inXile shared a deeper look at Clockwork Revolution during the XBOX Games Showcase, confirming a 2027 launch for its time-bending first-person action RPG. Set in the steampunk city of Avalon, the game leans on time travel and a world that reacts to the player’s choices, building on what the studio showed when it first revealed the project. The new material fills in the city, its cast, and the time-manipulation tools at the center of the game.
Avalon is framed as an industrial city built on ambition rather than a utopia, split between the ash-choked lower streets of the Tangle and the lavish promenades up top, where the people at the bottom tend to pay the costs. Players take the role of Morgan Vanette, a character whose look, skills, and choices are customizable from the start and continue to shape who Morgan becomes over the course of the game. inXile noted that the version of Morgan shown in the trailer is just one possibility rather than a fixed protagonist.
Guiding the player early on is Prentice, a flying automaton who serves as part observer and part companion and is tied to how Morgan ends up with the Chronometer, the device that enables time travel. Prentice has her own abilities and skill tree, and helps the player navigate the branching realities created by changing the past. The Chronometer itself unlocks time-manipulation powers, including one shown in the trailer called Displace, which instantly repositions certain objects to open paths, solve problems, or weaponize the environment, such as launching an explosive barrel into a group of enemies.
The trailer also introduces the Rotten Row Hooligans, Morgan’s gang in the Tangle, made up of Ulysses, Nazim, Erasmus, Hazel, and Anne. inXile stressed that these are not traditional companions who trail behind the player but characters with their own lives and stakes, and pulling threads in the past can change them in ways the player does not always see, so the crew Morgan returns to may not be the one left behind. The opposing force is Lady Ironwood, who rules Avalon and has been using time travel to reshape the past and hold onto power, sending her Industrial Secret Service after the player once they start uncovering what she has done. The studio describes the whole game as built on consequences, with choices that land immediately or take time to catch up.
Clockwork Revolution is available to wishlist now ahead of its 2027 launch. It is coming to XBOX Series X|S and PC, including on Steam and in XBOX Game Pass, with XBOX Play Anywhere support across console and PC.
