Outdoors Unleashed: Africa is an action-oriented hunting game, with 3D graphics and a shooting-gallery play mechanics. As players progress through the scenes, they encounter a variety of antelope, lions, rhinos, and other large animals, which run across the screen at various depths and speeds, in the style of popular contemporary coin-op games. Players take aim from a first person perspective, armed with a selection of handguns and rifles. Virtual sportsmen may also seek more arctic challenges in Mastiff's companion release, Outdoors Unleashed: Alaska.