Clockwork Empires
Released Oct 2016 · delisted
Take on the role of a Colonial Bureaucrat sent forth by the Clockwork Empire to build a Frontier Colony. Design houses & workshops to feed the Ravenous Maw of Industry, manage a uniquely unruly population, avoid cannibalism & monsters, and make Important Decisions for the glory of the Empire!
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Clockwork Empires is no longer available for purchase on Steam. The developer, Gaslamp Games, shut down regular operations at the end of 2016 — shortly after the game's 1.0 release on October 26, 2016. In May 2019, the studio posted an official announcement explaining that, because the studio had ceased operations and PC hardware and software had evolved since the game's release, they could no longer adequately support the game and would be removing it from sale on Steam and all other platforms. The game cannot be purchased by new customers, though existing owners retain access. No further updates or content have been communicated since the studio's closure.
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Gaslamp Games announced they are ending the sale of Clockwork Empires on Steam and all other platforms, citing the studio's shutdown at the end of 2016 and an inability to adequately support the game going forward. Existing owners retain access to the game and their files.
The game has no purchase options available, confirming it has been removed from sale on Steam.
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Details
Developer
Publisher
Gaslamp Games, Inc.
Achievements
46
Platform
Windows, macOS
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player
About this game
Take on the role of a Colonial Bureaucrat sent forth by the Clockwork Empire to build a Frontier Colony. Design buildings and their contents from the ground-up to feed the Ravenous Maw of Industry, manage the uniquely unruly population, and make Important Decisions when the Occult Investigator shows up for a surprise inspection. It's up to you to ensure the success of a Frontier Colony populated by ambitious overseers, brave soldiers, and oppressed labourers who work and live in workshops, mines, scientific laboratories, lavishly decorated houses, farms, chapels, pubs, and more!
But be wary - every colonist is a unique simulated individual with their own personality, motivation, secrets, and peculiar desires which must be satisfied lest they invite Terrible Consequences ranging from occult rituals to delicious cannibalism.
Features
But be wary - every colonist is a unique simulated individual with their own personality, motivation, secrets, and peculiar desires which must be satisfied lest they invite Terrible Consequences ranging from occult rituals to delicious cannibalism.
Features
- Colonists are simulated with individual personalities, memories, and will be happy or miserable depending on your management.
- Free-form building: Design your own floorplans & arrange machines, furniture, and decorations as you see fit. (Or stuff everyone into dire bunkhouses.)
- Mine ore, chop trees, farm cabbage, brew beer, tin weird caviar and try to keep your people from eating one another!
- Beware weird horrible things: Menacing Fishpeople, cults, cannibalism, and more await your colonists.
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Last evaluated Sep 23, 2026
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