overview facts

FieldValue
GameThe Oil Blue: Steam Legacy Edition
Steam App ID386700
Typegame
Release dateAug 6, 2015
DeveloperVertigo Gaming Inc.
PublisherVertigo Gaming Inc.
Price$4.99
PlatformsWindows
GenresIndie, Simulation, Strategy
CategoriesSingle-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Family Sharing
Supported languagesEnglish
WebsiteOfficial website

Player and review overview

MetricValue
Latest observed players0 · 25 September 2026 - 06:22:20 UTC
SteamPulse tracked peak16
Positive reviews135
Negative reviews54
Total reviews189
Positive percent71%
Review typeMostly Positive
Recommendations133
Average playtimeNot available

SteamPulse record freshness

FieldValue
Steam release dateAug 6, 2015
Official Steam feed update (UTC)6 August 2019 - 14:56:56 UTC
SteamPulse last record update (UTC)25 September 2026 - 06:22:20 UTC
Live player count updated (UTC)25 September 2026 - 06:22:20 UTC
Store metadata updated (UTC)25 September 2026 - 06:22:20 UTC

Highlighted achievements

AchievementDescription
A Small StartNo description
The First IslandNo description
A Second AdventureNo description
Drillin'No description
Black GoldNo description
Oil!No description
PumpjackedNo description
Keep GoingNo description
The Big BlueNo description
There Will Be BloodNo description

References

Official and third-party reference links for checking this Steam app outside SteamPulse.

ReferenceLink
SteamPulse canonicalhttps://steampulse.org/game/386700
Steam Storehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/386700/
Steam Communityhttps://steamcommunity.com/app/386700
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IGDB searchSearch IGDB for The Oil Blue: Steam Legacy Edition

Game FAQ

Real questions answered from SteamPulse data, including live players, monthly momentum, review sentiment, regional audience signals, Twitch activity, and current Steam pricing.

What is the latest observed Steam activity for The Oil Blue: Steam Legacy Edition?

The Oil Blue: Steam Legacy Edition's latest SteamPulse observation records 0 players at 25 September 2026 - 06:22:20 UTC, with a tracked peak of 16 concurrent players in the available SteamPulse record. The tracked peak is the highest value stored by SteamPulse and may not cover activity from before tracking began.

Is The Oil Blue: Steam Legacy Edition growing or declining recently?

September 2026 is still in progress. The month-to-date average is 0 players; the highest observed daily value is 1 players. Available values are provisional and will continue changing until the UTC month closes. The completed comparison month is August 2026.

What country-level audience data is available for The Oil Blue: Steam Legacy Edition?

In the observed sample of public reviewer profiles with a visible country, the leading shares are United States (35.3%), United Kingdom (15.7%), Canada (11.8%). The separate directional player-region model assigns its leading shares to United States (30.6%), United Kingdom (13.3%), Canada (9.5%). The directional follower-region model assigns its leading shares to United States (38.3%), United Kingdom (13.9%), Canada (9.7%). The directional wishlist-region model assigns its leading shares to United States (27.1%), United Kingdom (11%), Canada (8.2%). Only the reviewer view is based on observed public profile countries; the other percentages are modeled relative weights, not verified account locations or country-level user counts.

What does the Steam review footprint look like for The Oil Blue: Steam Legacy Edition?

The Oil Blue: Steam Legacy Edition currently sits at 71% positive across 189 Steam reviews tracked by SteamPulse, including 135 positive reviews and 54 negative reviews. Steam labels the current review summary as Mostly Positive.

How much follower and Twitch attention does The Oil Blue: Steam Legacy Edition have?

The Oil Blue: Steam Legacy Edition currently has about 1K tracked Steam followers as of 21 January 2026 - 00:00:00 UTC. On Twitch, SteamPulse is matching roughly 0 live viewers across 0 active streams for the game's category.

What is the current Steam price for The Oil Blue: Steam Legacy Edition?

The Oil Blue: Steam Legacy Edition is currently listed at $4.99 on Steam. SteamPulse uses the current store snapshot and historical price records to show whether the page is at full price or in a discounted window. Steam recommendations currently stand near 133, which helps add market context around that price.

Reviews, pricing, and metadata

Review summary

Mostly Positive

71% positive, 135 positive, 54 negative

Price and discount

$4.99

Platforms

Windows

Categories

Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Family Sharing

Achievements

31

Platform releases
  • Steam 6 August 2015

DLC and packages

The Oil BlueBuy The Oil Blue: Steam Legacy Edition #73011$4.99

System requirements

Minimum requirements

Minimum: OS *: Windows XP or Higher Memory: 500 MB RAM Storage: 300 MB available space

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