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What is the difference between Cyberpunk and Steampunk?

Asked by R. Barnes, Last updated: Mar 26, 2024

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H.Harper

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Answered Mar 02, 2020

Cyberpunk can be referred to as both science fiction and culture genre, which features science and technology in an urban and dystopian future. It portrays the future of the world as being controlled absolutely by computer technology. On the other hand, steampunk combines science fiction imagination with the Victorian era aesthetics. This is a sub-genre inspired by the technology era of Victorian, which is based on technological innovations. Cyberpunk happens to be a sub-genre of science fiction that is set mainly in a lawless subculture of a community dominated largely by science and the internet.

It is more prominent about advanced technology like artificial intelligence, computer games, robots, World Wide Web, and more. Steampunk places more focus on anachronistic technology with a little twist on technology. It uses mainly aesthetic designs and technology, broadly dominated by the idea of steam-powered machinery. In brief, steampunk deals more with outdated technology, while cyberpunk deals with typical advanced technology.

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