Underplayed Gems

Clockwork Empires (2016)

Clockwork Empires cover
Developer
Gaslamp Games, Inc.
Platforms
Windows, macOS
Genres
Indie, Simulation, Strategy
Rating
2.1 of 5, 788 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 15 hours
Where to get it
Steam

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How it feels

You nervously juggle Victorian-era industry and occult threats while managing a colony that feels hilariously doomed to spiral into chaos.

steampunklovecraftianmanagementcolony buildersurvivaldarkly humorousunpredictableatmospheric

What players say

Players almost uniformly say the game was abandoned before it was finished, after its developer went bankrupt. A few still praise the Lovecraftian steampunk atmosphere and say a fan patch improves things, but the consensus is a dead, incomplete product.

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