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 🚂
Celestia
Nominated for 2 awards.
More details for Celestia- 2 - 6 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Video reviews for Celestia
Botanik
Nominated for 2 awards.
More details for Botanik- 2 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Easy to learn
Mission: Red Planet (Second Edition)
- 2 - 6 Players
- 45 - 90 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Easy to learn
Forbidden Desert
Nominated for 7 awards and won 4.
More details for Forbidden Desert- 2 - 5 Players
- 45 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Video reviews for Forbidden Desert
Smash Up: Awesome Level 9000
- 2 Players
- 45 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Easy to learn
Dogs of War
- 3 - 5 Players
- 75 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Medium difficulty
Steam Park
Nominated for 4 awards.
More details for Steam Park- 2 - 4 Players
- 60 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Video reviews for Steam Park
Wolsung Steampunk Skirmish Game
- 2 - 4 Players
- 40 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Easy to learn
Steampunk Rally
Nominated for 3 awards and won 1.
More details for Steampunk Rally- 2 - 8 Players
- 45 - 60 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Medium difficulty
Koryŏ
Nominated for 2 awards.
More details for Koryŏ- 2 - 4 Players
- 10 - 20 Minutes
- 13+ years old
- Easy to learn
Mission: Red Planet
- 3 - 5 Players
- 60 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Dastardly Dirigibles
- 2 - 5 Players
- 60 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
Gearworks
- 1 - 4 Players
- 30 - 45 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Steampunk Rally Fusion
- 2 - 8 Players
- 45 - 60 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Medium difficulty
Munchkin Steampunk
- 3 - 6 Players
- 60 - 90 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Easy to learn
The World of SMOG: Rise of Moloch
- 2 - 5 Players
- 45 - 90 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Medium difficulty
In Her Majesty's Name: Steampunk Skirmish Wargaming Rules
- 60 - 180 Minutes
- Medium difficulty
Spyrium
Nominated for 3 awards.
More details for Spyrium- 2 - 5 Players
- 75 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Medium difficulty
Leagues of Adventure: Rocket Race
- 2 - 6 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Red November
Nominated for 3 awards.
More details for Red November- 1 - 8 Players
- 60 - 120 Minutes
- 13+ years old
- Easy to learn
Ruse
- 3 - 5 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Immediately playable
Video reviews for Ruse
The Phantom Society
- 2 - 4 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Brass Empire
- 1 - 5 Players
- 30 - 60 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
The World of Smog: On Her Majesty's Service
- 2 - 4 Players
- 60 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Easy to learn
Noxford
- 2 - 4 Players
- 20 - 40 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
Video reviews for Noxford
Imaginarium
- 2 - 5 Players
- 90 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Medium difficulty
Onward to Venus
- 2 - 5 Players
- 90 - 120 Minutes
- 13+ years old
- Medium difficulty
Steam Time
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Steam Time- 2 - 4 Players
- 90 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Medium difficulty
🔥 Great price!22€ at.de
Video reviews for Steam Time
Empire Engine
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Empire Engine- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Easy to learn
🔥 Great price!3€ at.de
Clockwork Wars
- 2 - 4 Players
- 90 Minutes
- 13+ years old
- Medium difficulty
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