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Title: Best Steampunk-themed PC Games
Post by: Gusington on July 24, 2017, 08:18:36 AM
Playing through Dishonored 2 right now (it's clicked with me after a slow start), I harken back to steampunk classics that I have loved forever: Thief, Arcanum, Guns of Icarus and others. I always wonder 'what have I missed' so I come to you to fill in the blanks for me. Of course any newly released steampunk is always welcome - any genre will do 😎
Title: Re: Best Steampunk-themed PC Games
Post by: gameleaper on July 24, 2017, 05:45:59 PM
I remember the old adventure game Blade runner was good.
Title: Re: Best Steampunk-themed PC Games
Post by: gameleaper on July 24, 2017, 05:49:53 PM
Path of Neo (the Matrix) was fantastic if you were a matrix fan, but the first level was awfull
Title: Re: Best Steampunk-themed PC Games
Post by: gameleaper on July 24, 2017, 05:54:23 PM
I think blade runner is steampunk, maybe matrix is a futuristic scifi, is steampunk have to have steam powered machines? anyway play path of Neo you wont care what genra it is
Title: Re: Best Steampunk-themed PC Games
Post by: Jarhead0331 on July 24, 2017, 05:54:34 PM
Blade Runner is steampunk?

Anyway, try Clockwork Empires, Airship Dragoon, Warmachine: Tactics and Acaratus.
Title: Re: Best Steampunk-themed PC Games
Post by: mirth on July 24, 2017, 05:56:12 PM
Blade Runner is Future Noir. Let's not mix genres :P
Title: Re: Best Steampunk-themed PC Games
Post by: gameleaper on July 24, 2017, 05:56:39 PM
Quote from: Jarhead0331 on July 24, 2017, 05:54:34 PM
Blade Runner is steampunk?

Anyway, try Clockwork Empires, Airship Dragoon, Warmachine: Tactics and Acaratus.

the noodles flying café was powered by steam :)
Title: Re: Best Steampunk-themed PC Games
Post by: gameleaper on July 24, 2017, 05:58:00 PM
I cant remember no sorry :) flying noodles was in another film
Title: Re: Best Steampunk-themed PC Games
Post by: gameleaper on July 24, 2017, 06:00:10 PM
flying noodles was in the fith element with bruce willise
Title: Re: Best Steampunk-themed PC Games
Post by: mirth on July 24, 2017, 06:01:51 PM
Dongle
Title: Re: Best Steampunk-themed PC Games
Post by: gameleaper on July 24, 2017, 06:04:04 PM
Quote from: mirth on July 24, 2017, 06:01:51 PM
Dongle

are you insulting my USB flash drive, that was in fifth element too
Title: Re: Best Steampunk-themed PC Games
Post by: Gusington on July 24, 2017, 06:06:19 PM
Come on now...Blade Runner basically created cyberpunk along with Neuromancer. My last check of Clockwork Empires found that it was kinda sorta unfinished. Will check out Airship Dragoon and Warmachine Tactics and Acaratus...whatever the hell that is. Thanks JH.

Path of Neo!! Mother of all creatures great and small!
Title: Re: Best Steampunk-themed PC Games
Post by: mirth on July 24, 2017, 06:09:49 PM
Blade Runner was not cyber punk!!!
Title: Re: Best Steampunk-themed PC Games
Post by: mirth on July 24, 2017, 06:11:36 PM
Quote from: gameleaper on July 24, 2017, 06:04:04 PM
Quote from: mirth on July 24, 2017, 06:01:51 PM
Dongle

are you insulting my USB flash drive, that was in fifth element too

I loved that flash drive! Better actor than Bruce Willis!
Title: Re: Best Steampunk-themed PC Games
Post by: Gusington on July 24, 2017, 06:42:26 PM
How is Blade Runner not cyberpunk??
Title: Re: Best Steampunk-themed PC Games
Post by: Gusington on July 24, 2017, 06:48:26 PM
Acaratus looks to be the best out of the ones JH named above.
Title: Re: Best Steampunk-themed PC Games
Post by: spelk on July 24, 2017, 06:51:06 PM
Iron Clad Tactics for the win!!! :)

http://store.steampowered.com/app/226960/Ironclad_Tactics/

Or Iron Brigade

http://www.ironbrigadegame.com/

Or The Order 1886

http://www.readyatdawn.com/game-list/the-order/

Or Guns of Icarus

http://gunsoficarus.com/

Or Iron Grip Warlord

http://store.steampowered.com/app/31700/Iron_Grip_Warlord/

Sunless Sea
http://store.steampowered.com/app/304650/SUNLESS_SEA/

Fallen London
http://fallenlondon.com

Skyborn
http://store.steampowered.com/app/278460/Skyborn/

Acaratus
http://store.steampowered.com/app/376410/Acaratus/

Ironcast
http://store.steampowered.com/app/327670/Ironcast/

Title: Re: Best Steampunk-themed PC Games
Post by: spelk on July 24, 2017, 06:56:20 PM
Quote from: Gusington on July 24, 2017, 06:42:26 PM
How is Blade Runner not cyberpunk??
Exactly..

