A Study in Steampunk: Choice by Gaslight

A Study in Steampunk: Choice by Gaslight

2015

Choices reshape the mystery, loyalties, and your fate

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The WhatsNext verdict

A superb choice for players who want a long, replayable interactive mystery with meaningful role-playing, memorable relationships, and an evocative steampunk setting. Skip it if you need audiovisual spectacle or tightly concealed detective surprises.

What it does best

  • Choices reshape the mystery, loyalties, and your fate

  • A richly imagined gaslit world of mystery and magic

  • A cast worth caring about and betraying

  • Steampunk detective fiction fused with forbidden sorcery

What might put you off

  • Predictable if you know the source material

  • Text-only presentation

The setup

What you are walking into

Steam-powered mechs meet forbidden sorcery in this interactive steampunk novel, inspired by Sherlock Holmes, Dracula, Jekyll & Hyde, and Jack the Ripper!

Where it lives

LinuxPC (Microsoft Windows)iOSMac

Genre

Role-playing (RPG)AdventureIndie
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