History VideoGame / CodeNameSteam

* ExplodingBarrels

* PreexistingEncounters

* RedEyesTakeWarning: The aliens' eyes will turn red whenever they feel threatened. Most noticeable with the Eyestalkers; one giant eyeball is more easily noticed than several smaller ones on most of the other enemy species.

* ShoutOut: The menu assistant is named [[VideoGame/NintendoWars Katherine]], which is a reference to not only Nell but to ''Super Famicom Wars'' Caroline by that extension.

* 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.

* [[MutuallyExclusivePowerups Mutually Exclusive Weapons]]: No two members of S.T.E.A.M. can be equipped with the same weapon. Played even straighter with [[spoiler:Stovepipe and]] the ''Fire Emblem'' fighters, since they have their own unique weapons and steam packs.

* NonLethalKO: Even if any S.T.E.A.M. member's health zeroes out during battle, they'll be available at full health for the next mission -- or the same mission if revived at a save station.

* AdamSmithHatesYourGuts: The initial cost for recovering the health and steam for squad members starts at 10 medals (for one) and 100 medals (for all) times the act number. The price for each following refill within the same act increases by 10 and 100, respectively. Fortunately, choosing one type of refill doesn't affect the price of the other, and the prices reset to a given base value at the start of each new act.

--> "Break time? Can't save the world if you can't keep your eyes open."
* ArtificialBrilliance: The AI does ''not'' screw around with you. There is a reason that you should take advantage of the fact that the game will tell you if an enemy has spotted you - because they know how to flank, focus fire, and that grenades will knock targets back. Sometimes, they will even choose to act in a particular order so that a grenade will throw you into range of another enemy.
** In addition, you know how you can save steam for an attack and interrupt your enemy's turn (sometimes stunning them in the process?) Well... the AI can do this too. And they ''will'' do this.
* ArtificialStupidity: That said, the AI can still be cheesed into killing their own allies since they ''also'' have friendly fire. [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] with [[TheBerserker Berserkers]], who have intentionally poor AI to emphasise their [[DumbMuscle stupidity]]. They'll even go so far as running up to and attacking ExplodingBarrels.

** John and Califia's Break ability also works here, since it takes less steam for them to break through large enough obstacles than it does to go around them.

* ExtraEyes: Crashers, Slashers, and Hounds have three eyes. Gunners have four.

* CriticalHit: Shooting the glowing pink body part results in increased damage -- especially if Dr. Carter is on the active team.

** Also subverted, since [[spoiler:Stovepipe]] has [[spoiler:its]] own steam pack.

* PaletteSwap: Only Prowlers. Normal ones are gray, the stronger Commanders are purple, and the Stealth Prowlers have a semi-invisible skin.

* SentryGun: One of the last available weapons. This also works as a decoy, since aliens will often choose to attack it instead of one of the heroes.

* VariableMix: Each piece of player and enemy music have three levels of intensity.

* BoringButPractical: 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.

** Deployable secondary weapons have limits as to how many items they can have on the field at any time. The Bananapult and Mine Layer can only have three of their respective traps set out; only one Sentry Gun can be in use at any time.

* MissingBackblast: Califia can fire her Rhino Bomber with her back against the wall and show no no signs of injury as a result.

* ScoreMultiplier: Completing a mission grants the ability to replay it with additional challenges -- hidden steam and health meters, no steam recovery, or fighting stronger enemies -- for up to twice the medal count.

** Also applies to later enemies who weak spots are blocked.

** Rippers are also prone to this. Their blindness will often rushing towards any loud sounds they hear. As a side-effect, Rippers will often run into other aliens, causing damage to them on contact -- possibly multiple times.

** Slashers and Crashers are (rather tiny) Dark Young of Shub-Niggurath
** Hounds are Hounds of Tindalos (of course)
** Prowlers are Deep Ones
** Rippers are Star Vampires
** Scourges are based on Chaugnar Faugn
** Shrikes are Byakhees
** Berserkers are Gugs
** Lurkers are Cthonians
** Starface are Elder Things
** Great Shugguth is a Shoggoth (of course)
** Abominations are based on Literature/TheDunwichHorror
** Dreadnoughts are Star Spawns of Cthulhu

** Tin Man's basic abilities involve transferring steam to other team members, and his special can replenish all S.T.E.A.M. members who are within a three-block radius.
** The Steam Blaster, the next-to-last unlockable sub-weapon, refills the steam of those who are within its blast radius.

