Geneforge 1 on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

Geneforge is an Indie fantasy role-playing game, the first game in the five-part Geneforge Saga. It features an enormous world, the ability to create your own army of lethal, totally obedient creatures, and a cunning enemy AI with foes who can go on patrols, stalk you, and run for help. Geneforge has a huge and open storyline.

Geneforge 1 is a rpg, indie and isometric game developed and published by Spiderweb Software.
Released on December 01st 2001 is available in English only on Windows.

It has received 387 reviews of which 359 were positive and 28 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.6 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 19.50€ on Steam.


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  • Operating system:Windows® XP / Vista™ / Windows® 7
  • Processor:1.6 GHz CPU
  • Memory:512 MB
  • Hard disk space:300MB
  • Video: OpenGL compliant graphics card
  • Sound:Sound card

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March 2025
I love all of Spiderweb Software's games. There's tons of content in all of them, endless customization and story. But the best I've played is their OG series Exile 3 if you can find a way to run it.
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Dec. 2024
I don't write reviews all that often, but I wanted to tell everyone how much I love the Geneforge games. I am glad Spiderweb is still around, and I am thrilled that these classic titles are getting some updates. I hope that there will be more of them released soon.
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Oct. 2024
Turn-based point-and-click RPG where you summon monsters to help you fight. There are multiple factions in the game, so some of your choices have a huge impact on the game. It's a classic.
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July 2024
It feels like a 90's game that released early 2000's. It's fun exploring its massive world. I feel like Geneforge's biggest selling point is its accessibility and size. I like the story-telling which doesn't overdo the amount of reading dialogue (Like many better games of its type). The combat and the UI is very straightforward too, making it easy to dive into. You will be save-scumming your way through it, it's that kind of game. The game suffers from a fatal flaw: The biggest issue I had was that to replenish your health and mana there is no rest option. Instead you need to backtrack to a healing and mana pool, then run all the way back again. I must've ran back well over a hundred times; it's an annoying chore that cuts your exploration short all the time. This is the biggest issue with the game and will likely cause many to stop playing and not finish it. The other issue I have is that the combat isn't terribly varied or interesting, nor did it evolve much through the course of the game. You are a mage with some spells and can summon a bunch of familiars. It sounds interesting and full of potential and perhaps with a few interesting AE spells and a better system to recover your mana it could have been better. It's difficult to recommend this to many people when there are other brilliant older RPG games like EverQuest, Might & Magic 6-8, the criminally underrated Lands of Lore 3, Daggerfall or new ones like Lords of Xulima. I give it a C, which means it was fun but close to being a 'take it or leave it' kind of experience.
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May 2024
Amazing story and lore, the games combat mechanics may be a bit old but they hold up better then you would think, and its wrapped up in a 53 hour long campaign. I highly recommend this game to any rpg fan but especially to those who enjoy the original fallout games or underrail. I loved the lore and worldbuilding, the shaping mechanics were really cool and im awestruck at this mechanic in such an old game. The game can defiantly be esoteric with its directions and lack of a proper wiki. Final review YOU SHOULD GIVE IT A TRY SERVILE
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Geneforge 1
8.6
359
28
Online players
2
Developer
Spiderweb Software
Publisher
Spiderweb Software
Release 01 Dec 2001
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