Steambot Chronicles is an action-adventure game for the PlayStation 2 that features a sandbox style of play. The game was developed by Irem Software Engineering in Japan and is published by Atlus. Irem later published a puzzle spin-off, Blocks Club with Bumpy Trot. A sequel, Bumpy Trot 2, has recently been announced and was shown at the 2006 Tokyo Game Show. The game begins by asking the player several personality questions. The effects of answering these questions are rather minimal and have no more weight to them than slight tweaks to Vanilla's personality.

Vanilla has amnesia after the shipwreck in which he was involved, so he remembers absolutely nothing about himself. In fact, he only knows his own name because it was engraved on a harmonica he used to have. At this point, the player can choose from a number of dialog options to speak to Connie, including friendly or hostile options. Though these different options have no long-term effects, they will influence how characters will react to you through the course of the cutscene. After a brief discussion, the player learns that Connie is gathering herbs to medicate her sickly mother, Rosemary, with whom she lives in her hometown of Nefroburg.

Unlockables

Billiards Mode
Allows the user to play against all unlocked Billiards players

Demon Cue - Complete Hustler King Mode

Hustler King Mode - Play against all 14 Billiards players

Hustler Plate - Complete Tournament Mode

Tournament Mode - Play against all 14 Billiards players

Deathmatch Mode
Allows you to fight enemy trots in a survival style mode.

Deathmatch Mode - Fight all 32 arena-style trot enemies

Deathmatch Plate - Defeat all 32 enemies in a row in deathmatch mode

Skull Grill - Defeat 20 enemies in a row in deathmatch mode

Support Engine - Defeat 10 enemies in a row in deathmatch mode

Unlocking the ???? option on the Title screen

2 player Battle Mode - enter and fight in an arena battle in the game

2 player Billiards - Practice or play billiards in the game

Check out the first boss fight in the game: