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InXile Entertainment gave its steampunk baby Clockwork Revolution a fresh outing with a new trailer at the Xbox Games Showcase, offering us another juciy look its time-bending first-person RPG. The game is still targeting a 2027 launch on Xbox Series X/S, PC and Steam, with Game Pass and Xbox Play Anywhere support.
A genuine glow-up for inXile
The most immediately striking thing about the trailer is how good it looks. This is comfortably inXile's most polished work to date, and the leap is worth dwelling on. This is a studio whose last release was Wasteland 3, an isometric RPG, and the jump to a full first-person action RPG with this level of visual sheen in first-person perspective is a real achievement. Avalon looks premium and richly detailed, and the production values are a clear step up. Credit where it's due, that's not an easy transition to pull off.
As you probably know by now, if you followed this one, the hook is time travel. You play as Morgan Vanette, a fully customisable protagonist whose look, skills and choices shape who they become. A device called the Chronometer lets you reach into the past and rewrite key moments, with the city of Avalon reshaping itself around your decisions.
The trailer showed off a new ability called Displace, which instantly repositions objects to open paths, solve problems or turn the environment into a weapon. In the footage, that meant launching an explosive barrel into a group of enemies. You're guided through these branching realities by Prentice, a flying automaton companion with her own abilities and skill tree.
Crucially, your choices ripple outward. You meet the Rotten Row Hooligans, a gang with their own lives and stories, during a heist gone wrong, and meddling with time means the crew you return to might not be the one you left. Standing against you is Lady Ironwood, who has been using time travel of her own to keep her grip on Avalon, with her Industrial Secret Service hunting you once you start unpicking her work.
No PlayStation version
The big talking point sits outside the game itself: Clockwork Revolution is an Xbox console exclusive, with no PlayStation version planned. It's one of two recent single-player Xbox titles, alongside Gears of War E-Day that won't release on Sony's platform, in contrast to the likes of Fable, which is still heading to PS5 as previously promised.
That fits the wider pattern we've been tracking, with new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma recently signalling that exclusive content is back on the table as part of the platform's strategy. Clockwork Revolution looks like an early sign of that shift in practice rather than just talk. Whether more single-player titles follow suit remains to be seen, but the direction of travel is becoming harder to ignore.
Platforms and release
Clockwork Revolution launches in 2027 on Xbox Series X/S, PC and Steam, included with Game Pass and supporting Xbox Play Anywhere. Wishlisting is open now.
