Editing Steampunk (section)

===Video games===
A variety of styles of video games<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-02-20 |title=Steampunk in Video Games |url=https://infinitesteampunk.com/blogs/steampunk-blog/steampunk-in-video-games |access-date=2024-08-12 |website=Infinite Steampunk |language=en}}</ref> have used steampunk settings.

''[[Steel Empire]]'' (1992), a [[shoot 'em up]] game originally released as ''Koutetsu Teikoku'' on the [[Sega Mega Drive]] console in Japan, is considered to be the first steampunk video game. Designed by Yoshinori Satake and inspired by [[Hayao Miyazaki]]'s anime film ''[[Laputa: Castle in the Sky]]'' (1986), ''Steel Empire'' is set in an alternate timeline dominated by steam-powered technology. The commercial success of ''Steel Empire'', both in Japan and the West, helped propel steampunk into the [[Video game industry|video game market]], and had a significant influence on later steampunk games. The most notable steampunk game it influenced is ''[[Final Fantasy VI]]'' (1994), a [[Japanese role-playing game]] developed by [[Squaresoft]] and designed by [[Hiroyuki Ito]] for the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]]. ''Final Fantasy VI'' was both critically and commercially successful, and had a considerable influence on later steampunk video games.<ref name=Nevins2019/>

''[[The Chaos Engine]]'' (1993) is a [[run and gun (video game)|run and gun]] video game inspired by the Gibson/Sterling novel ''[[The Difference Engine]]'' (1990), set in a Victorian steampunk age. Developed by [[the Bitmap Brothers]], it was first released on the [[Amiga]] in 1993; a sequel was released in 1996.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bitmap-brothers.co.uk/our-games/past/chaos-engine.htm|title=The Chaos Engine|publisher=The Bitmap Brothers|access-date=Aug 6, 2014|archive-date=May 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518024253/http://www.bitmap-brothers.co.uk/our-games/past/chaos-engine.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[graphic adventure game|graphic adventure]] [[puzzle video game]]s ''[[Myst]]'' (1993), ''[[Riven]]'' (1997), ''[[Myst III: Exile]]'' (2001), and ''[[Myst IV: Revelation]]'' (all produced by or under the supervision of [[Cyan Worlds]]) take place in an alternate steampunk universe, where elaborate infrastructures have been built to run on steam power. ''[[The Elder Scrolls]]'' (since 1994, last release in 2014) is an [[action role-playing game]] where one can find an ancient extinct race called dwemers or dwarves, whose steampunk technology is based on steam-powered levers and gears made of bronze or brass, which are maintained by magical techniques that have kept them in working order over the centuries.

''[[Sakura Wars]]'' (1996), a [[visual novel]] and [[tactical role-playing game]] developed by [[Sega]] for the [[Sega Saturn|Saturn]] console, is set in a steampunk version of Japan during the [[Meiji (era)|Meiji]] and [[Taishō]] periods, and features steam-powered [[mecha]] robots.<ref name=Wired/> ''[[Thief: The Dark Project]]'' (1998), its sequels, ''[[Thief II]]'' (2000), ''[[Thief: Deadly Shadows]]'' (2004) and its reboot ''[[Thief (2014 video game)|Thief]]'' (2014) are set in a steampunk metropolis. The 2001 [[computer role-playing game]] ''[[Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura]]'' mixes [[fantasy]] tropes with steampunk.

The ''[[Professor Layton]]'' series of games (2007 debut) has several entries showcasing steampunk machinery and vehicles. Notably ''[[Professor Layton and the Unwound Future]]'' features a quasi-steampunk future setting. ''[[Solatorobo]]'' (2010) is a role-playing video game developed by [[CyberConnect2]] set in a floating island [[archipelago]] populated by anthropomorphic cats and dogs, who pilot steampunk airships and engage in combat with robots. ''[[Resonance of Fate]]'' (2010) is a role-playing video game developed by [[tri-Ace]] and published by Sega for the [[PlayStation 3]] and [[Xbox 360]]. It is set in a steampunk environment with combat involving guns.

