[6] GAMA was designed to allow domain experts without a programming background to model phenomena from their field of expertise.

It comes with a models library including examples from several domains, such as economics, biology, physics, chemistry, psychology, and system dynamics.

[8] The GAMA simulation panel allows exploration by modifying switches, sliders, choosers, inputs, and other user interface elements that the modeler chooses to make available.

[5] GAMA is mostly present in applications domains like transport,[12][13][14][15][16] urban planning,[14][15][16] disaster response,[17] epidemiology,[18][19][20] analysis of multirobot systems,[21][22] and the environment,[14][15][16] with special emphasis on analyses that use GIS data.

[25] Some of the larger efforts include: Several academic institutions teach modeling and simulation courses based on GAMA.