List of steampunk works
is a subgenre of fantasy and speculative fiction that came into prominence in the 1980s and early 1990s. The term denotes works set in an era or world wherein steam power is still widely used—usually the 19th century, and often set in Victorian era England—but with prominent elements of either science fiction or fantasy, such as fictional technological inventions like those found in the works of H. G. Wells and Jules Verne, or real technological developments like the computer occurring at an earlier date. Other examples of steampunk contain alternate history-style presentations of "the path not taken" of such technology as dirigibles or analog computers; these frequently are presented in an idealized light, or with a presumption of functionality.
Although many works now considered seminal to the genre were published in the 1960s and 1970s, the term "steampunk" originated in the late 1980s, as a tongue-in-cheek variant of cyberpunk.
This article is a list of works in the science fiction and fantasy genres considered by commentators to be steampunk.
Precursors
Although the term "steampunk" was not coined until 1987, several works of fiction significant to the development of the genre were produced before that. For example, Mervyn Peake's novel Titus Alone anticipated many of the tropes of steampunk. Steampunk elements have also consistently appeared in mainstream manga since the 1940s, dating back to Osamu Tezuka's epic science-fiction trilogy consisting of Lost World, Metropolis and Nextworld.Steampunk was particularly influenced by, and often adopts the style of the scientific romances and fantasies of the 19th century. Notably influential authors are:
- G. K. Chesterton
- Charles Dickens
- Arthur Conan Doyle
- George Griffith
- H. P. Lovecraft
- Albert Robida
- Mary Shelley
- Robert Louis Stevenson
- Bram Stoker
- Mark Twain
- Jules Verne
- H. G. Wells
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
- From the Earth to the Moon
- Journey to the Center of the Earth
- The Time Machine
- Master of the World
- First Men in the Moon
- Captain Nemo and the Underwater City
Comics and graphic novels
| Year | Title | Creator | Publisher | Note | |
| 1948 | Lost World | Akita Shoten | Manga | ||
| 1949 | Metropolis | Kodansha | Manga and anime film | ||
| 1951 | Nextworld | Fuji Shobo | Manga and anime film | ||
| 1972 | The Rose of Versailles | Shueisha | Manga and anime | ||
| 1982 | Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind | Tokuma Shoten | Manga and anime film | ||
| 1984 | Nemesis the Warlock Book IV: The Gothic Empire | , Kevin O'Neill, Bryan Talbot | IPC Magazines Ltd | ||
| 1989 | Gotham by Gaslight | , Mike Mignola, P. Craig Russell | DC Comics | Part of the Elseworlds | |
| 1990 | The Adventures of Luther Arkwright | Valkyrie Press, Dark Horse Comics | Nine part series | ||
| 1993 | Sebastian O | & Steve Yeowell | Vertigo | ||
| 1994 | Steam Detectives | Shueisha | Manga and anime | ||
| 1998 | Cathedral Child | Cyberosia | Part of the Texas Steampunk series | ||
| 1999 | The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen | & Kevin O'Neill | America's Best | ||
| 2000 | Steampunk | & Chris Bachalo | Cliffhanger | Cancelled after 12 issues | |
| 2001 | Girl Genius | & Kaja Foglio | Studio Foglio LLC | ||
| 2001 | Fullmetal Alchemist | Enix, Square Enix | Manga and anime | ||
| 2002 | Elemental Gelade | Mag Garden | Manga and anime | ||
| 2003 | Gintama | Shueisha | Manga and anime | ||
| 2004 | D. Gray Man | Katsura Hoshino | Shueisha | Manga and anime | |
| 2006 | Iron West | Image | |||
| 2009 | Attack on Titan | Kodansha | Manga and anime series | ||
| 2009 | Grandville | Jonathan Cape | |||
| 2010 | Lady Mechanika | Aspen MLT |
Film and television
Films
| Year | Title | Creator | Studio | Note | |
| 1958 | The Fabulous World of Jules Verne | Karel Zeman | |||
| 1961 | Master of the World | William Witney | |||
| 1964 | First Men in the Moon | Nathan Juran | |||
| 1979 | Time After Time | Nicholas Meyer | |||
| 1980 | Fumoon | Osamu Tezuka | Tezuka Productions | Anime | |
| 1981 | The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians | Oldřich Lipský | |||
