Bulkhead is a third-person tactical shooter in the steampunk genre. In this game you control a hulking, armor-clad soldier. For unknown reasons, his only goal is to protect the Girl he is traveling with. The Soldier and the Girl are inseparable, but this world is cruel. During her travels, the Girl falls into a trap. Unable to free her, the Soldier watches helplessly as the transmitting beacon shoots into the dark sky. It turns out that the couple was running away from something.