The game takes the form of a minigame collection, consisting of 10 minigames.[4] These include sliding down a mountain with Manny, platforming with Diego, hitting moving targets and blocking up water leaks with Scrat. During the story mode the player can choose to play through these minigames for one of 2 teams, Manny's or Gutt's . After completing the story the player can then free-play all the activities.[3]
At the conclusion of all ten events, a final food tally is calculated and a winner is declared.[5] The Xbox 360 version makes use of the Kinect to control the minigames.[4]