List of steampunk works
Appearance
Following is a list of steampunk works in the science fiction and fantasy genres. Note that several of them are not Steampunk in their classification, but contain such elements in their general fantasy setting (for example, World of Warcraft).
In print
Modern steampunk
- The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers
- Automated Alice by Jeff Noon
- L'équilibre des paradoxes by Michel Pagel
- The Grand Ellipse by Paula Volsky
- Greatwinter trilogy, by Sean McMullen
- The Light Ages, House of Storms by Ian R. MacLeod
- A Nomad of the Time Streams by Michael Moorcock
- Perdido Street Station, The Scar, Iron Council by China Miéville
- The Sundowners series by James Swallow
- The Woman Between the Worlds by F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre
16th Century
18th century setting
- The Age of Unreason tetralogy by Gregory Keyes -- Newton has discovered the Philosopher's Stone.
19th century setting
- Anti-Ice by Stephen Baxter
- Homunculus by James Blaylock
- Lord Kelvin's Machine by James Blaylock
- "Seventy-Two Letters" by Ted Chiang
- The Steampunk Trilogy by Paul Di Filippo
- Infernal Devices by K. W. Jeter
- The Difference Engine by William Gibson & Bruce Sterling -- the designs of Charles Babbage led to the wide usage of mechanical computers in Victorian England. (See difference engine)
- Zeppelins West and Flaming London by Joe R. Lansdale
- Anno Dracula by Kim Newman
20th/21st century setting
- Jigsaw Men by Gary Greenwood
- The Peshawar Lancers by S.M. Stirling -- Meteors devastate Europe and America in the 19th century, causing much of the British upper class to flee to India. The story is set in 2025 in a thoroughly Indianized Angrezi Raj (British Empire), with its capital in Delhi.
Other setting
- Morlock Night by K. W. Jeter; a sequel to Wells' The Time Machine.
- Titus Alone by Mervyn Peake (third part of the Gormenghast trilogy)
- Ghost Novels by L. E. Modesitt, Jr., set in an alternate present in which 19th century powers still dominate, and the human soul is a tangible thing. A world of difference engines, steam cars and de-souled zombie servants.
- The "His Dark Materials" trilogy, particularly "Northern Lights," also known as "The Golden Compass."
- The Hungry City Chronicles, set in a postapocalyptic world.
Quasi-Victorian science fiction
- The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson -- A steampunk-flavored adventure set in a nanotechnological future, with much of the action in a neo-Victorian society
- The Peshawar Lancers by S.M. Stirling -- Meteors devastate Europe and America in the 19th century, causing much of the British upper class to flee to India. The story is set in 2025 in a thoroughly Indianized Angrezi Raj (British Empire), with its capital in Delhi.
- Queen Victoria's Bomb by Ronald Clark -- in the mid 19th century; a physicist gets the idea of isotopic separation after seeing pebbles graded by size on a pebble beach, and makes an atomic bomb. He intends to use it to end the Crimean War, but it never gets used, and no difference is made to history.
- To Visit the Queen by Diane Duane -- Interference by the Lone Power results in a contaminated alternate universe in which Victorian Britain has developed (and used) atomic weapons.
