The gameplay will evolve as the animals age over eleven stages that take the player from snowy mountains, across turbulent ice sheets that are ravaged by blizzards, and into the frigid oceans that are patrolled by deadly killer whales. The stages alternate between free-roaming areas containing several mini-games to travel zones, which involve the player taking actions to get from one area to another. The travel zones could be anything from descending a cliff face from the mountains to the ice sheets below or surviving in the open ocean as a storm rages around you.

- Play as three different animals from the film
- Both the Polar Bear and the Walrus have four attributes that relate to their survival
- 24 stages and 8 stages on mini-games
- Each episode will close with one of three endings
- Over a dozen additional land and sea creatures are scattered throughout the sub-zero terrain