I, for one, feel like I’ve been grossly ill-informed.

Here’s the announcement trailer…

…and here’s some background from the press release.

There doesn’t have to be a Revolution, for starters.

Two clockwork mechs fighting in Bonaparte: A Mechanised Revolution

Guillotines are sogauche, after all.

Or you could side with the moderates and take a stab at reform the system somehow.

Hey, it worked out so well for us British!

Cover image for YouTube video

There’s also a papery world map with army figurines which looks very Paradox Interactive.

It’s out in early 2025, and hasa Steam page.

Or worse, a publicity gimmick.

This doesn’t seem to be a steampunk world in other respects.

Perhaps Mantel and Beaton were in the right of things, after all.