Clockwork Empires
Take on the role of a Junior Bureaucrat (Colonial Grade), sent forth to seek fame, promotions, and natural resources to feed the ravenous maw of Imperial Industry & Commerce. Build a prosperous colony, fill it…
Clockwork Empires is an indie developed by Gaslamp Games, released 26 October 2016 on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Clockwork Empires is
Clockwork Empires is an indie game developed by Gaslamp Games and released in 2016. It is available on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Take on the role of a Junior Bureaucrat (Colonial Grade), sent forth to seek fame, promotions, and natural resources to feed the ravenous maw of Imperial Industry & Commerce. Build a prosperous colony, fill it with magnificent factories worked by oppressed labourers, and harness the awesome power of steam through fearsome machines invented by determined men and women of Science! History is yours to seize for fame and fortune, for Science, and for the Queen and the glory of the Clockwork Empires!
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Clockwork Empires holds a critic score of 59 out of 100. That places it above 13% of the 5,101 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 9 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Clockwork Empires launched on 26 October 2016, within three weeks of Dishonored 2, Battlefield 1, Titanfall 2 and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Dishonored 2, Battlefield 1, Titanfall 2, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition.
Official trailer
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