| 1981 | Time Bandits | Terry Gilliam | |||
| 1984 | Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind | Hayao Miyazaki | Topcraft | Anime | |
| 1985 | The Adventures of Mark Twain | Will Vinton | Feature film | ||
| 1985 | Brazil | Terry Gilliam | Feature film | ||
| 1986 | The Great Mouse Detective | Disney | |||
| 1986 | ' | Hayao Miyazaki | Studio Ghibli | Anime | |
| 1988 | Young Einstein | Yahoo Serious | Comedy | ||
| 1992 | Porco Rosso | Hayao Miyazaki | Studio Ghibli | Anime | |
| 1994 | The City of Lost Children | Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Marc Caro | |||
| 1994 | ' | Dennis Sisterson | Ad Hoc Film Society | Star Trek fan film | |
| 1995 | Cannon Fodder | ||||
| 1999 | Wild Wild West | Barry Sonnenfeld | Warner Bros. | ||
| 2001 | Metropolis | Katsuhiro Otomo, Rintaro | Madhouse | Anime | |
| 2001 | ' | Mitsuru Hongo, Oji Hiroi | Production I.G | Anime | |
| 2001 | ' | Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise | Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Feature Animation | Animated | |
| 2001 | Vidocq | ||||
| 2002 | Treasure Planet | Walt Disney Pictures | |||
| 2002 | Turn A Gundam | Yoshiyuki Tomino | Sunrise | Anime | |
| 2003 | The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen | 20th Century Fox | |||
| 2004 | Howl's Moving Castle | Hayao Miyazaki | Studio Ghibli | Anime | |
| 2004 | Steamboy | Katsuhiro Otomo | Anime | ||
| 2004 | Van Helsing | Universal Pictures | |||
| 2005 | ' | Seiji Mizushima, Shō Aikawa | Bones | Anime | |
| 2005 | The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello | Short film | |||
| 2006 | The Prestige | Touchstone Pictures | |||
| 2007 | The Golden Compass | New Line Cinema | |||
| 2008 | Mutant Chronicles | Philip Eisner | Isle of Man Film, Grosvenor Park | ||
| 2009 | 9 | Shane Acker | Focus Features | ||
| 2009 | Sherlock Holmes | Silver Pictures, Village Roadshow Pictures | |||
| 2010 | Gulliver's Travels | Rob Letterman | Dune Entertainment, Davis Entertainment Company | ||
| 2011 | ' | Kazuya Murata | Bones | Anime | |
| 2011 | The Three Musketeers | Paul W. S. Anderson | Impact Pictures, Constantin Film, NEF Productions, New Legacy Film | ||
| 2014 | Snowpiercer | Bong Joon-ho | Moho Film, Opus Pictures, Stillking Films | Feature film | |
| 2015 | Thelomeris | Balázs Hatvani | |||
| 2018 | Mortal Engines | Christian Rivers | Universal Pictures, Media Rights Capital, WingNut Films | Feature film |
Television
| Year | Title | Creator | Studio | Note | |
| 1965 | The Wild Wild West | Michael Garrison | CBS series | ||
| 1974 | Space Battleship Yamato | Leiji Matsumoto, Eiichi Yamamoto | Group TAC | Anime, Yomiuri TV series | |
| 1978 | Future Boy Conan | Hayao Miyazaki, Sōji Yoshikawa | Nippon Animation | Anime, NHK series | |
| 1979 | The Rose of Versailles | Tadao Nagahama, Osamu Dezaki, Riyoko Ikeda | TMS Entertainment | Anime, Nippon TV series | |
| 1982 | Q.E.D. | John Hawkesworth | CBS series | ||
| 1982 | Voyagers! | James D. Parriott | James D. Parriott Productions | NBC series | |
| 1990 | ' | Hideaki Anno, Hayao Miyazaki, Shinji Higuchi | Gainax | Anime, NHK series | |
| 1993 | The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. | Jeffrey Boam and Carlton Cuse | Boam/Cuse Productions | Fox Broadcasting Company series | |
| 1995 | Legend | Michael Piller and Bill Dial | Gekko Film Corp / Bill & Mike Productions | Paramount Television series | |
| 1998 | Steam Detectives | Nobuyoshi Habara, Kia Asamiya | Xebec | Anime, TV Tokyo series | |
| 1999 | Turn A Gundam | Yoshiyuki Tomino, Hajime Yatate | Sunrise | Anime, Fuji Television series | |
| 2000 | Sakura Wars | Ryūtarō Nakamura, Satoru Akahori | Madhouse | Anime, Tokyo Broadcasting System series | |
| 2000 | The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne | Gavin Scott | Filmline International | Sci Fi series | |
| 2003 | Fullmetal Alchemist | Seiji Mizushima, Shō Aikawa, Hiromu Arakawa | Bones | Anime, Japan News Network series | |
| 2003 | Last Exile | Koichi Chigira | Gonzo | Anime, TV Tokyo series | |
| 2005 | Elemental Gelade | Shigeru Ueda, Naruhisa Arakawa, Mayumi Azuma | Xebec | Anime, TV Tokyo series | |