* HumongousMecha: Abe drives a mecha version of himself named A.B.E., and even [[CallingYourAttacks calls his attacks]], shouting "EXECUTIVE DECISION".

* RespawningEnemies: They start popping up in limited supply in Chapter 1-2... but they start respawning ''ad infinitum'' [[EarlyGameHell as early as Chapter 1-3]]. There are also Lurkers who dwell below ground and the [[MookMaker alien-producing Queens]] to deal with later...

* StatusLine: Visible for all S.T.E.A.M. members and all aliens on all modes except Blind Eye.

* VariableMix

* ActionBomb: Crashers and on a much bigger scale Abominations. Bombugs are more ''Inaction'' Bombs since they try to run away from your team until their detonation.
* ActionGirl: Of the four female STEAM members, Califia is by far the most fitting of this trope.

* CombatMedic: Tiger Lily becomes eligible after completing Chapter 3, as well as any other STEAM member onces medical subweapons become available.

* ContinuingIsPainful: The only way to revive fallen allies is to use the "Save and Restore All" option at a save point, which costs a ''huge'' amount of Medals and so heavily hurts your end of chapter ranking. Save Points are also limited and you'll also miss out on the bonus for completing the mission with no casualties.

* RefugeInAudacity: A Steampunk game with comic book artstyles where a MassivelyMultiplayerCrossover featuring characters from works such as Peter Pan and Tom Sawyer? Yeah - the concept is just enough.

* CriticalHit: Shooting the glowing pink body part results in increased damage.

** Tin Man's basic abilities involve transferring steam to other team members.

* GrenadeLauncher: John's personal weapon is the Bear Grenade Launcher.

* ShotInTheAss: Played straight for most enemies. The opposite is true of Hounds and Slashers, though, since their rear ends are their weak spot.
* SplashDamage: Results from explosions and the Stun Mortar, of all things.
* StatusLine: Visible for all S.T.E.A.M. members and all aliens.

* SuspendSave

* ActionBomb: Crashers and on a much bigger scale Abominations. Bombugs are more ''InAction'' Bombs since they try to run away from your team until their detonation.

* GrenadeLauncher

* OneSizeFitsAll[[spoiler:: The Lincoln Superpack, which requires finding all 96 gears, is the only steam pack that all heroes can wear.]]

* CheckpointStarvation: Replaying a mission in any of the three challenge modes -- Blind Eye (steam and health gauges are hidden from view), No Return (disables self-regenerating steam supply by back-stepping), and Merciless Mode (in which enemies do more damage) -- removes save points entirely.

''Code Name: S.T.E.A.M.'' is a 2015 UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS game by Creator/IntelligentSystems (reputed for developing the ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' and ''VideoGame/NintendoWars'' series) and with involvement by Creator/ShigeruMiyamoto. The art and setting are inspired by American comic books (the styles of Creator/JackKirby, Creator/BruceTimm and Creator/MikeMignola were specifically highlighted), and the gameplay merges the TurnBasedStrategy genre with aspects of a ThirdPersonShooter.

* NeverBringAKnifeToAGunfight: Overwatch, a system by which you can save steam and attack enemies on your own turn makes it extremely difficult to approach a gun user for melee, or even short-range gun, combat. Thankfully, the only character who's restricted to melee weapons, Marth, has an ability that makes him NoSell overwatch attacks.

* NeverBringAKnifeToAGunfight: Overwatch, a system why which you can save steam and attack enemies on your own turn makes it extremely difficult to approach a gun user for melee, or even short-range gun, combat. Thankfully, the only character who's restricted to melee weapons, Marth, has an ability that makes him NoSell overwatch attacks.

** The ''Fire Emblem'' 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. They're also compositse of other Fire Emblem characters in some ways: Ike's secondary weapon is Urvan, the axe his father used, while Lucina uses Bows as a reference to her father Chrom having access to the Archer class.

* ActionBomb: Crashers, and on a much bigger scale Abominations.

** Great Shuggoth is a Shoggoth (of course)

* ActionBomb: Crashers.

* BulletproofHumanShield: Considering the weaponry available, the ammo doesn't seem to penetrate beyond the first target it hits.

** Hounds are Hounds of Tindalos (of course)

** Shrikes are Byakhees

* BoringButPractical: 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.

* PublicDomainCharacter: The entire playable cast (save the ''Fire Emblem'' {{Guest Fighter}}s, of course) plus [[spoiler:Queen Ozma]] is drawn from classic literature and folk tales. The exception is the Fox, who seems to be a CaptainErsatz of a literary character (Franchise/{{Zorro}}) instead.