-Build tools like the Grapple Gun and the Wrencherang at the Workbench, and use your tools to explore and solve the castle’s challenges
-Discover numerous sights and secrets, by being perceptive and using your tools to the fullest
-Defeat foes in furious melee combat or with explosive gadgets, and utilize the environment to your advantage using your tools
-Use your trusty Dingbot minion to explore places Agatha can’t reach, by moving in tight spaces, digging beneath or soaring above danger
-Use the Dingbot to solve lock puzzles, and operate the internal machinery of the castle
-As Agatha’s power over the castle grows, command the castle AI to release traps at your foes, and activate mechanisms
-Use the unique “Build System”, rebuilding scrap traps into objects like the Springclank, Grappleclank and the special Rollerclank, giving the player a suite of tools for creative spatial puzzle solving
-Interact with several of the fantastic characters from “Girl Genius™”, like Gilgamesh Wulfenbach, Tarvek Sturmvoraus and many others