Empire Water Works

About the Game

• Faithful depiction of a 1920s-era steam-powered water pumping station

• Operate and maintain a massive double-expansion steam engine from the bygone era, pumping water to the town's residential, municipal and industrial water reservoirs, to maintain sufficient water pressure

• Perform realistic 'cold and dark' startup procedures such as warming cylinder jackets and filling oil lubricators to ensure minimal wear on cylinder liners, main bearings and other components

• Interact with vintage machinery like boilers, generators, water pumps and bilge pumps

• Fine-tune your steam engine's operation, by adjusting the steam regulator, valve gears and boiler water feed

• Operate advanced steam equipment such as a jet condenser

• Perform maintenance on equipment and order supplies such as coal and steam oil

• Complete event-based 'contract' challenges to supply reservoirs with a given amount of water and receive funding and reputation bonuses in return

• Experience realistic audio recorded from a real vintage steam engine

• Deal with critical events such as massive steam leaks, flooding and machinery damage, including cylinder wear and boiler explosions

• Keep records about the running of the pumping station in your ledger