| 2006 | D. Gray Man | Reiko Yoshida, Katsura Hoshino | TMS Entertainment | Anime, TV Tokyo series | |
| 2006 | The Amazing Screw-On Head | Chris Prynoski, Bryan Fuller, Mike Mignola | Syfy Digital | Animated, Syfy pilot | |
| 2008 | Murdoch Mysteries | Maureen Jennings, Cal Coons, Alexandra Zarowny | Shaftesbury Films | Citytv; 2011- CBC | |
| 2008 | Sanctuary | Damian Kindler | Syfy Digital | Web series | |
| 2009 | ' | Yasuhiro Irie, Hiroshi Ōnogi, Hiromu Arakawa | Bones | Anime, Japan News Network series | |
| 2009 | ' | Ryan Copple, Kaleena Kiff | Syfy Digital | Web series | |
| 2011 | Mantecoza | Susan Kaff, Kevin R. Phipps | Web series | ||
| 2011 | Warehouse 13 | Jack Kenny, David Simkins | Syfy | Syfy series | |
| 2012 | The Legend of Korra | Michael Dante DiMartino, Bryan Konietzko | Nickelodeon | Animated, Nickelodeon series | |
| 2012 | ' | Ernie Altbacker, Rick Morales | Cartoon Network | Cartoon Network series | |
| 2013 | The World of Steam | Matthew Yang King | Web series, initially funded on Kickstarter | ||
| 2016 | Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress | Tetsurō Araki, Ichirō Ōkouchi | Wit Studio | Anime, Fuji TV series | |
| 2019 | Carnival Row | René Echevarria, Travis Beacham | Siesta Productions, Legendary Television, Amazon Studios | Amazon Studios | |
| 2019 | His Dark Materials | Jack Thorne | BBC Studios, Bad Wolf, New Line Cinema | BBC Studios, HBO |
Games
Role-playing games
- Airship Pirates
- Castle Falkenstein by Mike Pondsmith
- Forgotten Futures by Marcus L. Rowland
- GURPS Steampunk
- Iron Kingdoms
- Kerberos Club for Wild Talents, Savage Worlds, and Fate
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Video games
Literature
| Year | Title | Author | First Publisher | Note | |
| 1967 | Queen Victoria's Bomb | Jonathan Cape | |||
| 1971 | Warlord of the Air | A Nomad of the Time Streams book 1 | |||
| 1974 | The Land Leviathan | A Nomad of the Time Streams book 2 | |||
| 1979 | Morlock Night | ||||
| 1981 | The Steel Tsar | Granada | A Nomad of the Time Streams book 3 | ||
| 1983 | The Anubis Gates | Ace Books | |||
| 1983 | Kelly Country | Penguin Books | |||
| 1987 | Infernal Devices | St. Martin's Press | |||
| 1990 | The Difference Engine | & Bruce Sterling | Gollancz | ||
| 1992 | Anno Dracula | Simon & Schuster | Anno Dracula series book 1. World Fantasy Award nominee | ||
| 1992 | Lord Kelvin's Machine | Arkham House | |||
| 1993 | Anti-Ice | Ace Books | |||
| 1994 | For the Crown and the Dragon | Green Nebula | |||
| 1994 | Pasquale's Angel | ||||
| 1995 | Northern Lights | His Dark Materials book 1 | |||
| 1995 | The Steampunk Trilogy | Collection of 3 stories | |||
| 2000 | Perdido Street Station | Macmillan | A Bas-Lag novel | ||
| 2001 | Mortal Engines Quartet | Scholastic | |||
| 2001 | The Peshawar Lancers | Tor | |||
| 2001 | Zeppelins West | "Ned the Seal" trilogy book 1 | |||
| 2003 | The Light Ages | Ace Books | "The Light Years" book 1 | ||
| 2004 | Fitzpatrick's War | DAW Books | |||
| 2004 | Airborn | HarperCollins | First in series | ||
| 2006 | Flaming London | "Ned the Seal" trilogy book 2 | |||
| 2007 | Mainspring | Tor Books | |||
| 2006 | The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters | Gordon Dahlquist | Bantam Press | ||
| 2007 | The Court of the Air | HarperCollins | Jackelian series book 1 | ||
| 2007 | Pax Britannia | Abaddon Books | |||
| 2007 | Wicked Gentlemen | Blind Eye Books | Gaylactic Spectrum Award winner. | ||
| 2008 | The Affinity Bridge | Snowbooks | |||
| 2008 | Steampunk | & | Tachyon Publications | Anthology | |
| 2008 | Clockwork Heart | Juno Books | RT Book Reviewers' Choice Award 2008: Best Small Press Contemporary Paranormal / Futuristic Novel | ||
| 2008 | The Kingdom Beyond the Waves | HarperCollins | Jackelian series book 2 | ||
| 2008 | Extraordinary Engines | Solaris | Anthology | ||
| 2009 | The Black Lung Captain | Spectra | Tales of the Ketty Jay 2 | ||
| 2009 | The Iron Jackal | Gollancz | Tales of the Ketty Jay 3 | ||
| 2009 | Soulless | Orbit Books | first novel of the Parasol Protectorate series | ||
