Drains is an arcade game released in 2011 for PC. Recent coverage discussing the game has been sparse, with available articles touching on tangential topics rather than the game itself - one piece references early design concepts from the Thief series that involved drain-based traversal mechanics, while another discusses financial management rather than gameplay. Limited current information is available about the title's mechanics, reception, or active player base.
via Critical Hit
It’s like trying to keep water in a bucket with lots of small holes in it. By the time you’ve worked for your money and put it in your bank account, a lot of it seems to have disappeared. You wonder where it’s all gone. Often, it’s been spent in small, seemingly insignificant amo…
via PC Gamer
The idea was ultimately dropped, for good reasons.