Steampunk Games & Game Art
For today’s entry, with Steampunk week taking off and providing mechanical and steampowered inspiration to anyone who finds themselves here, we will be looking at something a bit different. Steampunk is becoming more and more popular, but it’s nothing new. We’ll be taking a look at some steampunk inspired computer games from the late 80′s to present day! (And even some steampunk takes on classics!). Hmm… where to start.
Final Fantasy Series
Torchlight
Syberia
Steel Empire
Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends
Nostalgia
Neo Steam: The Shattered Continent
The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom
Darkwatch
Fallout
Bioshock
Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura
Penny Arcade: On The Rain Slick Precipice Of Darkness
Borderlands
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Great list! But if you wanna be picky, Fallout and Bioshock are technically dieselpunk, because they make use of that art deco style. Steampunk is more of an Edwardian/Victorian thing.
While the art is certainly pretty, i don’t really see how Torchlight fits … ?
Another game you may have included is War of the Worlds, a real-time strategy game featuring the Jeff Wayne concept album as its soundtrack:
http://www.mobygames.com/game/jeff-waynes-the-war-of-the-worlds
Another good pick is Dark Cloud 2, although any time the Japanese try to do this Steampunk thing, they tend to wreck it with anime characters (that Neo Steam game, with all its furries, is abysmal)
http://www.mobygames.com/game/ps2/dark-cloud-2
- Ryan