The lands are split up into small areas, which can be traveled through using a world map. "Real-time" adventure mode switches to a turn-based combat, reminiscent of classic RPGs such as Ultima VI. The games are played in a 45° axonometric view. The first three games each climax with the player's decision to either destroy the Geneforge or to ensure its use the Geneforge is encountered near the start of the fourth and fifth games. In the first, fourth and fifth games, the Geneforge is usable by humans (and in turn, the player), but in Geneforge 2 and Geneforge 3, it could only be used by specific intelligent creations. Using the Geneforge is generally excruciating and requires protective equipment to prevent outright fatality.
All Geneforges thus far have taken the form of small colourful pools of semi-living chemicals, and are used through physical contact. The Geneforge itself is the culmination of the game world's technology, a means of genetic enhancement of living things that greatly increases their physical and magical abilities. For example, one sect may give you the quest to destroy an object, while an opposing sect will charge you with its protection. There is a high degree of player influence on the game world, and the existence of multiple solutions to problems. The games are highly non-linear, with multiple goals allowing the player to join any sect, and receive one of a number of different endings (the canonical ending for each game being revealed in the following one). The player is left to determine what is the right thing to do, such as using mysterious skill canisters which may breed arrogance in the user in return for increased power. Crises in the game result from the Shapers' mistreatment of their creations while trying to ensure that their art does not wreak havoc on the world, versus the freedom of intelligent creations at the cost of said havoc. The player character is cast as an apprentice Shaper in the first three games, as a neophyte rebel in the fourth, and as an unaligned amnesiac in the fifth. The games involve a group of mages called "Shapers", who dominate the game world due to their ability to create life as they see fit. The Geneforge storylines takes place in an era resembling the medieval time period, but with the addition of some modern innovations, such as wiring, levers and buttons, alarms, glass, and other steampunk-esque tools.
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