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The graphical engine uses an [[API]] implemented in [[OpenGL]],<ref name=Inf0/> and was specifically designed for computer role-playing games. It relies on isometric, pre-rendered [[2D computer graphics|2D]] graphics, with both PCs and NPCs represented by sprites.<ref name=Inf0/><ref name=Inf1/>

In December 2002, following the release of ''[[Baldur's Gate II]]'', Ray Muzyka announced a high-resolution patch for BioWare's games that enabled the Infinity Engine to support resolutions higher than 800×600 pixels.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2025-08-03 |date=2002-12-13 |language=it |title=Bioware, una patch alta risoluzione per i suoi RPG |url=http://multiplayer.it/notizie/bioware-una-patch-alta-risoluzione-per-i-suoi-rpg.html |website=multiplayer.it |author=The Editors (La Redaccione)}}</ref> The last original computer game to use the Infinity Engine was ''[[Icewind Dale II]]'', released in 2002.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2025-08-03 |date=2002-09-06 |language=en |title=Icewind Dale II Review |url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/icewind-dale-ii-review/1900-2879594/ |website=Gamespot.com |author=Greg Kasavin}}</ref> ItThe wasengine notwould untilre-used 2016—17in years2012's after''[[Baldur's theGate: originalEnhanced gameEdition]]'' and 2014's debut—that''[[Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition]]'' as well as for an [[expansion pack|expansion]] for the former, 2016's ''[[Siege of Dragonspear]]'', was released for ''Baldur's Gate'' using the same graphical engine.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2025-08-03 |date=2016-04-14 |language=en |title=Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition Review |url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/baldurs-gate-siege-of-dragonspear/1900-6416408/ |website=Gamespot.com |author=Brett Todd}}</ref>

The [[Aurora Engine]] is regarded as the [[spiritual successor]] to the Infinity Engine. BioWare would use it to create ''Neverwinter Nights'' (2002) and its expansions.<ref>{{cite web|title=Aurora Engine|publisher=[[Giant Bomb]]|url=https://www.giantbomb.com/aurora-engine/3015-1468/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250504234921/https://www.giantbomb.com/aurora-engine/3015-1468/|archive-date=4 May 2025|access-date=29 July 2025|quote=The spiritual successor to the Infinity Engine. This 3D engine made its appearance in the Neverwinter Nights series, and provided a toolset along with multiplayer where players could be Dungeon Masters and make their own stories and play them out with friends.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Shields|first=Jo|title=The new night|url=http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=411|publisher=HEXUS.net|date=27 August 2002|access-date=19 May 2009|archive-date=24 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190924170819/https://www.hexus.net/gaming/reviews/pc/411-neverwinter-night-pc/|url-status=live}}</ref> The Polish studio [[CD Projekt Red]] also employed the Aurora Engine to develop ''The Witcher'', the 2007 video game adaptation of the Polish fantasy novel series by Andrzej Sapkowski, although the rendering module was rewritten from scratch.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Bayer|first1=Thilo|last2=Reuther|first2=Philipp|date=2022-10-27|title=15 Jahre The Witcher 1: CD Projekt Reds erster Streich im Retro-Rückblick [Hinweis]|url=https://www.pcgameshardware.de/The-Witcher-Spiel-38484/Specials/Rueckblick-15-Jahre-1406048/|access-date=2022-12-30|website=PC Games Hardware|language=de|archive-date=30 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221230223935/https://www.pcgameshardware.de/The-Witcher-Spiel-38484/Specials/Rueckblick-15-Jahre-1406048/|url-status=live}}</ref>