Clockwork (1998)

Clockwork is a puzzle/horror game made by Ubisoft. They mentioned how this would be their first try at a horror game. It was based of a book of the same name written by Phillip Pullman.

Plot
There are three parts of the story: Karl's section, Prince Otto's section and Gretl's section.

The story starts with Karl's side of the story. Karl is supposed to make a clockwork figure for the tower in the town square. However, he wasn't even able to do so since he has no experience with clockwork. In a rush to set up his section of the tower, he gathers together several cogs, gears and pulleys to build a quick piece. He gathers all the parts, but ends up with a creation that doesn't even work. As fate has it, Karl ends up finding a small clockwork child in the snow. He attempts to set it up, but ends up also ends up with "Sir Ironsoul", a clockwork knight made by a man efficient in clockwork. However, Ironsoul comes alive and tries to kill somebody if the latter says the word "devil". The only way to stop him is to whistle, sing or hum the "The Flowers Of The Lapland". The player is then confronted by two choices: pick the child or pick Sir Ironsoul. If he picks the child, Sir Ironsoul is locked away and the child is bought to the tower. This then has an affect on Gretl's side of the story. hides the child in favour of Ironsoul, but is murdered by accidently saying the word "devil" with Sir Ironsoul nearby.

The next part has Prince Otto's section. The princess ends up having a baby, but the child dies shortly after birth. Desperate to cure him, Otto brings the dead child, himself and the royal baron to a man named Dr. Kalmeius to see what he can do. Kalmeius creates an identical clockwork figure of the child to replace the dead child and they set off to the castle. Named Prince Florence, the child lives a happy life. 10 years later, the clockwork child ends up rusting. Otto and a royal baron bring Florence back for repairs, but the baron sacrifices himself to a pack of wolves so Florence and Otto can get to Dr. Kalmeius safely. Kalmeius states that he can't fix the problem without a human heart. The baron was originally supposed to be coming to the place for that reason, but was torn apart by wolves. So, instead, Prince Otto gives Kalmeius his own heart as a replacement. After the surgery is done, a mechanism is made so Otto can guide Florence back to safety. However, Florence is thrown off the cart along the way while Otto steers the sleigh.