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Geneforge 1 - Mutagen
Unique, truly open-ended fantasy adventure in a strange, new world. Use battle or cunning to change the world, served by your own army of custom-made mutant monsters. Over 80 zones to explore and 50+ hours of gameplay. Multitudes of skills, abilities, factions, treasures, and servants to create.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-15.
“The Geneforge series contains some of the most original and interesting worldbuilding in the crpg space. I hope people don't get put off from and its simpler graphics and give this series a chance because it is a fantastic series. I never played much of the originals, but from…”
— a player, Steam review · 60 hrs played“I bought this game on Steam and GOG, I love it so much”
— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs played“It's a good game with an interesting and engaging story. A well made classic crpg brought up to snuff with modern hardware.”
— a player, Steam review · 66 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-08-02 20:45 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Geneforge 1 - Mutagen Updated to v1.0.3
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-15.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie, RPG, Strategy |
| Player tags | CRPG · RPG · Dungeon Crawler · Turn-Based · Party-Based RPG · Strategy · Turn-Based Strategy · 2D · Isometric · Story Rich · Adventure · Turn-Based Combat (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Achievements | 30 |
| Estimated owners | 0 – 20,000 (SteamSpy) |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: 64-bit Vista or Later Processor: 1.2 GHZ Graphics: 256 MB VRAM Storage: 400 MB available space