Comics/graphic novels
- The Adventures of Luther Arkwright and Heart of Empire, or The Legacy of Luther Arkwright by Bryan Talbot
- The Amazing Screw-On Head by Mike Mignola
- Baker Street by Gary Reed and Guy Davis
- Batman: The Doom that Came to Gotham (DC Comics Elseworlds) by Mike Mignola and Troy Nixey
- Batman: Gotham by Gaslight (DC Comics Elseworlds) by Brian Augustyn and Mike Mignola
- Batman: Master of the Future (DC Comics Elseworlds) by Augusten and Eduardo Barreto
- Battle Chasers by Joe Madureira
- Les Cités Obscures by Benoît Peeters and François Schuiten
- Daisy Kutter by Kazu Kibuishi
- The Five Fists of Science by Matt Fraction and Steven Sanders
- Girl Genius by Phil and Kaja Foglio
- Harry Kipling by Simon Spurrier and Boo Cook
- Ironwolf by Howard Chaykin and Mike Mignola
- JLA: Age of Wonder (DC Comics Elseworlds) by Adisakdi Tantimedh and Galen Showman
- Justice Riders (DC Comics Elseworlds) by Chuck Dixon and J.H. Williams III
- The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen 1898 by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill
- Leviathan by Ian Edginton and D'Israeli
- Neotopia by Rod Espinosa
- Le Régulateur T1 : Ambrosia by Corbeyran
- Scarlet Traces by Ian Edginton and D'Israeli, a sequel to their adaptation of H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds
- Ruse by Mark Waid and Scott Beatty
- Sebastian O (DC Comics Vertigo) by Grant Morrison and Steve Yeowell
- Steam Detectives manga by Kia Asamiya
- Steampunk by Joe Kelly and Chris Bachalo
- The Transformers: Evolutions - Hearts of Steel IDW Publishing by Chuck Dixon and Guido Guidi
- Texas Steampunk series by Lea Hernandez: Cathedral Child and Clockwork Angels
Steampunk role-playing game material
- Brassy's Men by Interactivities Ink (Live action role-playing game)
- Castle Falkenstein by Mike Pondsmith
- Deadlands
- DragonMech by Goodman Games
- Etherscope by Goodman Games
- Forgotten Futures
- Gear Antique (Japanese)
- GURPS Steampunk by William H. Stoddard
- Iron Kingdoms by Privateer Press
- Sorcery & Steam by Fantasy Flight Games
- Space: 1889
- Terra Incognita by Scott Larson (Based on Fudge)
- Terra the Gunslinger (Japanese)
- Victoriana by Heresy Gaming
- Warhammer Fantasy (mostly renaissance and gunpowder age in nature)
- Jeff Grubb's Dungeons & Dragons works usually include steampunk gnomes; most notable are the Dragonlance and Spelljammer settings.
- Unhallowed Metropolis by Jason Soles and Nicole Vega
In media
In films
Note: most of the films listed are steampunk-related either through narrative or by thematic context.
- A Trip to the Moon (1902)
- The Impossible Voyage (1904)
- Conquest of the Pole (1912)
- Frankenstein (1931)
- Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
- The Invisible Man (1933)
- The Island of Dr. Moreau (1933 - as Island of Lost Souls, 1977, 1996)
- King Solomon's Mines (1937, 1950, 1985)
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
- The Fabulous World of Jules Verne (1958)
- From the Earth to the Moon (1958)
- Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)
- The Time Machine (1960, 2002)
- Mysterious Island (1961)
- Master of the World (1961)
- Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962)
- First Men in the Moon (1964)
- The City Under the Sea (War Gods of the Deep) (1965)
- Captain Nemo and the Underwater City (1969)
- The Asphyx (1972)
- The Adventures of Mark Twain (1982 claymation)
- Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)
- Castle in the Sky (1986 anime)
- The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)
- Back to the Future Part III (1990)
- Delicatessen (1991)
- Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)
- The City of Lost Children (1995)
- Wild Wild West (1999)
- Sleepy Hollow (1999)
- Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)
- Vidocq (2001)
- Le Pacte des Loups (Brotherhood of the Wolf) (2001)
- The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
- Hellboy (2004)
- Steamboy (2004 anime)
- Van Helsing (2004)
- Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)
- Around the World in 80 Days (2004)
- Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
- The Brothers Grimm (2005)
- Howl's Moving Castle (2005 anime)
- The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello (2005 short film)
In television