''[[Impossible Creatures]]'' (2003) [[real-time strategy]] game inspired by the works of [[H. G. Welles]], especially "[[The Island of Doctor Moreau]]". Developed by [[Relic Entertainment]], it sees an adventurer building an army of genetically spliced animals to battle against a mad scientist who has abducted his father. The player's headquarters is a steam-powered "Hovertrain" [[locomotive]], which functions as both a science lab and mobile command center. Coal is a key resource in the game, and must be burned to provide power to the players many base buildings.

The ''[[SteamWorld]]'' series of games (2010 debut) has the player controlling steam-powered robots. ''[[Minecraft]]'' (2011) has a steampunk-themed [[texture pack]]. ''[[Terraria]]'' (2011) is a video game developed by [[Re-Logic]]. It is a 2D [[open world]] [[platform game]] in which the player controls a single character in a generated world. It has a Steampunker [[non-player character]] in the game who sells items referencing Steampunk. 
''[[LittleBigPlanet 2]]'' (2011) has the world Victoria's Laboratory, run by Victoria von Bathysphere, which mixes steampunk themes with confections. ''[[Guns of Icarus Online]]'' (2012) is multiplayer game with steampunk themes.

''[[Dishonored (series)|Dishonored]]'' is a series (2012 debut) of [[stealth game|stealth]] games with role-playing elements developed by [[Arkane Studios]] and widely considered to be a spiritual successor of the original ''Thief'' trilogy. Set in the Empire of the Isles, a steampunk Victorian metropolis where technology and supernatural magic coexist. Steam-powered robots and mechanical combat suits are present as enemies, as well as the presence of magic. The major locations in the Isles include Dunwall, the Empire's [[capital city]] which uses the burning of [[whale oil]] as the city's main fuel source,<ref name="whalepunk">{{cite web |last=Hillier |first=Brenna |title=Celebrating Dishonored 2's stylish, "whalepunk" art |url=https://www.vg247.com/2016/11/23/celebrating-dishonored-2s-stylish-whalepunk-art/ |date=23 November 2016 |work=[[VG247]] |access-date=22 August 2020 |archive-date=6 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201006084249/https://www.vg247.com/2016/11/23/celebrating-dishonored-2s-stylish-whalepunk-art/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and Karnaca, which is powered by wind turbines fed by currents generated by a cleft mountain along the city's borders.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pcgamer.com/dishonored-2-trailer-examines-the-making-of-karnaca/|title=Dishonored 2 trailer examines the making of Karnaca|first=Andy|last=Chalk|work=[[PC Gamer]]|date=5 October 2016|access-date=22 August 2020|archive-date=9 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221109050813/https://www.pcgamer.com/dishonored-2-trailer-examines-the-making-of-karnaca/|url-status=live}}</ref>

''[[BioShock Infinite]]'' (2013) is a [[first-person shooter]] game set in 1912, in a fictional city called Columbia, which uses technology to float in the sky and has many historical and religious scenes.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://neverwasmag.com/Gazette%20-%2016.pdf|title=BioShock Infinite|first=Nick|last=Ottens|magazine=Gatehouse Gazette|issue=16|date=January 2011|page=9|access-date=Jul 28, 2020|archive-date=July 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728091930/https://neverwasmag.com/Gazette%20-%2016.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

''[[Code: Realize − Guardian of Rebirth]]'' (2014), a Japanese [[otome]] game for the [[PS Vita]] is set in a steampunk Victorian London, and features a cast with several historical figures with steampunk aesthetics. ''[[Code Name S.T.E.A.M.]]'' (2015), a Japanese tactical RPG game for the [[3DS]] set in a steampunk fantasy version of London where you are a conscript in the strike force S.T.E.A.M. (short for Strike Team Eliminating the Alien Menace). ''[[They Are Billions]]'' (2017), is a steampunk strategy game in a post-apocalyptic setting. Players build a colony and attempt to ward off waves of zombies. ''[[Frostpunk]]'' (2018) is a city-building game set in 1888, but where the Earth is in the midst of a great [[Ice age|Ice Age]]. Players must construct a city around a large steampunk heat generator with many steampunk aesthetics and mechanics, such as a "Steam Core."