The game

You start with a loaned tanker and a neighbour's oil to haul. Take it down caliche and farm-to-market roads, park it in the depot's hose bay, sell the load and keep fuel in the truck. Save up enough and you lease your first well. Then the job turns into a business, with a pump, a tank, a valve, buyer trucks, a crew and contracts.

Driving is the game. The tanker is heavy and slow to turn, a full load sloshes in the corners, rough roads spill oil, and if you run dry you call the tow truck. The oil business gives you reasons to drive: a buyer waiting at the siding, a hotshot run, rent due at midnight.

Tex Rogue is free. It has no ads, no in-app purchases and no accounts, and it doesn't need an internet connection. You can play it in English or Spanish.

What you do

• Drive a heavy truckSteering wheel and pedals on the touch screen. A loaded tanker leans and sloshes, the fuel runs down, and if you run dry you call the tow truck.
• From hauler to oil companyHaul a neighbour's oil for a fee first. Then lease a well and run it yourself: pump, storage tank, valve and the buyer's truck.
• Land, leases and surveysLease or buy plots around the county, and pay for a survey that gives you the odds on what a plot will produce. This part isn't finished yet.
• West Texas back roadsCaliche roads, ranch gates and cattle guards, cattle you have to honk out of the way, dry washes, wet roads and now and then an icy highway.
• Two stations on the cab radioRustline Radio plays country and honky-tonk. Long Draw plays desert guitar and slow blues. Both stations are made up, and all the music is CC0.
• Three days, then a scorecardHire help, take the siding contract and pay the bank note. On day 3 the scorecard shows how your operation did.
• Made for phonesBig touch controls you can read at arm's length. Your saves stay on your device and the game plays offline. It runs on desktop too.
• Free, reallyNo ads, no in-app purchases, no account, no tracking. English and Spanish.

Screenshots

• Driving the loaded tanker along FM 3612 near Medano
• Parking the tanker in the hose bay at the depot
• The depot sheet: connect the hose and sell the load
• Tex Rogue title screen

Taken from the current development build.

Platforms

• Android · Google Play, plus an APK on itch.io.
• macOS · Download it on itch.io.
• Windows · Download it on itch.io.
• Web · We're thinking about a browser version on itch.io.

Get the game

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