They Will Come
A boy. A family of inventors. An enormous steampunk airship packed wall-to-wall with robots that have, predictably, gone full murder-mode. They Will Come is a steampunk adventure/puzzle game from Game…
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Big River Steampunk Festival: Hannibal, Missouri
Mark Twain's hometown gets taken over by goggle-wearing Victorians every Labor Day weekend, and honestly, that is the most correct thing that happens in Missouri all year. The Big River…
King’s Well
You're a gambler. The kingdom's punishment for gambling is getting thrown into a giant industrial prison called the King's Well, a massive mechanical pit of rusted gears, shadowy tunnels, and…
Time Without Tide
Chaosium, the house that gave us Call of Cthulhu and a respectable body count of player characters, just announced a brand-new tabletop RPG: Time Without Tide. The setting is a…
Thelomeris: City of Time
Somewhere between 2008 and the heat death of the universe, Hungarian director Balazs Hatvani has been building Thelomeris: a city of cogwheels and clocks where the citizens exist solely to…
Chicago Steampunk Exposition 2026: Gail Carriger Edition
The Chicago Steampunk Exposition is back, and this year they pulled off something that earns them a genuine high-5 from the Doctor: they got Gail Carriger on the guest roster…
Frostpunk RPG: Core Rulebook
Catalyst Game Labs just dropped the Frostpunk RPG: Core Rulebook into retail this week, and yes, the Formulae approves. The video game already nailed the SteamPunk-survival-city-building sweet spot (coal-fired generators…
Clockwork Revolution Gets Its Xbox Showcase 2026 Trailer
inXile Entertainment just dropped a new Clockwork Revolution trailer at the Xbox Games Showcase 2026, and the Doctor approves. We're talking a first-person steampunk RPG set in Avalon, a Victorian…
Key City Steampunk: Worlds of Tomorrow
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania is already a place where the past refuses to stay dead. So naturally, that's where the Key City Steampunk Convention has set up shop, and this year they…
TeslaCon Goes to Oz
Gentle reader, I have been informed that TeslaCon, North America's largest immersive SteamPunk convention, has chosen its 2026 theme, and that theme is The Wonderful Land of Oz. November 12-15…