

Secret of Evermore is unique in that it is the only game developed by Square designers in North America. Despite similar game mechanics and a similar title, it is not an entry in the Mana series.

The gameplay shares many similarities with Secret of Mana, such as real-time battles, a ring-shaped menu system, and the ability to switch control between the two characters. The player guides both the boy and his shapeshifting dog through Evermore, a world composed of separate realms, each resembling a different period of real-world history: "Prehistoria" ( prehistory), "Antiqua" ( classical antiquity), "Gothica" (the Middle Ages), and "Omnitopia" (an imaginative future world).

The story of Secret of Evermore follows a boy and his pet dog as they are inadvertently transported to the fantasy world of Evermore.
