Babe and Friends is a puzzle game played in top-down perspective. The player guides Babe through 40 stages across five levels to lead for a herd of sheep through various obstacles, which the player is required to position or manipulate in order to create a clear path.[2] The game begins on a farm, but levels change the environment, each with their own distinctive obstacles, such as airports featuring carts and escalators.[3] The game is also backwards compatible with previous Game Boy units, including the Pocket Game Boy and Super Game Boy.[4]