Top Steampunk Games
60+ steampunk games ranked by player tags and tunable re-ranking. Related tags include Singleplayer, Adventure, Action, Atmospheric.
Recommended Steampunk Games

Guns of Icarus Online
Assemble your crew, take to the skies in the premier PvP airship combat game. Guns of Icarus Online is all about flying massive airships, shooting big turret weapons, and working as a team for supremacy of the skies. Everyone as one, victory or death, together.

Frostpunk
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?
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- #1 Guns of Icarus Online98% matchVery Positive90% of 14,674 reviews2012Developer: Muse GamesPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 3.7hMean: 10.4h≥1hr: 86%
Assemble your crew, take to the skies in the premier PvP airship combat game. Guns of Icarus Online is all about flying massive airships, shooting big turret weapons, and working as a team for supremacy of the skies. Everyone as one, victory or death, together.
- #2 Frostpunk94% matchVery Positive93% of 132,545 reviews2018Developer: 11 bit studiosPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 6.2hMean: 22.4h≥1hr: 87%
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?
- #3 Dishonored90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 85,336 reviews2012Developer: Arkane StudiosPublisher: Bethesda SoftworksPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 9.4hMean: 20.8h≥1hr: 85%
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.
- #4 Dishonored 284% matchVery Positive90% of 65,264 reviews2016Developer: Arkane StudiosPublisher: Bethesda SoftworksPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 8.5hMean: 23.2h≥1hr: 91%
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.
- #5 Lies of P79% matchVery Positive92% of 75,928 reviews2023Developer: NEOWIZPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 23.8hMean: 38.6h≥1hr: 91%
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.
- #6 BioShock™73% matchVery Positive94% of 31,721 reviews2007Developer: 2K BostonPublisher: 2KPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 2.4hMean: 9.6h≥1hr: 67%
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.
- #7 SteamWorld Dig72% matchVery Positive94% of 10,641 reviews2013Developer: Image & Form GamesPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 3.0hMean: 6.0h≥1hr: 82%
SteamWorld Dig is an action-adventure puzzler with strong Metroidvanian influences set in the SteamWorld Universe. You’ll need to dig deep into the earth, gather resources to upgrade your tools and abilities, take on enemies, solve challenging puzzles and uncover the secrets to save a dying town.
- #8 They Are Billions69% matchVery Positive85% of 50,609 reviews2019Developer: Numantian GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 14.1hMean: 56.0h≥1hr: 91%
They Are Billions is a Steampunk strategy game set on a post-apocalyptic planet. Build and defend colonies to survive against the billions of the infected that seek to annihilate the few remaining living humans. Can humanity survive after the zombie apocalypse?
- #9 Machinarium68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 19,289 reviews2009Developer: Amanita DesignPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 3.3hMean: 18.2h≥1hr: 81%
Machinarium is the award-winning independent adventure game developed by the makers of Samorost series, Botanicula and CHUCHEL. Help Josef the robot save his girlfriend Berta kidnapped by the Black Cap Brotherhood gang!
- #10 SteamWorld Heist68% matchVery Positive94% of 6,137 reviews2016Developer: Image & Form GamesPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 4.8hMean: 8.6h≥1hr: 87%
Command a steam-driven pirate crew in a series of epic tactical shootouts in SteamWorld Heist. This is turn-based strategy with a twist: You manually aim the guns of your robots, allowing for insane skill shots and bullet-bouncing action!
- #11 SteamWorld Dig 266% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 8,836 reviews2017Developer: Image & Form GamesPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 3.9hMean: 15.6h≥1hr: 71%
SteamWorld Dig is back! Dig deep, gain riches and unearth the terrors of the underworld in this platform mining adventure influenced by classic Metroidvania style games.
- #12 Frostpunk 265% matchMostly Positive75% of 25,240 reviews2024Developer: 11 bit studiosPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 8.1hMean: 19.4h≥1hr: 87%
Develop, expand, and advance your city in a society survival game set 30 years after an apocalyptic blizzard ravaged Earth. In Frostpunk 2, you face not only the perils of never-ending winter, but also the powerful factions that watch your every step inside the Council Hall.
- #13 Dishonored®: Death of the Outsider™66% matchVery Positive88% of 12,950 reviews2017Developer: Arkane StudiosPublisher: Bethesda SoftworksPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 8.5hMean: 16.3h≥1hr: 83%
From the award-winning developers at Arkane® Studios comes Dishonored®: Death of the Outsider, the next standalone adventure in the critically-acclaimed Dishonored® series.
