Best Steampunk Games on Steam
Games mixing steam-era machinery, brass technology, alternate history, and fantasy.
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1BioShock Infinite - Indebted to the wrong people, with his life on the line, veteran of the U.S. Cavalry and now hired gun, Booker DeWitt has only one opportunity to wipe his slate clean. He must rescue Elizabeth, a mysterious girl imprisoned since childhood and locked up in the flying city of Columbia.
Mar 25, 2013
In this game, you can…
- snap off a rail mid-ride, rain bullets from above, then drop back down into a brutal aerial takedown.
- tear open reality to pull in weapons, turrets, and other gear, then reshape a fight on the fly.
- reach the final reveal and have the story pivot hard into alternate realities that reframe what you just played.
- ride hanging rail lines between skyscrapers and keep firing without ever touching the ground.
- mix elemental powers with gunfire, like tossing murder crows into a crowd and shocking whoever survives.
- throw up a bullet-catching shield, soak incoming fire, then hurl it back as a blast that clears space.
- get a companion who actively tosses you ammo, healing, cash, and power refills during fights without needing babysitting.
2Frostpunk - Frostpunk is the first society survival game. As the ruler of the last city on Earth, it is your duty to manage both its citizens and infrastructure. What decisions will you make to ensure your society's survival? What will you do when pushed to breaking point? Who will you become in the process?
Apr 24, 2018
In this game, you can…
- replace whole work crews with automatons that work all night and don't care about the cold.
- sign laws that let you put children to work in mines, kitchens, and coal piles to keep the city alive.
- build watchtowers, propaganda centers, and prisons, then run the city on fear when hope and warmth stop working.
- build a city in rings around a single coal generator.
- push the generator into overdrive as the cold keeps dropping, and gamble on upgrades before it fails.
- send scouts into the frozen wasteland for survivors and supplies, knowing the storm can wipe them out mid-trip.
- let refugees in wave after wave, then decide who gets left outside to die when space and food run out.
3Dishonored - Dishonored is an immersive first-person action game that casts you as a supernatural assassin driven by revenge. With Dishonored’s flexible combat system, creatively eliminate your targets as you combine the supernatural abilities, weapons and unusual gadgets at your disposal.
Oct 8, 2012
In this game, you can…
- stop time, disable an alarm, toss a grenade into the air, shoot it mid-flight, and let it detonate when time restarts.
- possess a guard or an animal to slip into restricted areas and bypass security from the inside.
- finish the whole game without killing anyone, including major encounters, by choking guards out and staying unseen.
- teleport onto rooftops, through windows, or behind guards, then drop straight down for a takedown.
- stop time, fire three arrows into guards, blink, fire three more, then drop-assassinate someone as time begins again.
- pull a whale-oil tank to drop a barrier, grab another tank, throw it, stop time, and shoot it midair to wipe out the area.
- summon a swarm of rats and have them tear enemies apart while you keep moving.
- peek through keyholes and listen through doors to learn what guards and targets are about to do.
4Lies of P - Lies of P is a thrilling soulslike that takes the story of Pinocchio, turns it on its head, and sets it against the darkly elegant backdrop of the Belle Epoque era.
Sep 18, 2023
In this game, you can…
- split any weapon into blade and handle, then recombine them to make a totally different moveset and special attack.
- run out of heals, then rebuild healing charges by landing successful attacks.
- drain an enemy's stagger first, then still have to find time for a charged heavy before you're allowed to do the critical attack.
- turn a clunky heavy weapon into something fast by putting its blade on a lighter handle.
- perfect-guard strings of attacks until the enemy breaks, then land a charged heavy to open a critical strike.
- take a hit, then win the lost health back by immediately attacking without getting tagged again.
- swap in a mechanical arm tool like a built-in shield, then upgrade it into a whole alternate game plan.
- sprint past rolling boulders, duck into hiding spots, then loop a shortcut back to your checkpoint while a set piece is still pressuring you.
5Dishonored 2 - Reprise your role as a supernatural assassin in Dishonored 2. Declared a “masterpiece” by Eurogamer and hailed “a must-play revenge tale” by Game Informer, Dishonored 2 is the follow up to Arkane’s 1st-person action blockbuster & winner of 100+ 'Game of the Year' awards, Dishonored.
Nov 11, 2016
In this game, you can…
- pull levers to reconfigure an entire mansion, turning rooms and hallways into a shifting mechanical puzzle box.
- move through the same mansion in two different time periods and change the past to alter what's waiting in the present.
- make choices that let you skip entire levels, even in a story-driven campaign.
- pick one protagonist, then replay as the other with a completely different set of supernatural powers.
- mix both protagonists' powers together in New Game+ and build combinations the campaign wasn't originally balanced for.
- link multiple enemies together so one takedown or one shot drops everyone connected to the chain.
- possess a rat to slip through tiny cracks, then hop bodies to bypass defenses from the inside.
