A Study in Steampunk

Hosted Games Role Playing

Steam-powered mechs meet forbidden sorcery in this interactive mystery novel!

Rating: 4.7; 799 ratings
Downloads: 13.3K+; on Google Play
Price: $6.99; No in-app purchases
Updated: Jan 5; 2026 · v1.0.18

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About A Study in Steampunk

Steam-powered mechs meet forbidden sorcery! "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 fate of the Empire is in your hands!

What’s new

Version 1.0.18 · Updated January 5, 2026

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User reviews

J Moua

One Of The Best CoG to DATE.

Benjamin Lewis

I've been reading these interactive novels for a while now, this one was a very good read. Very rarely do I come across one of these novels written as well and as smoothly as this is. The ending I came across just left me very satisfied too. I loved this read and I'll recommend it to anybody!

Richard Angeles

This is one of the best titles of Hosted Games. Good story, good characters, good conflict, and good presentation of choices!

Jorge Daniel Aguiar

I liked the story and how well written it is. Love it.

Samantha D.

Enjoyable, relatable, and a great deal of replay ability and lots of achievements. I highly recommend this game. The storytelling was top shelf. ♡♡♡

Seth Bradley

One of the best of the choice of games entries. Choices generally don't end up having disasterous results so it is more enjoyable

App details

A Study in Steampunk is a paid Role Playing app for Android with 10,000+ installs on Google Play and a 4.7/5 average rating from 799 ratings. It was released on November 20, 2015 and last updated on January 5, 2026. It's developed by Hosted Games. It requires Android 5.0 or later.

Category: Role Playing
Rating: 4.7 / 5 (799)
Installs: 13,303
In-app purchases: No
Ads: No ads
Version: 1.0.18
Requires Android: 5.0
Content rating: Teen
Released: November 20, 2015
Last updated: January 5, 2026
Developer: Hosted Games

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