- #14 Thief67% matchMostly Positive75% of 23,767 reviews2014Developer: Eidos-MontréalPublisher: Eidos Interactive Corp.Platforms: Windows, MacMedian: 4.2hMean: 13.2h≥1hr: 89%
Garrett, the Master Thief, steps out of the shadows into the City. In this treacherous place, where the Baron’s Watch spreads a rising tide of fear and oppression, his skills are the only things he can trust. Even the most cautious citizens and their best-guarded possessions are not safe from his reach.
- #15 BioShock® 264% matchVery Positive89% of 14,795 reviews2010Developer: 2K MarinPublisher: 2KPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 2.4hMean: 16.1h≥1hr: 61%
Set approximately 10 years after the events of the original BioShock, the halls of Rapture once again echo with sins of the past. Along the Atlantic coastline, a monster has been snatching little girls and bringing them back to the undersea city of Rapture.
- #16 F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch64% matchVery Positive87% of 6,949 reviews2021Developer: TiGamesPublisher: Astrolabe GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 6.5hMean: 11.5h≥1hr: 79%
F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch is a Metroidvania action game featuring exploration, intense combat and challenging platforming.
- #17 Iron Harvest64% matchMostly Positive73% of 15,723 reviews2020Developer: KING ArtPublisher: Prime MatterPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 3.2hMean: 12.0h≥1hr: 75%
A classic real-time strategy game with an epic single player campaign, multiplayer & coop, set in the alternate reality of 1920+
- #18 Syberia64% matchVery Positive88% of 6,691 reviews2011Developer: MicroidsPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 2.4hMean: 6.5h≥1hr: 82%
Join Kate Walker as she travels to remote locations and time periods in this timeless voyage to discover her true destiny.
- #19 Tower Wars63% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,753 reviews2012Developer: SuperVillain StudiosPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 2.4hMean: 6.8h≥1hr: 88%
Tower Wars combines elements of tower defense, RTS, and all-out multi-player mayhem to bring you a completely unique experience, delivered with a fun and funny not-so-old world style!
- #20 Sunless Skies: Sovereign Edition62% matchVery Positive84% of 3,416 reviews2019Developer: Failbetter GamesPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 2.5hMean: 17.4h≥1hr: 66%
SAIL THE STARS. BETRAY YOUR QUEEN. MURDER A SUN. Sunless Skies is a Gothic Horror roleplay game with a focus on exploration and exquisite storytelling.
- #21 Volcanoids61% matchVery Positive83% of 9,214 reviews2019Developer: VolcanoidPlatforms: Windows, LinuxMedian: 3.8hMean: 15.9h≥1hr: 76%
A base-building open-world survival shooter that replaces your typical base with a giant drill. Alone or with friends, explore an island plagued by eruptions, upgrade your drill, and fight robots to uncover what's been hiding beneath the surface.
- #22 The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing60% matchVery Positive83% of 10,192 reviews2013Developer: NeocoreGamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 3.6hMean: 12.9h≥1hr: 81%
Put on your wide-brimmed hat, grab your weapons and embark on an incredible adventure in the gothic-noir world of Borgovia, where mad science threatens the fragile peace between monster and mortal.
- #23 The Howler61% matchMostly Positive78% of 2,099 reviews2014Developer: Antanas MarcelionisPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 2.8hMean: 5.8h≥1hr: 89%
Use gravity, tension, and wind currents to get your hot air balloon to its destination, dropping off cargo on your way, in this ultra-challenging physics-based game. All art used in the Howler was meticulously created by classically-trained experienced painters.
- #24 Gloomwood59% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 7,888 reviews2022Developer: Dillon RogersPublisher: New Blood InteractivePlatforms: WindowsMedian: 2.7hMean: 6.8h≥1hr: 68%
Trapped in a dark, Victorian city consumed by an ancient curse, you must plan your survival and daring escape using nothing but stealth, an arsenal of eccentric weapons, and your wit in this haunting adventure inspired by the immersive sims and survival horror greats of the late 90s and early 2000s.
