Geneforge 1 - Mutagen
BANGER · RPG · 2021
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
BUY IT.
A BANGER at $19.99.
- Length
- 37h
- Value
- $0.54/hr
- Reviews
- 94% of 443 positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it goes on sale.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
About the game
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.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 256 MB VRAM, 399 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
The value story
56 discounts in the 6 years on record, a median of 50 percent off across all of them, roughly 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
On value it sits in the top 1 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 86 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 96 percent. Among the games closest to it, Avernum: Escape From the Pit ($9.99, scores 82) and Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition ($39.99, scores 81) both come in lower.
$28.06 is where it would stop being a BANGER.
More about Geneforge 1 - Mutagen
1 of the 324 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here comes from a buyer who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written February 2021 to August 2026.
The drop-off
72% start to 1% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
Players
- Players online
- 7 when we last checked, on Oct 3, 15:57 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
This game shows some strange flaws, at times irritating ones, yet I recommend: I was entertained enough to finish it, with some degree of enthusiasm and curiosity still. Rather strange that a studio with a catalogue this size still can't manage a smart interface: 2 redundant buttons for Hot Spots inefficiency; inventory baked in 1957, with no QoL features, yet effort put into new asinine limitations; crippled...
2 more reviews
something interesting about this remake, the first game has that vintage charm and a classic and a true masterpiece. from what I have seen thus far it maintains all the origin charm with better graphics and more modern interfaces. I personally would have like to see a Geneforge 6 but I can understand why the developers wanted to revitalize this classic. Would I recommend the remake or the original, that depends if...
I first played Geneforge 1 in the late 00's. I remember being completely entranced by the universe that Spiderweb had created. More than fifteen years later the world of the Shapers is still one of the most unique settings I've encountered. I have enjoyed the entire series numerous times and this remaster is wonderful. I am very much excited for the rest of them. The story is incredible and the gameplay is brought...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Geneforge 1 - Mutagen scores 85/100 on the BANG Score (a BANGER) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1424710/geneforge-1-mutagenReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Oct 2, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.