Steampunk-inspired Metroidvania game SteamDolls: Order of Chaos coming to Switch

SteamDolls: Order of Chaos landed on Kickstarter this week, and has already gone well beyond its funding goal. The campaign is currently at more than $50,000 with over three weeks remaining. This success means we’ll be getting the game on Switch.

SteamDolls: Order of Chaos, which is made by The Shady Gentlemen and published by Top Hat Studios, is a steampunk-inspired Metroidvania game. David Hayter of Metal Gear Solid fame will be voicing main character The Whisper.

Here’s some additional information and a trailer:

SteamDolls is a steampunk inspired metroidvania game with a grimy touch of brutality.

Blast your way to your objective or stick to the shadows and perform violent assassinations on unsuspecting guards as you struggle with the haunting apparitions of a mesmerizing witch trying to reveal the truth about a conspiracy that could shake the very foundation of the world.

ACTION, EXPLORATION, STEALTH, AND BLOOD.

Inspired by games like Castlevania and Hollow Knight. Nourished by the fury of Dead Cells and the gloom of Bloodborne. Lose yourself in a labyrinthine city, full of secrets and madness.

Features

– 2D brutal fast paced metroidvania in a steampunk universe.
– Gruesome stealth kills.
– A vast city to explore.
– David Hayter (Solid Snake) is the voice of The Whisper.
– Hand-drawn Cutscenes for the narrative parts.

“When fossil fuels were depleted, it was time for a change. But it never came. The discovery of a new superconductive material made sure the cycle never broke.”
This is the way their world ends, not with a bang but a whisper.

Society crumbled over time, falling into a state of disarray. Innovation became stagnation. Progression to regression. Not future, nor past. An industrial era haunted by the ghost of what came before. Mankind, their mentality ever worsening as idle habits fed into the City. Unified and tortuous it swallowed what remained of their humanity. Stealing away their free will, their determination. Crushing their souls until nothing remained. Madness.

Desperate for an alternative way to regain the glory of Old, Scientists searched for a remedy.
Until they found something. Something that should have been left alone.
Mindless citizens, the needed catalyst. Transforming them. Adapting their flesh. Mere dolls. Cruel monsters.
Discover the truth of these broken lives in the lore of Steamdolls: Order of Chaos.

In Steamdolls, you assume the role of a cunning thief and anarchist known as “The Whisper” and make your way through heavily secured environments. (Dubbed by Mr. David Hayter).

You will encounter a flamboyant cast as you traverse the game.
A goddess of Nature.
A rich immortal who wants to die.
A female gunslinger with deadly aim.
And others? Who’s to say…

From the standard hired henchman who will be easily dispatched to the dangerous and disgusting mutated monster by a bio-mechanical virus, you have all kind of adversaries and deformed Bosses in Steamdolls.

You can learn more about the project and contribute on Kickstarter here.