- #25 Thief Gold60% matchVery Positive92% of 4,067 reviews2012Developer: Looking Glass StudiosPublisher: Eidos Interactive Corp.Platforms: WindowsMedian: 30mMean: 7.2h≥1hr: 39%
Stalk your prey on the quest for stolen goods with your blackjack, sword, and an assortment of unique arrows. Steal for money and uncover the hidden agendas of your allies and enemies as you play through an unravelling story of deception and revenge.
- #26 Skyborn60% matchVery Positive87% of 1,719 reviews2014Developer: Dancing Dragon GamesPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 4.3hMean: 4.8h≥1hr: 92%
Life under the iron rule of the winged Skyborn race isn’t so bad for Claret Spencer, the star mechanic of a successful airship repair shop, present her with broken machinery and she’s sure to fix it. She’s one of the fortunate ones, not all who live under the watchful eye of the Skyborn are so lucky…Little does she know that her stable,...
- #27 Thief II: The Metal Age60% matchVery Positive94% of 2,066 reviews2012Developer: Looking Glass StudiosPublisher: Eidos Interactive Corp.Platforms: WindowsMedian: 12mMean: 11.4h≥1hr: 37%
The ultimate thief is back! Tread softly as you make your way through 15 new complex, non-linear levels full of loot to steal and guards to outsmart. Improved enemy AI, new gadgets and a riveting story will draw you into the world of Thief II: The Metal Age, a place of powerful new technologies, fanatical religions and corruption.
- #28 Syberia: The World Before59% matchVery Positive90% of 4,837 reviews2022Developer: Microids Studio ParisPublisher: MicroidsPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 6.3hMean: 9.5h≥1hr: 91%
Embark on a quest for identity through time, as you piece together the puzzle of two lives.
- #29 Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura60% matchVery Positive89% of 1,916 reviews2016Developer: Troika GamesPublisher: ActivisionPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 48mMean: 12.6h≥1hr: 47%
Imagine a place of wonder, where magick and technology coexist in an uneasy balance, and an adventurer might just as easily wield a flintlock pistol as a flaming sword. Welcome to the land of Arcanum.
- #30 We Need To Go Deeper59% matchVery Positive86% of 5,998 reviews2019Developer: Deli Interactive LLCPlatforms: Windows, LinuxMedian: 3.3hMean: 10.4h≥1hr: 89%
DIVE. DISCOVER. DIE. Crew a submarine with friends in We Need To Go Deeper - a 2-4-player cooperative submarine roguelike set in a Verne-inspired undersea universe.
- #31 Lethis - Path of Progress60% matchMixed68% of 1,210 reviews2015Developer: Triskell InteractivePlatforms: WindowsMedian: 4.6hMean: 7.9h≥1hr: 89%
Lethis - Path of Progress is a city-builder in a victorian steampunk setting.
- #32 Syberia II59% matchVery Positive86% of 3,005 reviews2011Developer: MicroidsPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 4.1hMean: 9.9h≥1hr: 89%
Having searched Eastern and Western Europe for a missing heir, Kate Walker finally completed her long and arduous journey, obtaining the signature of Hans Voralberg and closing the automaton factory buyout.
- #33 Close To The Sun59% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,270 reviews2020Developer: Storm in a TeacupPublisher: Wired ProductionsPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 4.3hMean: 5.6h≥1hr: 92%
Deep in international waters, Tesla’s Helios stands still. An unbound utopia for scientific research, Rose Archer steps aboard in search of her sister, quickly to discover not all is as it seems. A single word covers the entrance… QUARANTINE!
- #34 Cataclismo57% matchVery Positive89% of 4,077 reviews2025Developer: Digital SunPublisher: Hooded HorsePlatforms: WindowsMedian: 4.1hMean: 8.6h≥1hr: 77%
Design and build fortresses brick by brick to stand against endless hordes of Horrors in this real-time strategy game with resource management, siege defense, and exploration. Lead from the ramparts, push back the darkness, and hold fast against the creatures of the Mist.
- #35 WARMACHINE: Tactics60% matchMixed44% of 1,160 reviews2014Developer: WhiteMoon DreamsPublisher: Privateer Press InteractivePlatforms: WindowsMedian: 4.9hMean: 7.7h≥1hr: 92%
Turn-based tactical combat set in the award-winning world of the Iron Kingdoms. Command your custom squad of steam-powered robots and elite warriors in raging battles dominated by magic and mechanika. Battle in online multiplayer and play the epic 21-mission single player campaign!