| 2009 | Worldshaker | Allen and Unwin Simon & Schuster | First in series, Tam-Tam Je Bouquine Award 2011, Inky Award 2009 | ||
| 2009 | Leviathan | Simon Pulse | First in a New Series | ||
| 2009 | Boneshaker | Tor | First installment in the Clockwork Century Series | ||
| 2009 | The Rise of the Iron Moon | HarperCollins | Jackelian series book 3 | ||
| 2010 | The Iron Duke | Berkley Trade | The first in the Iron Seas series | ||
| 2010 | Behemoth | Simon Pulse | 2nd book in the Leviathan series | ||
| 2010 | Dreadnought | Tor | Second installment in the Clockwork Century Series | ||
| 2010 | The Dream of Perpetual Motion | Picador | |||
| 2010 | The Infernal Devices | Walker Books | |||
| 2010 | Steampunk II: Steampunk Reloaded | & | Tachyon Publications | Anthology | |
| 2010 | The Bookman | Angry Robot | The Bookman Histories series book 1 | ||
| 2010 | Secrets of the Fire Sea | HarperCollins | Jackelian series book 4 | ||
| 2010 | Aurorarama | Melville House Publishing | The Mysteries of New-Venice, I | ||
| 2011 | Phoenix Rising: A Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences Novel | & Tee Morris | HarperCollins Publishers | The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences book 1 | |
| 2011 | Retribution Falls | Gollancz | Tales of the Ketty Jay 1 | ||
| 2011 | The Manual of Detection | Heinemann | |||
| 2011 | Camera Obscura | Angry Robot | The Bookman Histories series book 2 | ||
| 2011 | Jack Cloudie | HarperCollins | Jackelian series book 5 | ||
| 2011 | Modern Marvels - Viktoriana | Knightraven Studios | First book of the Modern Marvels Trilogy | ||
| 2011 | Liberator | Allen and Unwin | Second in series | ||
| 2011 | Across the Stonewind Sky | Jaffa Books | Into the Storm's Domain book 1 | ||
| 2011 | The Wrath of Fate | Three Ravens | Book One of the Airship Pirate Chronicles | ||
| 2012 | From the Deep of the Dark | HarperCollins | Jackelian series book 6 | ||
| 2012 | The Janus Affair: A Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences Novel | & Tee Morris | HarperCollins Publishers | The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences book 2 | |
| 2012 | The Great Game | Angry Robot | The Bookman Histories series book 3 | ||
| 2012 | Steampunk III: Steampunk Revolution | Tachyon Publications | Anthology | ||
| 2012 | The Mammoth Book of Steampunk | Constable & Robinson / Running Press | Anthology | ||
| 2012 | Resurrection Engines: 15 Extraordinary Tales of Scientific Romance | Snowbooks | Anthology | ||
| 2012 | Ether Frolics | Sybertooth | Short story collection. | ||
| 2013 | The Aylesford Skull | Titan | A Langdon St. Ives novel. | ||
| 2013 | Hour of the Wolf | Andrius Tapinas | Andrius Tapinas | Steam and Stone Saga Book 1 | |
| 2013 | Luminous Chaos | Melville House Publishing | The Mysteries of New-Venice, II | ||
| 2013 | A Steampunk Guide to Tea Dueling | Khurt Khave | Dangerous Worlds | Steampunk Game Guide | |
| 2014 | Chainsaw Alice in Wonderland | Khurt Khave | Dangerous Worlds | Steampunk Horror | |
| 2014 | The Great Abraham Lincoln Pocket Watch Conspiracy | Jacopo della Quercia | St. Martin's Griffin | Steampunk / Historical Fiction | |
| 2015 | The Aeronaut's Windlass | Jim Butcher | Penguin Group | Steampunk, Magic, Fantasy | |
| 2018 | Watch City: Waltham Watch | Jessica Lucci | Indie Woods | Steampunk, First in a new series | |
| 2019 | Sigimmortal | Tom Waguespack | Alban Lake Publishing | Steampunk, First in a new series |
Music
Steampunk musicians
The following is a list of musicians and bands that have either adopted a steampunk aesthetic in their appearance, or have a decidedly steampunk approach to their music.Other bands with steampunk-themed works
While not strictly steampunk in their general appearance or approach to music, several musicians and bands have produced music, music videos or concept albums that directly appeal to the steampunk aesthetic. Included in these are:Performance art
- Airship Isabella
- League of S.T.E.A.M., a.k.a. the "Steampunk Ghostbusters", a performance art troupe from Southern California popular in the steampunk community and specializing in live interactive themed entertainment
- Penny Dreadful Productions
- The Cirque du Soleil touring show Kurios