A Study in Steampunk: Choice by Gaslight
Released Nov 2015
Steam-powered mechs meet forbidden sorcery in this interactive steampunk novel, inspired by Sherlock Holmes, Dracula, Jekyll & Hyde, and Jack the Ripper!
95% positive · 178 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
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Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
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Evaluation
A Study in Steampunk: Choice by Gaslight is a self-contained, text-based interactive novel that launched on November 20, 2015. The store description presents it as a complete, finished work — a 277,000-word story with a defined premise, cast, and set of narrative outcomes. There is no indication of post-launch DLC, expansions, seasonal content, or any developer communication suggesting additional content was ever planned. No updates, roadmaps, or follow-up announcements have been recorded. The game launched as a finished product and has remained so.
Evidence
Store description presents the game as a complete, self-contained 277,000-word interactive novel with no mention of future content, DLC, or expansions.
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Hosted Games
Achievements
57
Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player
About this game
Steam-powered mechs meet forbidden sorcery! Inspired by Sherlock Holmes, Dracula, Jekyll & Hyde, and Jack the Ripper, "A Study in Steampunk: Choice by Gaslight" is an epic 277,000-word interactive mystery novel by Heather Albano, co-author of "Choice of Broadsides," "Choice of Zombies," and "Choice of Romance: Affairs of the Court." Your choices control the story. It's entirely text-based--without graphics or sound effects--and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.
The game is afoot! In a world of gaslit streets, mysteriously long-lived foreign nobles, and master criminals, will you defend your Empire from spies or overthrow it from within? Advocate science and reason or learn forbidden magic? Romance men, women, both, or neither? End as a healer, a freedom fighter, a vigilante, or a traitor?
The game is afoot! In a world of gaslit streets, mysteriously long-lived foreign nobles, and master criminals, will you defend your Empire from spies or overthrow it from within? Advocate science and reason or learn forbidden magic? Romance men, women, both, or neither? End as a healer, a freedom fighter, a vigilante, or a traitor?
The Fate Of the Empire Is In Your hands!
- Solve mysteries, hunt criminals, and match wits with enemy spies.
- Defend your homeland from the machinations of a master criminal and the conspiracies of the evil Vlaski Empire.
- Search for the truth about the sorcerers that reigned before the age of steam.
- Build deep friendships, acquire powerful enemies, and perhaps even find true love.
- Explore all the dark corners of a gaslit, fog-shrouded city…and unearth all its secrets.
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Last evaluated Jun 27, 2026
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