- #36 Thief: Deadly Shadows59% matchVery Positive81% of 2,561 reviews2007Developer: Ion StormPublisher: Eidos Interactive Corp.Platforms: WindowsMedian: 30mMean: 5.3h≥1hr: 38%
You are Garrett, the master thief. Rarely seen and never caught, Garrett is the best that ever was. Able to sneak past any guard, pick any lock, and break into the most ingeniously secured residences. Garrett steals from the wealthy and gives to himself, making his living in the dark and foreboding City.
- #37 Clockwork Tales: Of Glass and Ink58% matchVery Positive92% of 1,143 reviews2014Developer: Artifex MundiPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 3.5hMean: 4.5h≥1hr: 97%
Unburied secrets burn like wild steam – nothing is what it appears!
- #38 Ironcast58% matchMostly Positive72% of 960 reviews2015Developer: DreadbitPublisher: RipstonePlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 3.6hMean: 7.0h≥1hr: 89%
Puzzlequest meets FTL in this Steampunk Victorian era roguelite.
- #39 Flight of the Icarus59% matchMixed41% of 251 reviews2010Developer: Muse GamesPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 12mMean: 1.3h≥1hr: 17%
Flight of the Icarus is a game where you play as a privateer who owns an airship that helps ferry goods from town to town in a post-apocalyptic world where the skies are dominated by pirates and danger. Shoot down enemy aeroplanes with a variety of deadly weaponry. Keep the ship from falling out the sky.
- #40 Vessel58% matchVery Positive88% of 821 reviews2012Developer: Strange Loop GamesPublisher: IndiePubPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 42mMean: 4.0h≥1hr: 41%
Living liquid machines have overrun a world of unstoppable progress and their inventor must stop the chaos in this game about a man with the power to bring ordinary matter to life!
- #41 Teslagrad57% matchVery Positive84% of 2,460 reviews2013Developer: Rain GamesPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 4.2hMean: 6.0h≥1hr: 88%
A journey begins... A treacherous tower... Unravel its mysteries!Discover the secrets kept in the long abandoned Tesla Tower!Magnetism and other electromagnetic powers will help you explore a non-linear world of beautiful hand-drawn environments, in a steampunk-inspired vision of old Europe.
- #42 A Study in Steampunk: Choice by Gaslight57% matchVery Positive95% of 177 reviews2015Developer: Hosted GamesPlatforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
Steam-powered mechs meet forbidden sorcery in this interactive steampunk novel, inspired by Sherlock Holmes, Dracula, Jekyll & Hyde, and Jack the Ripper!
- #43 Diluvion: Resubmerged57% matchMixed62% of 1,124 reviews2017Developer: Arachnid GamesPublisher: Good Shepherd EntertainmentPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 5.2hMean: 6.5h≥1hr: 85%
Diluvion is a 3D deep sea, Jules Verne inspired, exploration game with RPG elements and thrilling submarine combat. As the Captain of your own vessel, you must grow and manage your crew as you search for the secrets of the past in a hauntingly beautiful flooded world.
- #44 Steampunk Tower 257% matchMostly Positive75% of 360 reviews2018Developer: DreamGatePlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 3.3hMean: 5.2h≥1hr: 93%
Steampunk Tower 2 is an action-strategy game set in the alternative Steampunk universe. In Lord Bingham’s military service there is a new secret weapon under your command, the gigantic aircraft Carrier transporting the Battle Tower.
- #45 Jamestown56% matchVery Positive94% of 2,360 reviews2011Developer: Final Form GamesPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 48mMean: 2.5h≥1hr: 44%
Jamestown: Legend Of The Lost Colony is a neo-classical top-down shooter for up to 4 players, set on 17th-century British Colonial Mars. It features all the intensity, depth, and lovingly handcrafted pixels of a classic arcade shooter, with a modern twist: deeply-integrated cooperative gameplay.
- #46 Airborne Kingdom56% matchVery Positive87% of 2,333 reviews2022Developer: The Wandering Band LLCPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 3.5hMean: 6.9h≥1hr: 81%
The sky city builder awaits. Create your own flying kingdom and lead it on a quest across an expansive world. Explore the varied landscape, build up a floating metropolis, aid struggling people below, uncover lost secrets and, ultimately, bring back the Airborne Kingdom legend.
