The term is used somewhat loosely now , but the origins are in the idea of how the Victorian Era viewed the future , the endurance of the Industrial Revolution , and visionary authors like Wells , Verne , and Shelley . The peculiar thing is , the term didn ' t come into play until the 80 s , but the genre is largely considered to be founded by literary works from the 60 s . The actual term steampunk was at least partially meant as a jest , but it caught on and was popularized . If you want to get an idea of where Steampunk truly came from , check out the works of Kevin Wayne Jeter . He created the term to describe works by himself and others . The founding book subject to debate is Titus Alone , by Peake . <| sep |> I get 100 fps with my trash pc and it ' s 2 x 6770 ' s .