Comparison

Geneforge 1 vs Caverna

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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About

Geneforge 1

Embark on a fantasy adventure where you shape your own destiny. Create and command armies of custom monsters, explore a vast world, and make choices that lead to multiple endings. Engage in combat, diplomacy, or stealth to overcome challenges and uncover ancient secrets.

Highlights
  • Open-ended fantasy adventure
  • Create and command custom monsters
  • Multiple paths and endings
  • Explore over eighty zones
  • Stealth, diplomacy, and combat options
  • Remastered classic with new content
Features
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Geneforge 1 – Mutagen is a unique, truly open-ended fantasy adventure in a strange, new world. You are one of the Shapers, wizards with the awesome power to create life. Want a tool, a trap, an army? You summon it into existence. You create mighty beasts, and they totally obey you. Usually. At least, that's how it's supposed to be. You have been stranded on a forbidden island, full of the powerful, lost secrets of your people. Invaders are also here, trying to steal and master your knowledge. Race them for the awesome treasures hidden here. And destroy the thieves. Or join them. Geneforge 1 – Mutagen offers unmatched freedom in how you play. Use magic or your deadly pets to crush your enemies. Or, use trickery, diplomacy, and stealth to win the game without ever attacking a foe. Choose between a host of rival factions or just destroy everything. Defeat the final boss, or switch sides and join him. Fight alone with blades, missiles, or magic, or create your own army of custom-made mutant monsters. Geneforge is an epic fantasy adventure with over eighty zones to explore, 50+ hours of gameplay, and unmatched replayability. Choose from dozens of skills, abilities, and pets to reach a vast array of different endings. The coming rebellion will scorch your continent. Who will win? It will be up to you. Geneforge 1 - Mutagen is a total remaster of our 2001 cult-classic Geneforge. It contains new areas, quests, characters, and dialogue, a redone interface and systems, and a complete reworking of every single thing to bring it into the modern era of gaming.

About

Caverna

Lead a dwarf tribe to expand their cavern home and cultivate the surrounding forest. Dig deeper for resources, furnish rooms to grow your tribe, and forge weapons for adventures. Cultivate fields, breed animals, and increase your wealth to become the strongest tribe leader.

Highlights
  • Dwarf tribe management
  • Cavern expansion and furnishing
  • Resource cultivation and mining
  • Animal breeding and farming
  • Weapon forging and adventures
  • Worker action system
Features
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Caverna by Uwe Rosenberg makes you the head of a dwarf tribe, living in a small cavern. You cultivate the forest in front of your cavern and dig deeper into the mountain throughout the game. By furnishing rooms in your caverns you make space to grow your tribe and and create new goods from your resources. Deeper into the mountain you will find fountains as well as ore and gem mines. It's on you to decide how much ore and gems you want to mine, giving you the opportunity to forge weapons and go on adventures; a new way to do things in the game instead of using actions with your workers. Outside your cavern you can clear the forest, cultivate fields, fence pastures and grow crops or breed animals. All this in order to increase your wealth and become the strongest and best tribe leader of them all!

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Geneforge 1 at 5.0 against Caverna's 4.1. Geneforge 1 also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 61%) and price ($9.99 vs $11.99). Caverna's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 6 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Geneforge 1 costs $9.99 and Caverna $11.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Geneforge 1 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 20 and 12 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Geneforge 1's written reviews are positive against 61% of Caverna's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Geneforge 1 ships an update every 6 months, Caverna every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on September 13, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Geneforge 1 versus Caverna: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGeneforge 1Caverna
Price$9.99 — better$11.99
Rating5.0 (20 ratings) — better4.1 (12 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better61.1% of reviews
Number of ratings20 — better12
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size194 MB450 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperSpiderweb SoftwareDIGIDICED

Customer experience

Geneforge 1

All ratings20 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Caverna

All ratings12 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive61.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative38.9%

In-app purchases

None

Geneforge 1

No in-app purchases

None

Caverna

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Geneforge 1 free?
Geneforge 1 costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Caverna free?
Caverna costs $11.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Geneforge 1 or Caverna?
Geneforge 1 is rated higher. Geneforge 1 averages 5.0 out of 5 from 20 ratings, while Caverna averages 4.1 from 12 ratings.
Do Geneforge 1 or Caverna have ads?
Neither Geneforge 1 nor Caverna shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Geneforge 1 or Caverna?
Geneforge 1 ships an update every 6 months, and Caverna every 6 days. Most recently, Geneforge 1 was updated on September 13, 2026 and Caverna on September 23, 2026.

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