History VideoGame / CodeNameSteam

* IndecisiveMedium: It's based on comic books, so the cutscenes cut from one "panel" to another, have limited animation, and include speech bubbles and written-out sound effects. In a case of PaintingTheMedium, [[spoiler:traveling from Earth to Oz is portrayed as the ''Art/LadyLiberty'' jumping ''out'' of one set of panels and into another]].

* LovecraftLite: Sure, you're fighting {{Eldritch Abomination}}s(their spawn and servants at first)... but you can also ''win'' against them(though it is suggested it will take a miracle if Shugguth, which is still in its resting place, gets involved).

* CameraScrew: Zig-zagged. Playing it on a New 3DS or with a circle-pad pro can sometimes cause a bit of CameraScrew, but using the four buttons it is ''surprisingly'' thorough. During enemy phases, however, the camera can sometimes get confused.

* IndecisiveMedium: It's based on comic books, so the cutscenes cut from one "panel" to another, have limited animation, and include speech bubbles and written-out sound effects. In a case of PaintingTheMedium, [[spoiler:traveling from Earth to Oz is portrayed as the ''Lady Liberty'' jumping ''out'' of one set of panels and into another]].

* ArbitraryMaximumRange: Every projectile-based weapon has a limit to which they can be fired.

The game features Toys/{{amiibo}} support, allowing the player to summon [[VideoGame/FireEmblemAkaneia Marth]], [[VideoGame/FireEmblemTellius Ike]], [[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Robin, and Lucina]] from the ''Fire Emblem'' series to join their team.

** The ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'' characters are based on their appearances in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros for [=3DS/Wii U=]'', and take moveset cues both from ''Smash'' and from their canon appearances. For example, Ike's secondary weapon is Urvan, his father's axe that he inherits in Radiant Dawn after promoting to his vanguard class which can now use axes, and Lucina's secondary weapon is the legendary bow Nidhogg, as a reference both to the fact that she, like her father, can reclass to archer, and the Monster Hunter Frontier G crossover promotion where that bow and Falchion were added to the game along with costumes resembling Chrom and Lucina.

* GuestFighter: The ''Fire Emblem'' characters.

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: President Lincoln overloads A.B.E. in order to finish off the FinalBoss before it destroys Earth.]]

* MultinationalTeam: This is one of Nintendo's most ethnically diverse groups ever made. You've got five Americans, a ''Native'' American, a Samoan, a Mexican, an ambiguously-African (from the mythical ''island'' of California), and three nonhumans from Oz (one of whom is portrayed as Japanese).

* DemoBonus: By playing the demo, players start with the Phoenix Rifle, as well as whatever coins you collected.

* AlternateHistory: Not outright stated but given the amount of "advancements in steam technology" has some inventions made early than their original time period. Other than that, Lincoln survived his own assassination.

** Henry and Ike's Push ability, despite not being all that flashy compared to the other abilities agents have, is actually extremely useful for saving the steam of other agents by pushing them forward multiple spaces for free. Though calling it ''boring'' is a bit of a stretch, since while it's not "cool", it's definitely funny as all hell.

* FinalDeath: The ''Fire Emblem'' characters are unique in that they can't be revived at all if they fall in battle. The only way to bring them back is to scan their amiibo again.

* NintendoHard: Players remembering the relative ease of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' will probably be in for a shock - ''Code Name: S.T.E.A.M.'' does ''not'' screw around with you and immediately throws you into the action, outnumbering ''and'' outgunning you in every map. Even one wrong move in the first ''map'' can lead to you having to restart it. Oh, and you also can ''not'' simply outlevel your enemies like in many other games.

** When pulling out after the first four crew member mission, the agents can be seen shooting at the pursuing aliens from the Liberty, and [[MarkedBullet written on one of the bullets]] is "[[Film/ETTheExtraterrestrial ET]] [[Film/MonstersVsAliens GO HOME]]".

* ComicBooks: The opening intro depicts ''Codename S.T.E.A.M.'' as a HistoricalFantasy comic book or comic book series in the vein of ''ComicBook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen.''

* TransformingMecha: The A.B.E. can switch between a anthromorphic HumongousMecha form and a steam locomotive engine form.

* TheWallsHaveEyes[=/=]AmbushingEnemy: Chapter 16-1 has eyelike protrusions on the ceiling that, much like chandeliers and ceiling fans in previous missions, can be shot to fall onto enemies. This time, however, they will automatically fall on any S.T.E.A.M. members who walk under them.
* WhackAMonster: Lurkers.

* TheWallsHaveEyes[=/=]WallMaster: Chapter 16-1 has eyelike protrusions on the ceiling that, much like chandeliers and ceiling fans in previous missions, can be shot to fall onto enemies. This time, however, they will automatically fall on any S.T.E.A.M. members who walk under them.