Blade Runner is Cyberpunk.. it sort of crystalised the backdrop.. maybe..
https://www.neondystopia.com/cyberpunk-movies-anime/last-week-in-cyberpunk-7212017/
Title: Re: Best Steampunk-themed PC Games
Post by: mirth on July 24, 2017, 07:06:42 PM
Unbunch your panties, CyberPrincesses.
Title: Re: Best Steampunk-themed PC Games
Post by: Gusington on July 24, 2017, 07:58:39 PM
^Cyberknave!
Title: Re: Best Steampunk-themed PC Games
Post by: Gusington on July 24, 2017, 07:59:19 PM
And thank you for the additional games spelk! I didn't think The Order 1886 was available for PC...

...dammit 'Playstation Only'
Title: Re: Best Steampunk-themed PC Games
Post by: Staggerwing on July 24, 2017, 08:55:34 PM
Keeping in  line with the 'Iron' theme... what about Iron Storm (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Storm_(video_game))?

Title: Re: Best Steampunk-themed PC Games
Post by: mirth on July 24, 2017, 09:01:27 PM
Tron was the first real Cyber-punk film
Title: Re: Best Steampunk-themed PC Games
Post by: jomni on July 24, 2017, 09:23:54 PM
Valkyria Chronicles (though it has magic and was originally a console game)
Airship Dragoon
Title: Re: Best Steampunk-themed PC Games
Post by: Gusington on July 24, 2017, 09:40:36 PM
Iron Storm...holy moly there's a blast from the past. Valkyria Chronicles looks strangely intriguing...

...just patched up Arcanum and installed some hi-res graphics mods too.
Title: Re: Best Steampunk-themed PC Games
Post by: ComradeP on July 25, 2017, 05:09:55 AM
Valkyria Chronicles is VERY "Japanese" in terms of the stereotypes you can expect.

Guys yell (and think about the greater questions in life), are gay, or both. Women are about as unnatural as you can imagine and, for a game where the only way to win is to shoot people in the face from a close distance, it's surprisingly anti-militaristic.

That's a real Japanese paradox: they like games where you shoot stuff, but don't like any militarism. The most militaristic characters are the bad guys (often with vaguely Latin names and Roman Imperial titles for unclear reasons).

The Iron Grip games are not bad, provided you don't expect them to meet the standards of premium FPS's.
Title: Re: Best Steampunk-themed PC Games
Post by: Jarhead0331 on July 25, 2017, 07:30:28 AM
Quote from: ComradeP on July 25, 2017, 05:09:55 AM

The Iron Grip games are not bad, provided you don't expect them to meet the standards of premium FPS's.

I've had trouble getting the iron grip games to run on modern systems. Never tried on a win10 machine.
Title: Re: Best Steampunk-themed PC Games
Post by: JasonPratt on July 25, 2017, 07:40:56 AM
Come to think of it, ValkChron does count as very late Steampunk, circa WW1. (With some WW2 for flavor.)

Title: Re: Best Steampunk-themed PC Games
Post by: Gusington on July 25, 2017, 08:02:25 AM
Anime makes me question everything I thought I knew.
Title: Re: Best Steampunk-themed PC Games
Post by: ComradeP on July 25, 2017, 08:25:16 AM
QuoteI've had trouble getting the iron grip games to run on modern systems. Never tried on a win10 machine.

Last time I played Warlord was on an XP machine several years ago, so I don't have any experience with getting it to run on a more recent version of Windows.
Title: Re: Best Steampunk-themed PC Games
Post by: Phantom on July 25, 2017, 12:49:20 PM
Surprised no-one has mentioned Diluvion, a steampunk submarine game. I think its on sale (Steam) at the moment.
Title: Re: Best Steampunk-themed PC Games
Post by: Gusington on July 25, 2017, 01:26:36 PM
Thanks.
Title: Re: Best Steampunk-themed PC Games
Post by: Boggit on July 30, 2017, 06:55:10 PM
I got Steam World Heist the other day for my son. That is a turn based robot steam punk world a bit like XCOM in combat execution. It seems a lot of fun and my son really likes it. O0
Title: Re: Best Steampunk-themed PC Games
Post by: Gusington on July 31, 2017, 08:33:32 AM
I will check it out, thanks Boggit.