Crude: The Oil Game(1974)
Games like Crude: The Oil Game
Looking for games like Crude: The Oil Game? It's a strategy game with real decisions on every turn — built on spatial puzzles that grow as each new piece lands and pushing your luck against the roll. This page rounds up 12 of the closest alternatives, scored on mechanical overlap with the original (45%), complexity match (35%), and player-count fit (20%), then weighted by BoardGameGeek community ratings so every pick is one players genuinely rate. The strongest matches come first; the further down you go, the more a game trades exact overlap for a fresh take on the same core appeal.
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Big Boss(1994)
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Minerva(2015)
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The Manhattan Project: Energy Empire(2016)
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Rolling Heights(2023)
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The Red Cathedral(2020)
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Suburbia(2012)
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