The best Steampunk games 🚂 2023

Looking for a smart game from the steampunk 🚂 genre? We have compared many steampunk games and listed the best 30.

What is steampunk anyway?

Steampunk is a retrofuturistic subgenre of science fiction or science fantasy that involves technology and aesthetic constructions inspired by industrial steam-powered machines of the 19th century. Although its literary origins are sometimes associated with the cyberpunk genre, steampunk works are often set in an alternate history of the Victorian era or the American "Wild West" where the steam engine remains in mainstream use - or in a fantasy world that also employs steam power.

Term "steampunk" defined in 1987, coined much earlier

The term "steampunk" itself was named by K.W. Jeter in 1987, but the theme was coined primarily in the 1950s and 1960s, and even earlier. A popular example is the 1869 Jules Verne work "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" which was made into a movie by Disney in 1954.

Wonderful steampunk board games

The very aesthetic steampunk scenario has inspired game developers as well as many other artists. In the process, hundreds of great steampunk board games have been created. We have listed the best ones for you.

Cyberpunk is something different

If you are looking for games from the related genre "Cyberpunk", we have created a separate list for you: The Best Cyberpunk Games.

List of the best steampunk games 2023 🚂