- #47 The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing: Final Cut57% matchMostly Positive76% of 3,838 reviews2015Developer: NeocoreGamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 3.4hMean: 11.6h≥1hr: 87%
Embark on an adventure in a gothic-noir world, where mad science threatens the peace between monsters and mortals. The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing: Final Cut is definitive edition of the trilogy with six playable classes and a new endgame mode with a huge variety of open missions!
- #48 SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech56% matchVery Positive87% of 2,228 reviews2019Developer: Image & Form GamesPublisher: Thunderful PublishingPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 4.5hMean: 9.2h≥1hr: 90%
Lead a party of aspiring heroes through a beautifully hand-drawn world and intense battles using only your wits and a handful of cards. Take on whatever threat comes your way by crafting your own deck choosing from over 100 unique punch-cards!
- #49 Opus Magnum56% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 6,719 reviews2017Developer: ZachtronicsPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 4.6hMean: 13.0h≥1hr: 77%
Opus Magnum is the latest open-ended puzzle game from Zachtronics, the creators of SpaceChem, Infinifactory, and SHENZHEN I/O. Design and build machines that assemble potions, poisons, and more using the alchemical engineer’s most advanced tool: the transmutation engine!
- #50 Cogs57% matchVery Positive88% of 914 reviews2009Developer: Lazy 8 StudiosPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 30mMean: 2.1h≥1hr: 33%
Cogs is a puzzle game where players build machines from sliding tiles. Players can choose from 50 levels and 3 gameplay modes. New puzzles are unlocked by building contraptions quickly and efficiently. Inventor Mode: Starting with simple puzzles, players are introduced to the widgets that are used to build machines gears, pipes,...
- #51 Forgotton Anne56% matchVery Positive90% of 1,988 reviews2018Developer: Throughline GamesPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 5.6hMean: 6.4h≥1hr: 91%
Step into a hand-animated realm of wonder in which everyday objects take on a life of their own. Uncover the Forgotlings’ mysteries & harness magical forces as you embark upon a quest to return home.
- #52 Syberia 357% matchMixed52% of 4,698 reviews2017Developer: MicroidsPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 6.5hMean: 9.7h≥1hr: 95%
The next generation in adventure games, Syberia 3 takes you inside an enchanting, mysterious universe full of life for you to explore in 3D. Plunged into the heart of a world inhabited by a cast of interesting characters, you'll discover and experience a fabulous tale as imagined by Benoit Sokal.
- #53 80 Days56% matchVery Positive90% of 2,020 reviews2015Developer: inkle LtdPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 1.4hMean: 4.2h≥1hr: 54%
1872, with a steampunk twist. Phileas Fogg has wagered he can circumnavigate the world in just 80 days. Travel by airship, submarine, mechanical camel, steam-train and more. Race other players and a clock that never stops in TIME Magazine's Game of 2014.
- #54 Divinity: Dragon Commander56% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,503 reviews2013Developer: Larian StudiosPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 3.2hMean: 5.6h≥1hr: 86%
You are the Dragon Commander. Your mission it is to reunite a broken empire and become the new emperor. Success depends entirely on your ability to efficiently rule your empire, build invincible armies and lead them to victory.
- #55 Sir, You Are Being Hunted56% matchMostly Positive77% of 3,902 reviews2014Developer: Big Robot LtdPlatforms: Windows, LinuxMedian: 2.8hMean: 3.5h≥1hr: 82%
Sir, You Are Being Hunted is a freedom sandbox stealth experience, where each playthrough is unique, thanks to our British Countryside Generator. Escape from these robot-infested islands with violence, trickery and stealth. This brutally funny game is available for Windows, OSX, and Linux.
- #56 Detective Girl of the Steam City55% matchVery Positive92% of 1,960 reviews2019Developer: ClymeniaPublisher: Kagura GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 4.1hMean: 10.2h≥1hr: 87%
Play as Sophie, a private investigator not unlike Sherlock Holmes. It's up to Sophie to uncover the hidden truths of London through her investigations. What mysteries and intrigue await her? Find out in this steampunk RPG!
- #57 Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles54% matchVery Positive85% of 1,398 reviews2024Developer: Tomas SalaPublisher: Wired ProductionsPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 4.9hMean: 6.3h≥1hr: 81%
Bulwark blends casual and creative building elements with touches of strategy and exploration. It's an experimental mix of genres that can be enjoyed casually or as an epic conquest featuring naval units, air units, and fortresses.