- drop from a huge height, stab someone mid-fall, survive the landing, slow time, detonate an explosive tank, then finish the survivors with a summoned rat swarm.
6Torchlight II - The adventure continues in Torchlight II! An Action RPG filled with epic battles, bountiful treasure, and a fully randomized world. Bring your friends along for the journey with online and LAN multiplayer.
Sep 20, 2012
In this game, you can…
- send your pet back to town to sell your loot and buy potions while you keep dungeon crawling.
- restart the whole campaign with the same character and gear on a much harder run, again and again.
- equip almost any weapon on any class, like a berserker with a wand or a mage with a sword and shield.
- fill your screen with a huge swarm of monsters and still keep fighting.
- load up mods that add new classes, pets, maps, and even raid dungeons, turning the game into something much bigger.
- explore randomized maps that hide side routes, secret rooms, surprise bosses, and big loot off the main path.
- respec your build, swap skill paths, and pivot into a totally different playstyle without starting from scratch.
7BioShock™ - BioShock is a shooter unlike any you've ever played, loaded with weapons and tactics never seen. You'll have a complete arsenal at your disposal from simple revolvers to grenade launchers and chemical throwers, but you'll also be forced to genetically modify your DNA to create an even more deadly weapon: you.
Aug 21, 2007
In this game, you can…
- survive a plane crash, find a lighthouse, pull a lever, and descend into a glowing art-deco city built under the ocean.
- hypnotize one Big Daddy to fight another, then wade in while they tear each other apart.
- kill a Big Daddy, then choose whether to harvest or rescue the Little Sister it was protecting.
- shoot electricity into a puddle and fry everyone standing in it.
- freeze an attacker solid, then smash them to pieces with a wrench.
- hack a turret or security camera, then let it turn on enemies instead of you.
- hack vending machines and first-aid stations to cut prices and change what they do.
- piece together a whole city's collapse by finding scattered audio diaries and following the clues they leave behind.
8The Room - A mysterious invitation leads to the attic of an abandoned house. In the room is a cast-iron safe laced with strange carvings and on top, a note from your distant companion. It promises something ancient and astonishing concealed in the iron chamber - you need only find a way in.
Jul 28, 2014
In this game, you can…
- use a strange eyepiece to reveal hidden markings, invisible clues, and a second layer of reality behind the shadows.
- open a cast-iron safe that keeps revealing another locked layer underneath, until the whole game is peeling back one impossible box.
- watch a normal-looking object unfold into a larger contraption, then warp into shapes that feel physically impossible yet still solvable.
- manually turn keys, slide panels, pull lids, and crank mechanisms like you're handling a real puzzle box.
- twist one dial and trigger a chain reaction: gears whirr, pieces rotate, a hatch slides open, and the new compartment is another puzzle.
- rebuild a seemingly simple inventory item early on, then carry it across chapters as it keeps unlocking new uses and meanings.
- rotate and zoom the contraption, then realize the solution was on the other side the whole time.
9FAR: Lone Sails - Traverse a dried-out seabed littered with the remains of a decaying civilization. Keep your unique vessel going, overcome numerous obstacles and withstand the hazardous weather conditions. How far can you make it? What will you find?
May 17, 2018
In this game, you can…
- turn junk you scavenge into glowing liquid fuel to keep your vehicle alive.
- shut the engine off and let a huge sail pull you across the dried seabed in near-silence.
- collect sentimental objects like a teddy bear or books, then choose to display them or feed them into your fuel converter.
- use the sail to catch wind for speed, then angle it wrong to slide backward and reposition.
- hit a roadblock, climb off your vehicle into a puzzle space, trigger a mechanism, then roll back on and keep going.
- run a one-person pit crew while driving, juggling fires, steam pressure, brakes, and repairs without stopping.
- piece together a wordless story by passing abandoned towns, landlocked ships, trains, grave sites, and other relics of collapse.
- go from engine roar to sudden speed as upgrades kick in, with the ship surging forward under changing skies.
10The Room Two - Unique events transport you to the halls of a long-forgotten crypt. The only means of escape lies locked within a stone pedestal, along with a note from your mysterious ally. His words promise assistance, but only serve to entice you into a compelling world of mystery and exploration.
Jul 5, 2016
In this game, you can…
- use a lens to reveal hidden messages and invisible objects.
- get dragged into a forgotten crypt and follow a stranger's notes through a ship's hold, a temple, a séance room, and a laboratory.
- solve a chapter-wide puzzle ring where four edge stations feed clues and symbols into a central mechanism.
- work a whole room of stations where a tool found in one place unlocks a completely different mechanism across the space.
- open one compartment to find a new tool, use it to expose another hidden section, and keep unfolding the room until it visibly transforms.
- flip, slide, twist, and pull real-feeling levers, keys, and dials until every click and thunk opens something new.
- fire a crossbow, charge batteries, and operate things like a typewriter and scientific machinery as puzzle steps.
