Oil Rush

Oil Rush

Unigine Corp. · January 25, 2012 · Strategy, Indie, RTS, Tower Defense, Dystopian

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About Oil Rush

✦ AI summary

Command fleets of naval and air units to capture oil rigs and defend floating platforms in a post-apocalyptic flooded world. Oil Rush strips away unit micromanagement while keeping full strategic control, letting you focus on economy and tactics across a massive campaign and diverse multiplayer battlegrounds.

Oil Rush is a naval strategy game that takes place in a world where nuclear war has melted the ice caps, changing the face of the planet forever. Oil Rush offers unique gameplay, avoiding micromanagement of every single unit, while still providing full control over all important aspects of strategy and economy.

Capture, upgrade, and defend floating production platforms and oil rigs. Discover new technologies and send squads of naval and air units into the battle!

Key Features:

  • State-of-the-art visuals powered by UNIGINE engine
  • Dynamic and fun gameplay – furious enemies, massive battles, rampant attacks!
  • 16 missions of single-player campaign, from the half-flooded jungles to northern seas
  • 15 maps for multiplayer battles, each with multiple winning strategies
  • Multiplayer over LAN and Internet

Oil Rush — game info

Platforms
Windows, macOS, Linux / SteamOS
Player modes
Single-player, Online PvP, LAN, Cross-platform multiplayer
PC Game Pass
Not included

DLC & expansions

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

✦ AI summary

Oil Rush is a real-time strategy game set in a flooded post-apocalyptic world that players praise for its unique naval setting and graphics that hold up well visually, but criticize heavily for its awkward and unintuitive controls that undermine the gameplay experience. While some appreciate the core strategic concept and find it engaging, many feel the control scheme is so poorly designed that it significantly detracts from what could otherwise be an interesting RTS experience.

Not recommended Aug 11, 2026
Dev is an AI slop pusher, this game is really bad.
3 found this helpful
Recommended Jun 29, 2026
[h3]I don't need it... I Don't need it.... I definitely DON't need it.... I NEEED IITTTT!!!! --> Human reaction to Oil after they cause Terra to become an even bigger Ocean world [/h3] The Oil must flow, 7/10
1 found this helpful
Recommended Jun 4, 2026
Oil Rush is a real-time strategy game developed and published by Unigine Corp. that explores a unique vision of a post-apocalyptic future where rising oceans have swallowed most of the planet. In this flooded world, humanity survives on scattered platforms, industrial outposts, and fortified naval installations while competing for control of the last remaining oil reserves. By shifting the traditional RTS battlefield from land to sea, the game attempts to offer a fresh strategic experience built around naval warfare, territorial expansion, and resource control. The setting is one of the game's most memorable qualities. Rather than presenting a conventional war between armies across continents, Oil Rush imagines a world where civilization has adapted to life on the ocean after environmental catastrophe. Massive remnants of cities protrude from the water, abandoned structures dot the horizon, and industrial complexes float across the seas. This visual identity immediately distinguishes the game from many other strategy titles and provides a strong foundation for its atmosphere. At its core, the gameplay revolves around controlling strategic locations rather than constructing tradit…
1 found this helpful
Not recommended Jul 3, 2026
Bunions
Recommended Feb 27, 2026
Top tier game with an amazing gameplay and outstanding models and graphics.
Not recommended Feb 1, 2026
Grafikblender. Taktik? Am Ar... Whoever designed the "controls" - go back trying to make a copy of Tetris. Shame that the awsome graphics, that even hold up today, got wasted for this trash. If u look for a simple, yet deep and challenging "tug of war" (search for that tag) RTS game, try Warpips. That one is amazing

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