The game uses a third-person perspective with point-and-click and keyboard interaction. The Hero explores towns, wilderness areas, ruins, and other locations, examining objects, speaking with characters, collecting items, and solving situational puzzles.

Players choose or import a Hero class and improve skills through use and training. Combat occurs in real time and supports weapons, defensive actions, and class-specific magic. The story advances through quests involving the Simbani and Leopardmen, with some solutions depending on the Hero's class, statistics, and prior choices.

Talk to important characters more than once, and revisit locations after major story developments. Many quests have time-sensitive or class-sensitive solutions, so keep multiple saves before entering unfamiliar areas.

Train weak skills when possible and carry healing supplies. Explore thoroughly, but avoid assuming that every hostile encounter must be solved through combat; dialogue, magic, stealth, and specialized skills can provide alternative solutions.