Escape from Ever After is a role-playing adventure set in a fairytale world threatened by a greedy megacorporation, Ever After Inc. The protagonist, Flint Buckler, must infiltrate this organization to sabotage its operations from within. To achieve this goal, he forms a reluctant alliance with his former adversary, a dragon named Tinder. Enemy battles are turn-based and require well-timed button presses to boost attacks or block damage. Enemies range from sinister versions of fairytale characters to creatures inspired by the works of Lovecraft. As the game progresses, new allies, rescued from corporate slavery, join the party.