In a manner similar to the Pokémon video games, the object of Animorphs is to fight and defeat various animals and aliens in order to gain the morph (DNA) of that creature.

For example, snakes crawl up walls, fish swim, and bird morphs take to the air.

[2] The game was developed by American studio Runny-Fun and published by Ubi Soft.

Marc Nix of IGN described the game as "pat and boring, but also silly in difficulty at times since there's little guiding your path and no real clue to the strategy."

[1] Nintendo Power was a bit more favorable in its review of the game, giving it 3 out of 5.