- The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr., FOX series
- Samurai 7 a steampunk-themed anime retelling of the classic movie, The Seven Samurai
- The Amazing Screw-On Head (announced 2006 TV series)
- Arabian Nights (2000 TV series)
- Avatar: The Last Airbender (American animated TV series)
- Doctor Who: Pyramids of Mars, The Talons of Weng Chiang, Ghost Light (1989), BBC Books Past Doctor Adventures novel Imperial Moon by Christopher Bulis;
- Doctor Who Series 2 (2006): Tooth and Claw (Doctor Who), Rise of the Cybermen, The Age of Steel (BBC and Sci-Fi Channel science-fiction series)
- Five Children and It (1991 series)
- Fullmetal Alchemist, anime/manga series
- Jack of All Trades, syndicated series
- Kino's Journey, anime TV series
- Last Exile, 2003 anime from Gonzo Digimation
- Legend, series
- Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water, anime TV series
- QED, series
- Read or Die, OVA
- Reign: The Conqueror (1997/2003 anime miniseries)
- Sakura Wars, anime TV series
- The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne, Sci Fi Channel series
- Secret of Cerulean Sand, anime TV series
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World, syndicated series
- Sherlock Hound, 1984 anime TV series
- Steam Detectives, anime TV series
- The Wild Wild West, ABC series
- The Vision of Escaflowne, anime TV series
- Trigun, anime TV series
In video games
- Alone in the Dark series
- American McGee's Alice
- Amerzone
- Arcanum: of Steamworks and Magick Obscura
- Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean mostly the Alfard empire and their technology
- City of Heroes Nemesis and Clockwork villains
- Chrono Trigger
- Chrono Cross
- Clive Barker's Undying
- Dark Cloud 2
- Darkwatch
- Dungeon Siege Mostly the goblin base and their automata
- Dungeon Siege: Legends of Aranna adventure amids the ruins of a high-tech Atlantean society
- Evolution: The World of Sacred Device
- Final Fantasy
- Final Fantasy V (Neo-Classical)
- Final Fantasy VI (Tuscan/Victorian/Western/Steampunk/Magitech/Clockwork)
- Final Fantasy VII (Cyberpunk/Modern)
- Final Fantasy IX (Steampunk/Victorian)
- Final Fantasy X (Magitech/Clockwork/Etherbased)
- GunValkyrie
- Impossible Creatures
- Jak and Daxter series
- Kingdom Hearts series
- Legacy of Kain series
- Lighthouse For its visual style in transportation and mechanisms.
- Magic: The Gathering, prominent in the Weatherlight storyline and dominant in the Mirrodin storyline
- Martian Memorandum
- Medievil 2
- The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
- The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
- Myst franchise
- Nightmare Creatures
- Pandemonium
- Ragnarok Online (prominent in the town of Einbroch, as well as with the steam technology of monsters such as Rotar Zairo and RSX-0806)
- Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends
- Rocket Knight Adventures
- Rule of Rose
- Sakura Wars
- Septerra Core
- Shining Force Series
- SkyGunner
- Skies Of Arcadia
- Slouching Towards Bedlam
- Space: 1889
- Steamband
- Steambot Chronicles
- Steel Empire
- Syberia
- Super Monkey Ball Adventure (the stage Moonhaven is a Steampunk themed floating city)
- Tail Concerto
- The Chaos Engine
- The Dark Eye
- The Longest Journey
- Thief series.
- Wachenroder
- Wild ARMs series (Western)
- World of Warcraft and the Warcraft series
- Worlds of Ultima II: Martian Dreams
In music
- Albums
- Ben Houge - Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura Soundtrack
- Chris Vrenna - American McGee's Alice - Official Soundtrack
- The Cassettes - 'Neath The Pale Moon
- The Dresden Dolls - The Dresden Dolls (album)
- The Dresden Dolls - Yes, Virginia
- Philip Glass - Glassworks
- Rasputina - Thanks For the Ether
- Rasputina - How We Quit the Forest
- Rasputina - Cabin Fever
- Rasputina - My Fever Broke
- Rasputina - The Lost and Found, 2nd Edition
- Rasputina - Frustration Plantation
- Duke Special - Adventures in Gramophone
- Duke Special - Your Vandal
- Music videos
- Nine Inch Nails - "The Perfect Drug"
- The Smashing Pumpkins - "Tonight Tonight"
- Billy Corgan - "Walking Shade"
- The Rasmus - "In the Shadows" (US version)
- Stiffs, inc. - "Nix, Nought, Nothing"
- Thursday - "Counting 5, 4, 3, 2, 1"
- The Dresden Dolls - "Coin-Operated Boy"
- Rasputina - The Olde Headboard
- My Chemical Romance - Welcome to the Black Parade