Damnation is a , developed by and published by . It was released in 2009 on , and .Damnation features large, open environments where a variety of acrobatics and Hollywood-action stunts are possible. Damnation features verticality which differentiates it from many other games in the genre. Damnation has steam-powered vehicles which are also able to execute various feats of mobility, such as climbing up walls.Damnation is set in an alternate history version of Earth — in the early part of the 20th century after the , which had spanned over several decades, where replace . The game sees the protagonists fighting off a rich industrialist who wants to do away with both the and in one swift movement and turn the United States of America into a country called the "American Empire" with a totalitarian dictatorship